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#69

hey mradamw -thanks for all your help on this subject and your coments reminding me about the powerfull UV unwrapping features in Max. I really enjoy being able to paint on my mesh (more or less) through zbrush but I just cannot tolerate the convoluted texture maps that result.

So itā€™s back to Max for now -If you ever wrote a tutorial on UV mapping in Max, I would certainly love to read it :smiley:

#70

I had tried and tried, and finally, I have a success!!!
Thanks for every help youā€™ve given.

I have some questions though

  1. Can the cavity maps generated in your proceedure be used as a bump map?
    We generated two mapsā€¦Displacement and Normal maps. Why wasnā€™t the displacemen map used?? Could I apply in in the displacement maps under the maps rollout??

In all, hereā€™s what i got. There were some artefacts around the neck areaā€¦Dunno where they came from.

Thanks once again okay??
Pig Hero Front.jpg

#71

Another view to show the problem area around neck properly
[attach=137283]Pig Hero.jpg[/attach] [attach=137283]Pig Hero.jpg[/attach]

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Pig Hero.jpg

#72

Hey Teeto

Displacement map problems are sometimes caused by

  1. triangles in your mesh
  2. overlaping uvā€™s

Sometimes this causes problems when the mesh gets tesselated by the subdivisional approximation, at least it does in maya.

Keep going, displacement maps are painful so I feel your pain.

S

#73

WHAT about the 1001+16 mapā€¦
u havenā€™t inserting it in the materials like normal and tex mapsā€¦
whats the use of 1001+16 map??

and u have created a normal map in zmapper. and then again in the ā€œmulti displacement pluginā€

which normal map i have to put? :confused:

#74

Thanks this actully helped. :slight_smile:

#75

Just like to say thanks for the tut - it helped me a lot!

#76

Iā€™ve just downloaded your guide and still have to read it but wanted to say thanks in advance for all your efforts. Looking forward to go through it :slight_smile:

Thanks again.

#77

Thank you! for this beatiful document! is gonna work for me!!! 100% shure

#78

Thank you :smiley:

#79

This guide was extremely helpful to me!

Thank you!
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#80

Hi there, Im just wondering if anyone is having the same problem as me, I hate to be the only one with whom this doesnā€™t work :frowning:
When I get to the importing back to zbrush part after UV mapping in Max, my mesh explodes :open_mouth:
Im using the basic UV editor that comes with Max. Just simple box mapping, making sure there are no overlaps. The UV looks clean, and I make sure to reset Xform, collapse the stack, and convert to editable poly before importing back to Zbrush.
The only step I do that differs from you is that Im starting with a retopoā€™d mesh, and creating an adaptive skin(which is the one I export to max, UV map and reimport). Is there a setting to look out for before ā€œcreatingā€ the adaptive skin?

#81

@gordon02380
i guess youā€™re not the only one, it has to do with the vertex order. As someone said (cannot remember now, but credits go to him), in max 2009 you have to import/export twice to avoid that error. That is, import, reUV, export, import again, export againā€¦ that worked for me. And if I were you, I would do as few as possible modifications on your mesh or stack in max (of course no new polys whatsoeverā€¦). Hope that helps!

#82

Unfortunately that hasnā€™t worked for me :confused: Thanks for the advice though.

#83

I hope someone comes out with something like this for 3.5R3ā€¦my results from using this tutorial came very close (looked likeā€¦the texture was rotated slightly between zbrush export and 3ds max importā€¦???)ā€¦ but close isnā€™t cutting it unfortunately. :frowning:

#84

thank you very much, i just tried to make an obj into 3dsmax and i had difficulties worked on it, especially getting color and material info from zbrush to 3dsmax. i will surely learn from your guide line.GBU. :smiley:

#85

thank you very muchā€¦ its really helped a noob like me. a millions thyā€¦:smiley:

#86

Could someone reupload this file please?
Maybe it would be helpful for me.

#87

agree
all the link doesā€™t work anymore, pleaseā€¦

#88

I really appreciate your shared knowledge.
Could you reupload the file?
I need learn this tool.
Thanks again.