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bump maps, how do you edit them

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:08 pm
by turk645
how you edit bump maps? i have photoshop 7.o and the dds plugin but i get an error if i try to open a bump map, does anyone know why?

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:05 pm
by Snaku
I'm told that you should extract them with darkmatter, but I haven't tried it yet.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:59 pm
by xXxCocoFangxXx
You mean BitMaps? Just extract the meta and then open them with Photoshop.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:00 pm
by Juniorman030790
nope, he means bump maps. As in texture maps. They are the special bitmaps in the game that give things a smooth or grainy texture, ect.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:03 pm
by V0Lt4Ge
Juniorman030790 wrote:nope, he means bump maps. As in texture maps. They are the special bitmaps in the game that give things a smooth or grainy texture, ect.
I thought bump maps gave an illusion of depth on a texture. :?

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:04 pm
by xXxCocoFangxXx
Oh, I see, Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:06 pm
by Juniorman030790
th3_halord wrote:
Juniorman030790 wrote:nope, he means bump maps. As in texture maps. They are the special bitmaps in the game that give things a smooth or grainy texture, ect.
I thought bump maps gave an illusion of depth on a texture. :?
Idk, maybe it's an illusion. Either way, it serves it's purpose to make stuff look detailed. :D

NP cocofang.