Can 3DS Max do it?

TomorowsMemory · 18-04-2004, 09:05 AM

Ok well heres my question. I was at a site looking at a program called Z brush and im sure many of you have heard of it. I saw in the features that you can do a displacement map. Well I know max has displacement maps but what I want to know is, can you take a hi-res mesh and create a displacement map from the mesh and apply it to a low poly mesh. They took a 281 poly mesh, made it over 1.1 mil polys and detailed it, extracted a displacement map from it, and then applied it to the low poly mesh (281) and it looked the same. Go Here to see
Can you do that same thing with 3DS Max? and if you can I want to know how to extract the displacement map from the hi res mesh. Thanks.

Downup · 18-04-2004, 12:25 PM

=) bump...

Hehe.. dont know if 3dsmax has that. that is a damn cool thing

Kgen · 18-04-2004, 03:22 PM

Yes, you can, if you use mentalray (max6) or vray (max5/6) to render (those are the only two i've tried working with).

Fusion · 18-04-2004, 03:52 PM

Max can do it........but im sure not as easily as zbrush. zbrush has a very nice displacement map feature, something that max lacks. However, you can still reach the same effect, just not as easily. It will take some more time tweaking and playing with parameters but eventually the same effect can definatly be reached. And im talking max alone, not with any plugins cause I couldn't give you a straight answer.

TomorowsMemory · 18-04-2004, 09:22 PM

Thanks for your input everyone... well now im wondering HOW to do it now that i know max can... and if there are any good plug-ins

Kgen · 19-04-2004, 07:26 AM

That depends, which version of max are you using?

TomorowsMemory · 19-04-2004, 07:03 PM

im using max 5 but will soon have 6. so either one

geoMan · 24-04-2004, 06:15 AM

Yes....Mental Ray displacement is just real....

but i think this Zbrush displacement is highly Powerful!

18-04-2004, 09:05 AM	#1
TomorowsMemory Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 149 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can 3DS Max do it? Ok well heres my question. I was at a site looking at a program called Z brush and im sure many of you have heard of it. I saw in the features that you can do a displacement map. Well I know max has displacement maps but what I want to know is, can you take a hi-res mesh and create a displacement map from the mesh and apply it to a low poly mesh. They took a 281 poly mesh, made it over 1.1 mil polys and detailed it, extracted a displacement map from it, and then applied it to the low poly mesh (281) and it looked the same. Go Here to see Can you do that same thing with 3DS Max? and if you can I want to know how to extract the displacement map from the hi res mesh. Thanks.

18-04-2004, 12:25 PM	#2
Downup 3D Studio Max 7.0 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In a box Posts: 2,112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	=) bump... Hehe.. dont know if 3dsmax has that. that is a damn cool thing __________________ 40% Stupid + 60% BrainDead = 100% Downup Some undone work http://downup.inc.se/

18-04-2004, 09:22 PM	#5
TomorowsMemory Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 149 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks. Thanks for your input everyone... well now im wondering HOW to do it now that i know max can... and if there are any good plug-ins

24-04-2004, 06:15 AM	#8
geoMan is studying. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pakistan Posts: 829 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well... Yes....Mental Ray displacement is just real.... but i think this Zbrush displacement is highly Powerful! __________________ But in the end, no matter what i pretend, the journey is more important than the end or the start, and what it meant to me will eventually be a memory of the time WHEN I TRIED SO HARD! Mental Ray Rendering And shader Discussion thread

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18-04-2004, 03:22 PM	#3
Kgen Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes, you can, if you use mentalray (max6) or vray (max5/6) to render (those are the only two i've tried working with).

18-04-2004, 03:52 PM	#4
Fusion Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,594 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Max can do it........but im sure not as easily as zbrush. zbrush has a very nice displacement map feature, something that max lacks. However, you can still reach the same effect, just not as easily. It will take some more time tweaking and playing with parameters but eventually the same effect can definatly be reached. And im talking max alone, not with any plugins cause I couldn't give you a straight answer.

19-04-2004, 07:26 AM	#6
Kgen Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That depends, which version of max are you using?

19-04-2004, 07:03 PM	#7
TomorowsMemory Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 149 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	im using max 5 but will soon have 6. so either one

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