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Z-Brush 3.1 Materials to Mental Ray (3dsmax 2008) ((kinda))

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#21

I can’t see any Tutorial link in first page plz Update …

#22

Strange… I edited the post. I’ll post it there again, just in case.

http://norman3d.com/blog/?p=11#more-11

#23

Thanx dude ,
I saw ur TUT but I have a Problem with this … I wanna Export Arran’s Bone Materials but They have Bump Maps and I can’t ScreenShot it cuz it has Transparencies …

Here Arrans’s Materials :
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=433323&postcount=1

I really need it cuz I take a part in character design competition and need a an OLD Bone material for Mental Ray …(.MAT) :frowning:

#24

If the Zbrush material has bump, you wont be able to “project” it in 3dsmax… it will look stretched. There is a possible workaround tho. I would take the texture and add a blur. You can do this in Photoshop or adjust the Blur value in the GreyBall map.

Then I would add a texture in the bump slot. Your object should have proper UV coordinates. You can add a bitmap or could play with procedurals.

#25

Thanks Norman3D this method of having Zbrush like materials in 3ds max 2008 works for me and is another step forward :slight_smile:

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#26

Hmmm… ok, now… how does this work in max2009? Since the production_max.mi states that the "mip_gray_ball "“Included in 3ds max 2009” Although I can’t seem to find it anywhere in the mentalray shaders. Anyone?

Edit: nevermind. Its “environment probe” I think?

#27

yep, thats right :wink:

#28

So… cool. I got them to work, but now how would I apply a texture on top of that? Or, is that even possible? Also, someone mentioned using this method with the sss fast skin shader. Could you please elaborate on that some more?

#29

Anyone?

#30

the only thing i can think of, would be to render separate layers and compose them afterwards.

#31

I sorta figured it out. Still experimenting. For combining with sss fast skin shader, you’ll need this though: SSS Fast Skin+ from zap’s blog which is a modification of the default sss fast skin shader. just put it in your mental ray shader include autoload directory.