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#1

I urgently need help with a Noise Maker problem. I have some great noise effects for a “tank trap” that I need for a scene, but when I apply the damage noise to it ( I am using the Lightbox > NoiseMaker under Surfaces option in the Tools Tab. The one I’m using is the default Noise09.ZNM) it bloats out my model almost double the size as if I used a deformer. The first two layers I applied the Noise Maker noise to did not do this and came out great. I am working at 2.622 million polys so this should not be happening. Can anyone help with this or provide an alternative solution. I have found no free tutorials on the noise brush so I’m not sure how to use that in replacement of the NoiseMaker. I am a little low on time since I am behind in this project so I would love a good quick response aside from “Do it by hand with a brush and alphas”

Pre-Apply to Mesh

Post-Apply to Mesh

any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading

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#2

Are you applying the noise as a projection or applying using UV’s? It makes a huge difference. Uv your model and make sure you are applying via UV’s.

#3

I am doing noise and large deformations first, then I plan on retopologizing in either Topogun or 3D coat since my end shapes are largely different than my original. After that I will UV and export the respective maps for use in Maya

#4

Special thanks to lisa3d for sending me this link, which fixes the problem to the T.

If anyone else has this problem you can find the fix info here:
]http://youtu.be/XwLWkLL-T74?hd=1

#5

This video has better, in-depth, explanation about the “bloating” issue. As well as neater solution. At least for me :slight_smile:

https://vimeo.com/43388289

Hope it will be helpful.