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Post by Calislahn on Aug 11, 2004 2:43:41 GMT -5
Mip maps are ever decreasing replicas of the original image, it's to do with the video cards i think they render the smaller images until you get closer to the object.
If it asks you about using existing mip maps when you open a dds then just say yes. If you are doing yourself a head i would recommend that you copy and paste the dds as a new image and work from that. Resaving a dds file can cause corruption and the more you save the poorer the image looks.
Also i found that when i did my first head if i saved that with mip maps it looked like a picasso painting ;D my eye was on the side of my head and my mouth was smeared right across. So i saved mine without mip maps. But my current head (see avatar) is a tga as i found the overall image quaility to be better.
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Post by Kasdar on Aug 11, 2004 3:08:30 GMT -5
thank you for the speedy reply I really appreciate it. Not sure I understand what you mean about copying and pasting, wouldnt that copy the smaller images also? or do you mean to select just the big head and paste that new? oh and thanx for the laugh the picasso bit almost made me fall off my chair, lol.
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Post by Calislahn on Aug 11, 2004 3:17:24 GMT -5
Yes i just meant the large one, more often than not the mip maps don't actually display when you open it and you only see the large one anyway. If you thought that was funny you should have seen my attempts to alter my hair in max last night, i looked like my wig had slipped back off my forehead showing of my baldness underneath ;D I got fed up of my long hair poking through the front of my chest everytime i look up at something ingame so i decided to have a go at physiquing it but the positioning is a little off at the moment
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Post by Kasdar on Aug 11, 2004 3:21:08 GMT -5
omg you gotta quit that I am gonna die from laughing. lol
I woudldnt even know where to start to redo hair. heck I cant even get a face made.
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Post by Calislahn on Aug 11, 2004 3:44:56 GMT -5
Well at the start of this year i didn't either i'm amazed with what i've picked up in such a short time, i couldn't even do anything remotely decent with a graphics program, a toddler could have done a better one but it all comes down to practice and i'm sure you'll get there
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Post by motoki on Aug 11, 2004 7:24:59 GMT -5
I agree, when I first got into Morrowind, even the construction set intimidated me, now I can do stuff in Max even physique. Even if you think you'll never be able to do it, just try. You'll surprise yourself.
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Post by motoki on Aug 11, 2004 7:45:48 GMT -5
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