Hi,
I’m adding some fine detail to my sculpt using the bump viewer material and have found that in Z4R2 the regular smooth function does not work in RGB mode. I have not used the bvm before but I assume that the smooth worked in Z4 because I have a well known book on the subject that demonstrates its use.
I want to smooth the bump map itself, not the underlying geometry.
I hope there is a way to do this, I know you can reduce the effect using 50% grey but it’s not the same.
Thanks for any help.
Works fine for me. Remember that smoothing at high subdivision levels will have less effect. Try dropping down a level or two.
All the Bump Viewer Material does is to translate the color intensity into bump detail. It is a purely visual effect and has no effect on your model’s geometry or color. So you might like to switch to a different material to check what effect your smoothing is having on your polypaint.
Right. Ok, thanks Marcus. I think it must be because I am at a high subdivision level, HD in fact. Thing is, I need the HD level to get sharp enough detail so is kinda annoying to have to step down into standard subdivisions just to smooth. In the video tut I was looking at it seemed to work fine at HD. I will be sure to check my polypaint on a different material to make sure.
Cheers.