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bump maps not writen from Z surface style

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:50 am
by Gary
when maxwell writes out all the maps prior to rendering, none of the bump maps get writen. the file is created at the correct resolution but it has no greyscale (bump) information, it is all black.

Gary

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:12 pm
by nachob
Yes, bump maps are created and have greyscale information but so dark that it looks they are all black.

We are in contact with auto-des-sys to find a solution for this problem, because formz generates it internally and we have no control of this internal settings.

In order to use them properly you must make some post-process with this files in any photo editing application.

Hope it helps,

nachob

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:39 pm
by Gary
Yes, you are correct....thanks.

Gary

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:32 pm
by dkessler
I noticed the same problem as Gary. My workaround has been to use the "Render Textures" tool in formZ prior to rendering in Maxwell.