hwo do you create new matlib

matt_vinoir · August 18th, 2002

only realy started with this so i don't no nothin'

ifyou have just a jpeg of a tex map plus maybe the bump of it as well. How do you get it into the viz library of materials?

Litrally no nothing about it but i'm now whating to use my own textures.

Thanks for you help,sorry its a newbie question!

STRAT · August 18th, 2002

first off make sure viz reccognises the path the map is in. this can be configued under the main UI.

then open the material editor and place the texture in the diffuse slot and the bump map in the bump slot. you can name your material using the material name box.

this material can then easily be put into the existing viz material library, or put into a brand new one of your choice and naming using the put to library icon (a little circle and disk picture)

hope this helps

matt_vinoir · August 18th, 2002

the problem i'm having is that it doesn't recognise the map.I just dropped the map into
any map and maplib file. This seems to work in other rendering programmes but it doesn't seem to doanything. Do i have to assign stuff or something?

STRAT · August 18th, 2002

you dont have to put the material into a material library in the first place if you dont want to.
As long as the material is in the material editor just ASSIGN it to the object(s) in the scene. of course, you'll need mapping co-ordinates applied to the objects aswell.

this is real basic stuff and by the sounds of it you'll be getting problems from here on in. i suggest you read some of viz's basic tutorials on this subject by pressing F1, they'll brief you more fully than i can.

matt_vinoir · August 18th, 2002

yu preety basic i know! i wasn't taught any off this in my tutorials!

oh well! i'm going to get that viz 4 book by george omurha its meant to be pretty good.

I didn't realise that it was that simple, i was looking at it more complicted than i thought!

August 18th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,488 Name: Stephen Leworthy	first off make sure viz reccognises the path the map is in. this can be configued under the main UI. then open the material editor and place the texture in the diffuse slot and the bump map in the bump slot. you can name your material using the material name box. this material can then easily be put into the existing viz material library, or put into a brand new one of your choice and naming using the put to library icon (a little circle and disk picture) hope this helps __________________

August 18th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,488 Name: Stephen Leworthy	you dont have to put the material into a material library in the first place if you dont want to. As long as the material is in the material editor just ASSIGN it to the object(s) in the scene. of course, you'll need mapping co-ordinates applied to the objects aswell. this is real basic stuff and by the sounds of it you'll be getting problems from here on in. i suggest you read some of viz's basic tutorials on this subject by pressing F1, they'll brief you more fully than i can. __________________

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August 18th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
matt_vinoir Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: england Posts: 316 Name: matt vinoir	only realy started with this so i don't no nothin' ifyou have just a jpeg of a tex map plus maybe the bump of it as well. How do you get it into the viz library of materials? Litrally no nothing about it but i'm now whating to use my own textures. Thanks for you help,sorry its a newbie question!

August 18th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
matt_vinoir Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: england Posts: 316 Name: matt vinoir	the problem i'm having is that it doesn't recognise the map.I just dropped the map into any map and maplib file. This seems to work in other rendering programmes but it doesn't seem to doanything. Do i have to assign stuff or something?

August 18th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
matt_vinoir Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: england Posts: 316 Name: matt vinoir	yu preety basic i know! i wasn't taught any off this in my tutorials! oh well! i'm going to get that viz 4 book by george omurha its meant to be pretty good. I didn't realise that it was that simple, i was looking at it more complicted than i thought!

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