bump maps, how do you edit them

turk645 · Post by **turk645** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:08 pm

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?

Snaku · Post by **Snaku** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:05 pm

I'm told that you should extract them with darkmatter, but I haven't tried it yet.

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:59 pm

You mean BitMaps? Just extract the meta and then open them with Photoshop.

Juniorman030790 · Post by **Juniorman030790** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:00 pm

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.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:03 pm

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.

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:04 pm

Oh, I see, Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Juniorman030790 · Post by **Juniorman030790** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:06 pm

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.

NP cocofang.