CrazyBump - Texture Utility

[LHammonds]

Friends, neighbors and fellow countrymen (and you other dudes too),

 

CrazyBump 1.1 just released and there was a price drop from $99 USD to $49 USD for the student edition.

 

If you do not know what it is, visit the home page and watch the demo. Here is a sample image.

 

I recommend this program to anyone making textures with normal maps.

 

This is one of those rare exceptions where you can get pick all 3 instead of just 2 ends of the triangle (Cheap, Quality, Fast). Normally for any project, you can only pick two choices such as Quality and Fast but it won't come cheap...or Cheap and Fast but it won't be quality work. With this tool, you can crank out some quality normal maps very fast and it doesn't cost a lot of money. I know, I know, it's like sham-wow! LOL.

 

There are three licenses to the software. The software is the exact same for all three but the use of it is the difference:

 

1. PROFESSIONAL - $299 USD - Do whatever you want with the end-result...sell it or give it away. (Commercial Use)

2. PERSONAL - $99 USD - Cannot sell / make money from the end-result. (Non-Commercial Use...like modding for free)

3. STUDENT - $49 USD - Same as PERSONAL but you have to be a student or teacher to get the additional discounted price. (Non-Commercial Use...like modding for free)

 

Homepage: http://crazybump.com

Forums: http://crazybump.com/forum/

Wiki Info: http://www.oblivionmodwiki.com/index.php/CrazyBump

 

And to be fair to the other tools out there, here is a link to all the other tools mentioned so far, along with a brief summary about them.

 

DDS Tools Listing

 

LHammonds

[Skree000]

Crazybump is the professional standard for this sort of thing.... well, there isnt much else out there like it.... it saves so much time its astronomical :) Well priced too imho. (we use it here at work)

 

Crazybump is the 'make good' button.

 

Makes normal maps, spec maps, displacement maps with the click of 2 buttons. Really great program. really WYSIWIG for people who are visually oriented.

 

 

Gears of war was made with crazybump, and i know for a fact Fallout3 had it in their pipeline!