Displacement maps still showing basic poly structure at edge

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Re: Displacement maps still showing basic poly structure at#346980

By Half Life - Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:22 pm

- Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:22 pm #346980

Bubblegummonster wrote: thanks for taking a look. Yes I forgot to say that I wasn't exporting it at level 1, I was exporting it at level 3. Level 3 should have enough detail to allow displacements to work.
I think I'm just going to have to go with Mental ray for this, which is a shame as I love the simplicity of Maxwell.

If that's the case some light retopo to the nose should resolve the issue, because from level 3 a 16-bit displacement works perfectly for pretty much everything else.

Are you using the multi-map exporter plugin for ZBrush?

Best,
Jason.

My Video Tutorials: Maxwell Render 3 Materials

Re: Displacement maps still showing basic poly structure at#346981

By Half Life - Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:32 pm

- Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:32 pm #346981

Polyxo wrote: As you also use Maxwell from a Program which neither outputs Displacement-friendly meshes natively nor gives you access to Subdivision on imported Geo before Rendering:
How do you judge Render-Speed on Low-Poly with Displacement vs relatively HiPoly with a Normal Map (just talking about Still Images here)?

Sketchup is capable of creating displacement (and subdivision) friendly meshes -- you just have to be mindful of Ngons (which Sketchup loves to create) and triangulation... but there is a Quad-tools plugin for Sketchup to resolve alot of this.

To answer the question of how to judge speed -- I usually import geometry from ZBrush directly into Studio (which is my preferred app)... and Studio can handle both types of geometry very well (low poly/high poly), and at that point a quick test render will tell you how fast its going to be.

Best,
Jason.

My Video Tutorials: Maxwell Render 3 Materials

Re: Displacement maps still showing basic poly structure at #346983

By Polyxo - Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:44 pm

- Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:44 pm #346983

Sorry, that was my English...
I mean "judge on". What is your overall impression?
What's faster for Still imagery overall: Low Res+Displacement or relatively Hi Res+Normal-Map?

Re: Displacement maps still showing basic poly structure at #346984

By Half Life - Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:34 pm

- Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:34 pm #346984

High-poly with normal map... but you'll need more ram.

Best,
Jason.

My Video Tutorials: Maxwell Render 3 Materials

Re: Displacement maps still showing basic poly structure at#346985

By Polyxo - Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:44 pm

- Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:44 pm #346985

Half Life wrote:High-poly with normal map... but you'll need more ram.
Best,
Jason.

So I can trust my senses

cheers!

Re: Displacement maps still showing basic poly structure at #347748

By Bubblegummonster - Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:14 pm

- Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:14 pm #347748

Hi everyone

Here is the finished product if you're curious to what I wanted to use it for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEBPRCtGL_Q

Unfortunately I had to go with Mental Ray as it was the only way I could get the displacements to work.

However here is a link to another animation that I did using Maxwell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEBPRCtGL_Q

Hope you enjoy

Bubblegummonster