Searching a 4k earth normal map...

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Searching a 4k earth normal map...

Post #1by ElChristou » 28.04.2005, 21:02

Hi,

In the various files downloaded from everywhere, I have selected 2 normalmaps for eath (pictures 1 & 2) and I want to know if someone has something similar to picture 3 which is a mix of both, in 4k dds (I know dds is not very good with normals but it's for testing purpose)... As I'm working on osX I don't have a good tool to create dss files with good result; GraphicConverter give me a really weird result...

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The first map is too sharpen, the second is pretty cool but I find the coasts are too marked out...
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Post #2by t00fri » 28.04.2005, 23:22

I don't have such small textures ;-) . Why don't you make the normal maps yourself, using Chris' nm16 code? Somewhere there is even a (buggy) Windows version of it. I would really install CYGWIN Linux under XP and then you can compile any code yourself.

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Post #3by Don. Edwards » 29.04.2005, 01:06

I am posting two 4k normalmaps tonight for Plutonianempire to use and you are more than welcome to give them a shot. The link will be found in the Textures section of the forum under Earth Bumpmaps. I do not have a direct link yet as I am just preparing to upload the files.
BWT I can't garantee there quality as I through them together rather quickly strickly for testing purposes.

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Past texture releases, Hmm let me think about it

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Post #4by Don. Edwards » 29.04.2005, 02:45

Heere are the two I posted. Give them a try. I don't how good they are as I used the Photshop plugin to make them.
If they don't work out I can make a few other for you.

Earth Normalmap 4k DDS with hieght setting at level 1
http://216.231.48.101/~impulse/PE/Earth_normap_4k1.zip

Earth Normalmap 4k DDS with hieght setting at level 2
http://216.231.48.101/~impulse/PE/Earth_normap_4k2.zip

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Ah, never say never!!
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Post #5by ElChristou » 01.05.2005, 18:23

t00fri wrote:I don't have such small textures ;-) . Why don't you make the normal maps yourself, using Chris' nm16 code? Somewhere there is even a (buggy) Windows version of it. I would really install CYGWIN Linux under XP and then you can compile any code yourself.

Bye Fridger

I would love to, but find out my signature... osX...
I dream of the day those tools such the cmod converter, the mmps, etc... will be ported on osX... for now compiling is too much esoteric for me, I have to study the topic but don't have time... later... :?

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Post #6by ElChristou » 01.05.2005, 18:38

Don.

Tx for the links, I will check those files out...

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Post #7by John Van Vliet » 04.05.2005, 08:18

if you nead dif. normalmaps i can also post some

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Post #8by ElChristou » 04.05.2005, 12:17

john Van Vliet wrote:if you nead dif. normalmaps i can also post some


Hello, John

If you have some home made maps, yes I'm interested... but I need very well processed ones without fake pixels zones... 4K (priority), 8k.

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