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Quicker way to put pores onto a head? (Tiling?)

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#1

Hi,
currently when I’m adding high-level displacement to a head, things like pores and fine wrinkles;
-I’ll go into ‘Projection Master’ mode.
-Select my ‘pore’ alpha
-Use the single layer brush with a drag-rectangle stroke.
-Drag a stroke onto the head mesh. Activate the gyro, then adjust my scale and Zadd intensity until the pores look just right.
-Then using the snapshot feature, I’ll drag the stroke all over the head putting pores in the right areas.
-Once applied, I’ll go back with a blur brush to tweak.

This can take for ever! Especially if the scale of my stroke is small compared to the size of the head.

Can anyone suggest a faster method for applying an alpha to the head?

With my alpha, I’ve tried a few different bushes (Paint brush, Roller brush) with a few different stroke types (dots, spray.) But these don’t seem to do it.
Any ideas?

SJ64

#2

If you haven’t yet tried it, check out the very powerful, little used, DragDot.

Responds well to infinite combinations of Z Intensity, DrawSize and flipping between ZAdd and ZSub.

Gives you precise placement for each stroke by clicking and dragging, or buildup thru quick-clicking anywhere on the surface.

Hit Replay Last button once or more to intensify the last placement.

Use the Alpha rotate, flip H and flip V to vary the grain.

Sven

#3

Thanks Svengali,
I tried the DragDot out last evening. You’re right, it’s great. Aside from being unable to scale the alpha in either H or V direction, which I rarely do for laying down pores, it does everything I’ve been doing before -but oh so much faster.

'thanks
SJ64

#4

Also, if your alpha is tileable you can use the Deco brush with the Tile Texture modifier active. :slight_smile: