Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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DOOM3 texture maps?
don't think i'm allowed to post them but i'll try and describe them.
i just want to know what each of them are used for.
1:one of the texturemaps is all grey with the details of the gun.
look just like if you where to take the actuall model with the deufault grey shader and lay it out.
2:there is a metalic rough one, this looks like the actually texture but it might be used for bumpmap.
3: then there is another grey map. but it's has a about 4 shades of grey and the edges are are highlighted detailing the parts that stick out. it also looks like there are streaks going arcound the whole thing.
4:the last one is looks embossed but it is like a purpleish rainbow colour. i'm assuming this is the reflection map?
this game is crazy. I'm just tring to learn from the pros.
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1) Color map - The visible texture of what something looks like.
2) Specular map - Greyscale image. The whiter, the more specular. The darker, the less.
3) Bump map or Hieght map - Greyscale image. The whiter, the higher.
4) Normal map - The purple hued image. This is a light information map and tells each pixel how to react to light sources, so you can essentially have shadows from a detail that isn't actually there.... just an image.
Other maps that are also used:
- Opacity map aka Transparancy map - Greyscale image. White areas are opaque, black transparant.
- Incandescense(sp) map - Greyscale image. White areas are self-illuminated and will "glow" in the dark.
- Reflectivity map - Greyscale image. White areas are reflective.
- Offset map - Greyscale image. Similar to hieght map.
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1) Creating a high res version of the mesh and using a plugin or seperate app to generate a normal map from it to be applied to a lower res mesh of the same object/character.
2) Use a photoshop plug in that will generate one from a texture.
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I'll make a copy of this thread for future reference.
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That's my forte. 
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Well.. semi game related do you have any familiarity for the UT2k3 engine?
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I do not have any familiarity with the UT engine.
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Not even a beta.
How did you get hold of a copy?
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