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From: Tony Hudson <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Modeling Rocks
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Try using a nice tileable rock pic as your color and diffuse, and use the
crackle texture as a bump. If you ca get some USGS data of the Grand
Canyon, that is always a good start. Then you just subdivide, jitter and
metaform to get the final rock look.

On Sat, 27 Jan 1996, Eric Case wrote:

> 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
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> Eric Case                      INTERNET: [e-mail]
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