felt

[Radical Edward]

could someone suggest how to a kind of felt texture, like a slightly bobbly pool table for example to a good quality pool table? I am not sure which elements in the bump mapping and shading to use really, and I have done very little texturing indeed.

[vladimirjp]

funny. i was just looking for a technique to do that.
i found J.J. made one tut on that topic. more velvet-like than felt. but close enough. hope u find it useful too
http://www.johnson-mortimer.co.uk/SJT_Full_Tutorial_List/VelvetShadersTutorial/Steven%20J_%20Tubbrit%20-%20Creating%20A%20Velvet%20Shader.htm

[enhzflep]

Guess you could always model a small patch of it using fur, render out an ortho view of it then tweak to turn into a tileable texture.

Just a thought anyway. Guess it depends on how close you need to get to it.