I know humans can get bruised ,I've herd of fruit being bruised. but concrete ,hummm .don't know about that one ;)

1 agree 100% but I don't dare go past 2048x2048 pixels in gimp .so that as about as good as detail I can get out of gimp with out just making noise.I know I need photoshop n filters. I know photoshop will do 8192x8192 pixels.

2 I get it.

3.Basic 9 would stretch subdivided textures really bad also. it's just the simple render engine making a distorting bow. Never had there top render engine. It's my fav modeler thou .My basic C4D 9 modeler is so old normals hadn't been invented yet. Yes ,yes sad but true ,We didn't have normals n vector maps in the stone age ,truly dark days.but it's still a killer modeler. Maybe one day I'll get a upgraded modeler .

I need better software ,That's all there is to it. Wonder if MickyD's is hiring ;)

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