Blender's new sculpt mode

wackedoutbiker · Post by **wackedoutbiker** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:32 pm

Wow, this might be exactly what I need. And I DLed the latest release 2 days ago.

http://www.becausewecan.org/node/258

It would especially be useful for creating models to make normal maps and texture bakes from. I think Blender has that, too.

But the interface steepens the learning curve for me...

I'll get it sometime

Post by **AndyCR** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:44 am

Wow, that's cool! Remember: learning curve is once, but knowledge of how to use a powerful tool is forever.

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:19 am

that tut looks really high poly. i like the scupt mode though, might be good for terrain

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:34 am

Blender rocks if you can get past the learning curve.But i suppose for such a powerful tool it needs a bit of complexity to the interface.

hike1 · Post by **hike1** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:04 pm

knowledge is forever

Not if you forget!

wackedoutbiker · Post by **wackedoutbiker** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:39 am

It's the finding decent textures for sculpting "brushes" and baking them to be actual object textures...

When I come up with a good method for this, I'll probably be turning out good stuff at a rate never before thought possible.

And also, before you import the object into Blender, be sure to unwrap it in LithUnwrap or some other UV editor. That way the baked texture and normals will fit the low-poly model...

Latest version 2.43 has it on blender.org

Spyrewolf · Post by **Spyrewolf** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:23 am

be sure to unwrap it in LithUnwrap or some other UV editor. That way the baked texture and normals will fit the low-poly model...

....um it's not that simple,
basically you have to make sure your hi-poly model has the same Silhouette as your lo-poly other wise the normal is not gonna match up and the illusion of the normal map is lost,

here's what i mean, look at this image its a lo-poly outline basically if your high poly outline does not fit into this it wont work properly and will look odd

just something to consider when making both models

Gunner Pink · Post by **Gunner Pink** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:24 am

Blender is the hardest thing I've ever seen, it took me ten minutes to make a sphere...

Its because its a game engine as well, you need to be so good to use that!

wackedoutbiker · Post by **wackedoutbiker** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:19 am

I have tried by starting out with a low poly model and adding some detail to it bit by bit...not sure how much detail I can add without making the low-poly model's normal maps mess up...should the hi-poly be shrinked to fit within the low-poly's cage or something? I've heard of that method from other programs...

I am trying using LithUnwrap to make the UV's match up on the low-poly then I'm exporting to Blender to sculpt...is this a good way?

Or do you have a better idea? Just trying to get it right...and I'm still learning Blender, so any well-intentioned advice would be appreciated...

Screens maybe later this week...