NE56 Upholstery by ahimsa

NE56 Upholstery by ahimsa
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4612.html

You know what I'm thinkin'?

This: http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4612.html + That: http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4565.html (as a checkbox option for normal map rippling look) = Winner!

Also- why did you delete a HU? You be crazy!


About this filter itself though: I was taking a look at the normal map (http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4612-normal.html) and noticed that it's filled with verrry fine details. I can't say definitively that a render engine wouldn't like them (because I haven't tried it yet) but I think that this filter might actually be better off without normal maps- since the way they are right now probably would be too chaotic to do any good. If you look at your snippet: http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4565-normal.html that's a perfect example of what you would want a cloth normal to look in my opinion. Basically a good way for you to evaluate your normal/bump maps are to consider what your artificial texture is actually doing. Look at your bumpmap, lighter sections are supposedly higher and darker sections are supposedly lower, this (I assume) is a single sheet of cloth that wouldn't really have these height variations so having the maps seperated doesn't really do any good in this case. If possible- you should try and get your end result (which looks decidedly better than the diffuse map alone) without using the normals.