Member Hessel Posted August 5, 2015 Member Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Hi, I've recently been working on some 3D models for use in Unity, and I would like to paint textures with Smart Materials. For each texture that I wish to paint with, I have the albedo texture + a normal map. These normal maps work great in Unity, however I am unable to use them as a "depth" map in 3D-Coat. Is there a way to utilize these normal maps as depth maps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor ajz3d Posted August 5, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) It is difficult and never accurate to convert the normal map to bump/depth/height map and this is probably the reason why it's not supported.You might try your luck with Bitmap2Material3, it seems to do an okay job here. I heard some rumors that CrazyBump can do the conversion, but I can't tell for certain. I only used it when it was in BETA stage. Also, I once stumbled upon a tool that was written specifically for Doom 3, but IIRC it worked with 3D-Coat with, what I would call, a fairly good result (after some processing). (http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~oliveira/RTM.html) Edited August 5, 2015 by ajz3d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Hessel Posted August 11, 2015 Author Member Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Hmm.. I see.. That is rather unfortunate, and I guess it's my fault for assuming that 3DC had this functionality before I purchased it.. I will definitely check out that piece of software, and I really appreciate the response!! Would you (or anyone else on the forums) know how to paint with multiple layers at once? For instance, let's say I have a repeating texture TEX_albedo.png and TEX_normal.png. Would it be possible to create a smart material that paints with both of these simultaneously in multiple layers? With this method, I would still be able to paint with normals that match the location of the albedo map. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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