jambot opened this issue on Aug 13, 2002 ยท 6 posts
jambot posted Tue, 13 August 2002 at 10:14 AM
This is probably a stupid question, but I've been confused clickin everything on how to make the picture black and white so that it can be used as a bump map, that kind've black and white. Any help you can give would be aprecciated. Thanks James
Valandar posted Tue, 13 August 2002 at 11:21 AM
Ctrl-Shift-U Or Image - Adjust - Desaturate
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retrocity posted Tue, 13 August 2002 at 11:34 AM
If i'm correct you mean the BUM files for Poser? (I don't have Poser so sometimes i need to shoot from the hip...) If they are like Displacement Maps (which are images in Photoshop that take the White pixels and shift to the high/positive position and Black pixels to the low/negative position) that will add surface and realism to an object. Basically you can "desaturate" the image and adjust the contrast/brightness. Any pixels in the Grey (50% range) wont have any effect on the image you apply it to. i may be TOTALLY-OFFBASE so take it with a grain of salt!! :) retrocity
jambot posted Tue, 13 August 2002 at 11:37 AM
Thanks to you both, I will try them out and thanks for replying and your help James
Valandar posted Tue, 13 August 2002 at 12:02 PM
In Poser greyscales are used. And it actually has to be inverted to work properly, for P4 at least.
Remember, kids! Napalm is Nature's Toothpaste!
retrocity posted Tue, 13 August 2002 at 12:09 PM
Thanks Val, SEE it told you i don't know Poser! ;) retrocity