cramlow Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Hi fellow Modders. I've searched all over the net and cannot find anything helpful. I pain stakenly made a pair of jean shorts which look pretty decent, however I don't recall how to save a normal map so the jeans are not glossy, but look like normal cotton jean material. I'm using Gimp. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bess Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Did you look in this forum, too? Do a search on the word "glossy" in Skyrim Mod Troubleshooting and you'll see similar questions. For instance, there's a thread from last January called "Help: Remove gloss in normal map" that specifically discusses gloss and the GIMP. Maybe you've already seen it, but maybe not, so...? Try other search terms as well. Anyway, I wish you the best of luck in getting your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cramlow Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Thank you for the reply. I have seen that and other threads and they haven't helped resolved the gloss issue. I would like know what the default normal map settings are so I can take this from A to B and get it right. Thanks again for your help. CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cramlow Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Any one have a link for what normal map settings to use to not have a glossy texture...I still cant find waht i'm doing wrong. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perraine Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 All you need to do is check the colour of the alpha channel of your normal map black = dull <-> white = shiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cramlow Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) I will check this in GIMP tonight and let you know how it turns out.Thanks Perraine! Edit: I loaded this file in GIMP and tried to change the alpha to black or darker and am not sure how. Can Anyone familiar with GIMP please advise? Edited October 4, 2012 by cramlow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alelil Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) im still noob but from my experience black specular color on nif skopeproduce dull non gloss surface Edited October 8, 2012 by alelil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novmbar Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) I'm not familiar with gimp but I know how to do this in photoshop... And a quick google search came up with this --> http://www.ehow.com/...nnels-gimp.html remember Black = dull and white = shiny. The way photoshop handles it is a lot easier though. Edited October 8, 2012 by novmbar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper9111 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It's simple in Gimp vs Skyrim, the more opac "solid" is your normal map the more it will shine...exemple for a clothing piece , select a big brush, than select erase tool, than erase 92% of the normal map (created as usual with Filter > Map > NormalMap)leaving only 8% of the map, then you get a non shiny map... erase about 85% to get a shiny map, and even less to get a very shiny effect ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman5000 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Turn the brightness down to make the normal darker using the 'brightness/contrast' or 'levels' commands under 'colour' that should help lower the glossy effect The contrast tool is handy for exaggerating areas too. If your problem persist it might be worth lowering the mesh glossiness in nifskope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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