Best thing since sliced bread!!!

[ham]

I came across this on the autodesk discussion forums and felt it was my duty to pass on the link for those that dont allready know about it.

 

http://www.acmebrick.com/md/index.htm

 

its a programme that makes photorealistic brick wall textures, its very detailed and best of all - free!

[superdave]

Have you used this and if so are the maps Tileable? Just Curious.

[ham]

Yes I have used it and yes the maps are tileable. You can specify the resolution of the texmap and how many bricks you want, the results are far more convincing than a procedural brick shader.

[Paul Griger]

I downloaded this program, very useful!

 

I did try tiling and found that I had to adjust the pic to make it work. I just offset the pic in a PS knock-off, cropped it proper, and it worked great.

 

It seemed to me that when I tried to adjust the width or height so that it was an uneven amount of brick in cols vs. rows, the width always included a half column of brick throwing things off to tile it properly right out of the box. I may be missing something. I don’t mind cropping it though…. Still a great tool none the less!

[nisus]

Impressive!

[STRAT]

Impressive!

[vizwhiz]

hi There, ham, check This out:

 

go here for additional "Masonry Designer" Links:

 

http://www.viz2000.com/html/3250softtext.html

 

http://www.viz2000.com/htm0/0223-QUIK-EXTR-WALL-MAPS.html

 

i like the McNear the best, more rustic and has some pavers

 

if you are looking for some additional "free" real-world Textures check This out:

 

INTR FLGR MAPS: Conc, Granite, Marble, Slate, Stone, Tile, Wood

 

http://www.viz2000.com/htm0/0123-QUIK-INTR-FLRG-MAPS.html

 

EXTR WALL MAPS:

 

http://www.viz2000.com/htm0/0123-QUIK-INTR-FLRG-MAPS.html

 

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i posted these linked somewhere else today too so i want be anymore redundant

 

Thanks

 

Randy