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Re: Polygons' edges are seen after baking
Hi! In Blender (4.1), going into edit mode, you can preview the split vertex normals (taking into account hard edges) here:
Functions to modify the vertex normals manually, with vertices selected in edit mode, can be found under "Mesh > Normals > ..." - or shortcut "alt + N":
To flatten the vertex normals, you would copy the vertex normal vectors of a plane to the selected vertices. You might have to split hard edges manually in oder to edit their vertex normals indepent of each other, never did that manually in Blender.
Alternatively, the "Data Transfer" modifier can be used to copy shading from one mesh to another.
To keep everything very simple, you could make that lower edge hard (and split UVs) to control the shading. I would probably try this first. (Edit: something like this:
Functions to modify the vertex normals manually, with vertices selected in edit mode, can be found under "Mesh > Normals > ..." - or shortcut "alt + N":
To flatten the vertex normals, you would copy the vertex normal vectors of a plane to the selected vertices. You might have to split hard edges manually in oder to edit their vertex normals indepent of each other, never did that manually in Blender.
Alternatively, the "Data Transfer" modifier can be used to copy shading from one mesh to another.
To keep everything very simple, you could make that lower edge hard (and split UVs) to control the shading. I would probably try this first. (Edit: something like this:
Fabi_G
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Re: Polygons' edges are seen after baking
No idea about blender. But this sounds like a geometry flatten to me. In maya it would be average normals, making sure all these point in the same direction.DC74 said:"flatten the vertex normals" - this can be done in Blender with Loop Tools > Flatten, right? I tried that, but it did not help in this particular case.Neox said:Yeah you could simply flatten the vertex normals, this way killing the lowpoly shading. But its a manual edit that can break. We had projects where this was common practice, killing lowpoly shading as much as possible. Letting the normalmal do all lifting.
Has its perks, but doesnt work on every mesh, works better the more planar a mesh is
Again, its a possibility. Doesn't mean its the ultimate measure in this case. Look at the low poly without normalmaps, there is a pretty hefty shading difference in that area. The normal map tries to compensate that, but likely cant because there isnt enough pixels to create the needed gradients.
On top even if there was enough resolution. Once compressed, the issue might come back in engine.
Minimize the low poly shading and you'll have this under control
Neox
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Re: Can any Ai based tools could make a clean looking sign/logo from a photo?
Thanks
Tiles for interesting links to look in . Yeah. with a nice photo I wouldn't need anything for sure. Just hope for something that could quickly do that nice photo from a total crap. You tube video frame and such .
gnoop
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Re: Polygons' edges are seen after baking
Yeah heavy gradients in a tangent space normal map or differences in shading between the low and high poly causes:
More shading errors if the baked normal map tangent space isn't synced with the engine
More shading errors if there's not enough resolution
More shading errors the heavier the texture compression
More obvious shading issues on LOD1+ if sharing a normal map
Higher disk space usage once the normal texture is compressed to disk
None of these are bad enough to ruin an asset, but just things to keep in mind and reasons to pay attention.
More shading errors if the baked normal map tangent space isn't synced with the engine
More shading errors if there's not enough resolution
More shading errors the heavier the texture compression
More obvious shading issues on LOD1+ if sharing a normal map
Higher disk space usage once the normal texture is compressed to disk
None of these are bad enough to ruin an asset, but just things to keep in mind and reasons to pay attention.
ZacD
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Re: Indian Courtyard - UE5
On the door texture I like the overall feel of it, but there's a few things that are a tiny bit off.
There's an overlayed pattern across all of the wood that it makes it look more like one carved piece of wood instead of separate planks.
The middle split between the 2 halves is getting a little lost, it's more subtle than the other planks edges.
There's an overlayed pattern across all of the wood that it makes it look more like one carved piece of wood instead of separate planks.
The middle split between the 2 halves is getting a little lost, it's more subtle than the other planks edges.
ZacD
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Re: [WIP] Workshop Isometric Diorama
This looks like a fun project!
I'd agree that the blockout needs some more work before you progress.
This seems to be very obvious, but I don't know why the character would be in there otherwise. So just in case: Not knowing anything else about the piece, the scale seems way off, even if we assume the character stands for a creature with different proportions like a dwarf or a stubby pixel art figure (but I guess only an actual standin with the target proportions would allow for a final judgement). With pixel art, some smaller elements might be depicted a bit bigger to allow for them or their details to be readable at all, and the size of the character might actually be different (usually bigger, though), so you might have to adjust some of it, but you seem to have veered from your inspiration in ways that don't immediately make sense to me. Maybe to accomodate the small character? Or it's remnants of sticking to the first sketch initially.
You also seem to have misinterpreted some of the elements, like the base of the fireplace being a raised counter in your version (which might also mess with its 3D position). I can't quite make out if the little table (the disk in front of the fireplace) is resting on the ground in your scene. Maybe I'm seeing some contact AO, maybe it's just a shadow that creates the illusion.
The camera looks good, but it's not isometric, in case that matters.
I'd agree that the blockout needs some more work before you progress.
This seems to be very obvious, but I don't know why the character would be in there otherwise. So just in case: Not knowing anything else about the piece, the scale seems way off, even if we assume the character stands for a creature with different proportions like a dwarf or a stubby pixel art figure (but I guess only an actual standin with the target proportions would allow for a final judgement). With pixel art, some smaller elements might be depicted a bit bigger to allow for them or their details to be readable at all, and the size of the character might actually be different (usually bigger, though), so you might have to adjust some of it, but you seem to have veered from your inspiration in ways that don't immediately make sense to me. Maybe to accomodate the small character? Or it's remnants of sticking to the first sketch initially.
You also seem to have misinterpreted some of the elements, like the base of the fireplace being a raised counter in your version (which might also mess with its 3D position). I can't quite make out if the little table (the disk in front of the fireplace) is resting on the ground in your scene. Maybe I'm seeing some contact AO, maybe it's just a shadow that creates the illusion.
The camera looks good, but it's not isometric, in case that matters.
Noren
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Re: [WIP] Workshop Isometric Diorama
the box nearest the character and the cloned version in front of it a little off to the left the top of that seems wider than the reference i am almost sure that this is just cause you wanted to block it all out quickly and is no where near done.
Hope that wood flooring gets added, i think this would benefit greatly if you found some sort of way to make each element that is "somewhat duplicated" like the wood floor look unique from every other one, i.e. making about 3 separate wood planks, and or doing some fancy tricks to get a design that you could rotate or manipulate the wood pieces, so that they appear all unique as if you made them all separate objects with their own .u.v. spaces.
i like this and look forward to seeing more of it as you go along.
iam717
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ArianZ
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Re: Feedback on Darius model
Great links! Just a heads up that the main pose is drawn in perspective (we look at the head from below and on top of the feet) so you can't simply measure down to the toes. Then again, you normally wouldn't measure hair that's sticking up like that to have a better base of comparison to usual proportions, but I guess any fixed element is fine as a unit of measurment. Seeing how exaggerated the proportions are, I'd probably simply feel it out for something like this and check how it works from different perspectives.
Most obvious problem at the moment is the much too wide waist compared to the concept and the anatomy. Seems a bit like a blend between a naked body and the armor already applied in places. Obviously, much of that will be covered later, so in my opinion, it would make more sense to keep things more simple, here, and do separate anatomy studies with normal proportions first to get your bearings. Probably not as fun, though.
Most obvious problem at the moment is the much too wide waist compared to the concept and the anatomy. Seems a bit like a blend between a naked body and the armor already applied in places. Obviously, much of that will be covered later, so in my opinion, it would make more sense to keep things more simple, here, and do separate anatomy studies with normal proportions first to get your bearings. Probably not as fun, though.
Noren
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