https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:32:14 +0000 en ShaderMap Legacy — Rendering Systems - Support Forums https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/185/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern Thu, 02 Jun 2016 02:32:26 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy GregoryA 185@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
I just started to work with ShaderMap 3.
I would like to know how to make a seamless pattern from 3d maps generated in ShaderMap .

Thank you,
Gregory]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/202/how-do-i-convert-displacement-to-normals Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:46:01 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy wtimmins 202@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
Currently, I've tried opening a 3d object, loading a grayscale displacement map, then create a 'Normal (disp)' map.

But the Normal map doesn't seem to account for the shape at ALL; there are really visible seams and spots where the Normal is inverted. It's a mess.

Am I missing something obvious?]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/201/grid Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:00:04 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Nova 201@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions It would be extra useful, if you where able to define the interval at which the grid would be displayed (For example, ever 2nd pixel, ever 4th, etc.)

Anyway, just a suggestion. Also, are there any news for the future of ShaderMap?

Thanks for your time,
Daniel]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/200/shapes-parameters-in-the-normal-editor-do-not-get-saved-with-project Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:14:05 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy stuckon3d 200@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
"can't set layer profile until the layer has pixels"

not sure where the pixels went because i was able to open those shape initially when i was editing my normal map.  :(

Can someone confirm this?  thank you.]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/199/cannot-launch-the-demo Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:43:09 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy cubrman 199@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
"Failed to register font." - initialize_render_api() d3d_functions.cpp:567

Any way to fix this? I am on a Windows 10 PC.]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/191/depthpass-displacement-from-focus-stacks Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:55:52 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Blackshore 191@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions It seems that you managed to implement “Normal Map from Photos” function I requested a while back! Thank you!
Are you capable to add a stacking function in order to get a Zdepthpass that one could use as displacement?
Example:
http://www.mopswerk.de/2016/05/memento/]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/192/making-normal-maps-less-noisy Sun, 04 Sep 2016 23:35:32 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Gernash 192@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
In contrast if I generate a Normal from template LIB (Normal Map from photos) I get a very clean image that allows enhancement without introducing a lot of noise.


Are there any tricks you are aware of to help me produce a "cleaner" normal? (Or a guide to creating a normal map that is not a large object.) and still retain it's depth.

I have experimented with making a "washed out" normal and blending the 2, so far this has been my best guess solution but I loose a bit of depth doing it this way.

Thanks in advance

]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/198/hello-everyone Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:04:54 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy honeybiscuit 198@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/197/48-hour-sale-is-here Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:07:36 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy RSI 197@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
Sale ends Wednesday November 29th at 11:59PM EST.

http://shadermap.com/buynow/]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/196/next-gen-features Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:05:32 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy JayBass 196@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions Well done on the new release, but..... Shadermap features are much of a muchness and the same can be found in its competitors (Knald and XNormal) Whats needed from a map generator of this class is core functionality that will ensure it's adoption as a standard tool in majority of the industries production pipelines and frameworks. 

There are so many map types that Shadermap could support. It would make sense to add a scripting engine to the core (My preference is Python) with node based offline shader model support, OSL, RSL or VEX. This way one can create different baking sequences for any type of map generation required and the ability to save created node based baking sequences for quick load and re-use, generating a library of baking presets that are truly framework independent that can be shared and reused on the fly. With this type of map generation functionality and control the tool will compliment artists allowing them to easily migrate assets between the different rendering frameworks in an efficient non destructive backward compatible manner. Render/baking support of GI, Raytrace and SSS is needed to generate single scatter maps for use in realistic skin rendering is good example of a map type that is often used in game, film and VR productions.

I hope what I am saying makes sense, please keep in mind this post is intended as constructive criticism.

Thanks for your time. ]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/195/what-does-this-symbol-mean-in-a-node Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:19:42 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy DragonautX 195@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions symbol on the bottom left corner. It's a black box with three white lines that sort of looks like an equal sign. I don't know how I got that to be there. What is that symbol, and what can I do to make that appear/disappear?

I tried to look at the docs in Main Interface -> Project Grid, but I couldn't find anything there. There's no filters on this node, and locking/unlocking the node doesn't do anything either. I did edit it in the Normal Editor.]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/194/where-can-i-find-the-rock-and-flower-images-used-in-the-home-page-slide-show Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:26:56 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy DragonautX 194@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions rock and flower images that are used in the home page's slide show because the results look really cool. Are those images available in full resolution?]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/193/texture-export-to-modo Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:43:37 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Bishwash 193@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
i tried shader map, its seems very nice to me , the problem is the texture on the model seems very nice while it is in shader map application and thats the result what i want but when i export maps and use with modo the texture seems so bad , 

is there something i'm missing ?
thank you]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/190/opengl-option Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:03:18 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy CrunchyJoe 190@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/189/can-i-get-the-license-back-from-an-old-pc Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:22:44 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy jeancf 189@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
I just built a new PC to replace the old one. I am not going to use the old one anymore. How can I transfer the license installed on the old one to the new one?

Thanks,

/~jeancf]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/187/how-can-i-save-only-certain-maps Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:15:11 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy DragonautX 187@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/188/quick-start-bake-maps-from-3d-models Sun, 03 Jul 2016 04:46:13 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy gcshep 188@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions (Quick Start: Bake Maps from 3D Models) I have downloaded the Windmill however when I have loaded the OBJ I cannot get it to stay in the centre of the screen when I click there I get the following message (See Below) any help would be much appreciated.  
 
Best Regards
George


Cage Model Only

Face and Vertex tools only work on the cage model.]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/184/color-map Fri, 27 May 2016 11:14:20 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy garysmith 184@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
Is this the case or am not seeing something i know you can click save on the individual color but if you have a folder with over 100 images its not something i would like to do.

I love the way it outputs for all images

_DISP
_NORM
_SPEC

But there needs to be an option to output the color so its the same file type as the others.]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/182/fixed-tga-rgba-headers-bug Sat, 14 May 2016 18:59:15 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Vortex Rikers 182@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
I noticed that TGA RGBA textures written by shadermap 3.0.8 have some inconsistent headers.

Accordingly to TGA specifications found here: http://www.paulbourke.net/dataformats/tga/

DATA TYPE 2: Unmapped RGB

Offset 17 - Image Descriptor Byte. Bits 3-0 - number of attribute bits associated with each pixel. For the Targa 16, this would be 0 or 1.  For the Targa 24, it should be 0. For Targa 32, it should be 8.   

It seems that 3.0.8 always writes 0 for 32-bit TGA, which is wrong.

Would be nice to get it fixed.]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/180/cambiare-automaticamente-i-suffissi-salvare Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:29:02 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Waltex 180@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
Venite Cambiare Automaticamente il Salvataggio suffissi nomi

da: "DISP-NORM_SPEC"

in: "Displace_Normal_Reflect"]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/179/output-resolution Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:14:16 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy dgagen 179@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
This is probably so simple, but I can't seem to find anything on the topic in the tutorials, manual, or forum.

Don]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/174/custom-suffix-for-file-naming-during-saves Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:39:14 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy hawkenfox 174@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
Is there options or config script I can edit to change the way my files are named.
So I don't have to rename them again everytime I create the maps?

Cheers,
Hawkenfox]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/176/stl Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:49:04 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Makingtoothpicks 176@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/118/multi-channel-texture-capture Fri, 20 Jun 2014 21:52:40 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Blackshore 118@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions I wounder if shadermap can make a normal,occlusion and displacement maps based on 4 photos of a texture surface in order for it to get proper values?

lit from above
lit from the left
lit from below
lit from the right

Example reading:
http://www.zarria.net/nrmphoto/nrmphoto.html]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/175/arma-3-maps Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:44:53 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy Agarthan_Two 175@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
I am currently trying to generate the Ambient Shadow map, and the Specular Texture map, as seen in the following thread, for use in Arma 3:

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/76031-using-the-super-shader-rvmat-material/

These maps seem to have a kind of pinkish hue, though I'm not sure exactly what color it is, or how it's generated.

Can Shader Map Pro generate these maps?  If so, how?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give!]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/173/blender-3d-model-ambient-occlusion-render-as-white-solved Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:29:50 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy hawkenfox 173@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions from a blender model it generates white AO. I do not know how to resolve this. I have attached
a couple of files MonkeyA.fbx, MonkeyA_cage.fbx, MonkeyB.fbx, MonkeyB_cage.fbx.

The Monkey A is exported with scale of 1:1 and Monkey B is exported with a 100 scale up factor.

I am also having trouble with the push cage. The scaling seems to be working but the push
cage just refuse to move at all. Also my WS normal generated from the 3d model give me
a black and white image, like a alpha mask of my UV map.

I read on the sticky someone was having trouble with imported normals on lightwave3d. I might
suspect it's the same issue since the push cage did not work as intended.

Attached is the rar files download from mega.co.nz


Ambient Occlusion rendered white.


WS Normals rendered as gray image from 3d model.]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/168/display-uv-map-while-editing Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:08:33 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy WillBellJr 168@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions

I'm here now because I was looking for something to let me draw on my normal maps using alphas and shapes and look-a-here - my ShaderMap has been nicely upgraded.

The one question I have as I'm playing with the demo, is when my model is loaded, for placing my shapes and drawing, HOW can I see the UVs so I can tell where to place the artwork overlays??

I'm guessing I can perhaps load a UV map image and place it as a layer, but unless I'm missing something on the usage of SM3, how can you tell where to place stuff / draw around your model?


Any tips appreciated!


-Will]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/154/normal-map-bake-issues-fixed Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:34:38 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy MrBloodworth 154@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions
Situation: I want to bake a normal map from a high poly model to a low poly one.




[align=center][size=small][size=small]The above images are rendered in lightwave, exported FBX are Triangulated on export.[/size][/size][/align]

I use lightwave 3d9 as my modeling application, all models are exported to FBX for use in Shader map 3. The high poly model was created using subdivision modeling in lightwave, and the resulting geometry was frozen before export.



As per this video:

First thing I noticed, if the low poly cage is not "water tight" ( IE: No intersecting geometry ) the push tool has different weight influence on the cage model, causing parts/verts to move at non uniform rates.



One I realized this and witnessed the behavior, I remodeled my low-poly "cage" model to be "water tight". This improved the push tools effect, but not in the "width" direction. I tried the scale tool, however, even with matching pivot points ( 0.0.0 ) the scaling does not really work for a non uniform object, and did make the object larger, but also offset it based on the pivot point. Not very workable for a asymmetrical object.

The next thing I tried, with out reverence to the depth of the high-poly shape that I wanted to bake ( I just wanted a clean bake at this point ). I rescaled each part of the high model to be smaller then my cage model. It was the only way I could think of the ensure the high poly was smaller, or fit inside, of the low-poly model.



[align=center][size=small]High-poly model rescaled to fit inside the low-poly model.

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[align=left]The Resulting bakes gave some undesirable results.




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[align=left]As you can see, the results are not what you would expect from the setup. All areas are fitting in Shadermap with a bit of the blade going beyond the cage model bounds, I expected issues in that area. But the other areas I expected clean bakes as shown in your video.

Note: I also noticed that , at-least in this case, the push tool adds distortion to the resulting normal bake based on distance from the two objects.

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, or how I can improve the situation. At this point I am a bit stumped.

Please advise. Thank you for your time. If you need more details, or perhaps the files, please let me know.
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[/align]]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/166/crash-hangs-when-loading-model-without-normals Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:42:48 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy hellborn 166@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions I have problem loading models from zBrush.
On load i get information about No Normals (zBrush don't seem to save normal) and when I continue it takes very long time for model to load or it all hangs.

The low res cage tok some 5 minutes to load and the hi res had still not loaded after 30 minutes, not even after decimating it down from 4.000.000 polygons to 800.000 polygons.



Is it some limitations or possibly a bug that's the reason for this problem?]]> https://rendering.systems/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/165/crashing-whats-the-maximum-texture-size Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:22:38 +0000 ShaderMap Legacy hellborn 165@/forums/index.php?p=/discussions I'm evaluating Shadermap (3.0.5 Demo) and so far I have not managed to load any 8k textures as program crashes when I try to load one.

I'm running Windows 7 and have 32Gb RAM 4Gb VRAM and Shadermap was only program running.



Found this in eventlog if it helps in any way:

Faulting application name: ShaderMapDemo.exe, version: 3.0.5.0, time stamp: 0x55f1f743
Faulting module name: DevIL.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x533ddbcd
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000000545c
Faulting process id: 0x18c8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0fad914d0a0b1
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\ShaderMap 3 DEMO\bin\ShaderMapDemo.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\ShaderMap 3 DEMO\bin\DevIL.dll
Report Id: 85f8d945-66cc-11e5-8167-005056c00008]]>