Comments on: CrazyBump for Windows http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/ Fresh Blender News, Every Day Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:13:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sander Wit http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-258448 Sander Wit Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:56:42 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-258448 Hi all. A really impressive new video is published on the CrazyBump website. Ryan's newsletter told me there's an online Quicktime version here: http://www.crazybump.com/video/ and a Youtube version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_5suERXhRw Certainly do go and have a look and make a pebble photograph into an impressive normal, displacement, specular, ambient occlusion and diffuse map in like four minutes! Thanks Ryan! Sander. Hi all.

A really impressive new video is published on the CrazyBump website. Ryan's newsletter told me there's an online Quicktime version here: http://www.crazybump.com/video/ and a Youtube version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_5suERXhRw

Certainly do go and have a look and make a pebble photograph into an impressive normal, displacement, specular, ambient occlusion and diffuse map in like four minutes!

Thanks Ryan!

Sander.

]]> By: nothi http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-166603 nothi Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:21:35 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-166603 hi, wow, nice tool, think how great it would be if this powerful tool cout get integrated in belnder, can't say it often enough ;) hi,
wow, nice tool, think how great it would be if this powerful tool cout get integrated in belnder,
can't say it often enough ;)

]]> By: epat http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-166153 epat Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:40:17 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-166153 I love software like this - unfortunately, I run linux exclusively so I can't try it - I'd love to see something like this integrated directly into blender... I just wanna know how it works now... lol ~epat. :) I love software like this - unfortunately, I run linux exclusively so I can't try it - I'd love to see something like this integrated directly into blender… I just wanna know how it works now… lol
~epat. :)

]]> By: ROUBAL http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-166022 ROUBAL Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:19:08 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-166022 Hi Ryan ! Thank you a lot for your helpful informations. I have updated my Nvidia Driver and installed the last beta release of CrazyBump. I have allowed the installation of the directX component and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, and now CrazyBump works fine. And you know what ? It is really Crazy ! It is a gread tool ! Being able to create a Normal Map from a photo without having to create a high poly model first is awesome ! Thank you a lot. Philippe. Hi Ryan !

Thank you a lot for your helpful informations.

I have updated my Nvidia Driver and installed the last beta release of CrazyBump. I have allowed the installation of the directX component and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, and now CrazyBump works fine.

And you know what ? It is really Crazy !

It is a gread tool ! Being able to create a Normal Map from a photo without having to create a high poly model first is awesome !

Thank you a lot.

Philippe.

]]> By: Ryan Clark http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165615 Ryan Clark Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:30:22 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165615 Hi again, If updating video drivers did not help, I have posted a new beta at www.crazybump.com, which may solve the error. cheers, -Ryan Hi again,

If updating video drivers did not help, I have posted a new beta at http://www.crazybump.com, which may solve the error.

cheers,

-Ryan

]]> By: Ryan Clark http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165255 Ryan Clark Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:27:51 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165255 Some background on the nutty DirectX situation... Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, froze the version number at 9c a few years ago. Since then, they've released a dozen updates. Each one is called 9c, even though they are different. CrazyBump uses the August 2007 version of DirectX. But since no version number exists, there's no way to check whether DirectX is up to date! This is actually Microsoft's official policy - it's why they froze the version numbers in the first place, so every app has no choice but to install Directx. It's maddening, but I don't know what to do about it. Some background on the nutty DirectX situation…

Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, froze the version number at 9c a few years ago. Since then, they've released a dozen updates. Each one is called 9c, even though they are different.

CrazyBump uses the August 2007 version of DirectX. But since no version number exists, there's no way to check whether DirectX is up to date!

This is actually Microsoft's official policy - it's why they froze the version numbers in the first place, so every app has no choice but to install Directx. It's maddening, but I don't know what to do about it.

]]> By: Ryan Clark http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165247 Ryan Clark Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:00:09 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165247 Hi Tcharlss and Roubal, Sorry about the unhelpful error message! Most of the time, a crash like that is due to an old video driver. Could you guys try updating your video drivers to the latest versions available? I've posted links to the drivers for most cards at http://crazybump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=124 If that doesn't help, please send a message to ryan@crazybump.com. If you include dxdiag report that might help me find the problem! Thanks for testing the software! Sorry it's not working for ya yet! -Ryan Hi Tcharlss and Roubal,

Sorry about the unhelpful error message!

Most of the time, a crash like that is due to an old video driver. Could you guys try updating your video drivers to the latest versions available? I've posted links to the drivers for most cards at http://crazybump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=124

If that doesn't help, please send a message to ryan@crazybump.com. If you include dxdiag report that might help me find the problem!

Thanks for testing the software! Sorry it's not working for ya yet!

-Ryan

]]> By: elite2864 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165142 elite2864 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:56:31 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165142 That tool works very well! I am working with MAYA and although MAYA has possibilities to make normal maps, the feature for displacement maps is good. I hope there will be a noncommercial freeware in the future! That tool works very well!
I am working with MAYA and although MAYA has possibilities to make normal maps, the feature for displacement maps is good.
I hope there will be a noncommercial freeware in the future!

]]> By: RNS http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165086 RNS Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:48:19 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165086 Beta are known to corrupt files in computers. Beta are known to corrupt files in computers.

]]> By: -iFab- http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165068 -iFab- Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:57:23 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/09/27/crazybump-for-windows/#comment-165068 Could we imagine to see a feature like that, directly integrated in blender? Could we imagine to see a feature like that, directly integrated in blender?

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