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From: rcohen@monmouth.com (Robert Cohen)
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Subject: Re: Modeling Rocks
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>Has any one come up with a way to model a large scale rock outcropping?
>I'm trying to model a rock wall as you might see in a quarry. I need it
>to look smooth in places and still show hard edges in other areas. We've
>all done the Asteroid tutorial, but I'm looking for something with more
>detail, i.e., small cracks, chips, etc. on a large rock face. I could
>use an image map, but I need to move past it. :(
>TIA
>-Eric
>Eric Case INTERNET: eric@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
I would create a very high density (polygon count) plane and use your image
map as BOTH an image map AND a displacment map... Make sure that you have the