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TGA Physically Based Lighting CGFX Shader for Maya Viewport
Hey guys, I wanted to share a new shader with you guys. First off, a big thank you to my colleague Niklas Hansson whom I created this shader with. He's the guy with the theoretical know-how of the inner workings of this shading method, he helped out with guiding me through the shader creation in Mental Mill as well as some… -
Dota 2 Shaders for Unity - Game Shaders 1
Hello everyone ! I've spent the last months doing a shader for Unity that is based on the Dota 2 shading and here is the result on the Unity forum : Game Shaders 1 - Dota 2 You can take a look at the demo I've done using Dota 2 fantastic art, and of course other demos made in collaboration with some great artists. The aim… -
Re: Shading/artifact issues on flat surfaces after applying the “Soften Edges” feature
Hi! Did you bake a unique normal map from a high poly to a lowpoly, then changed the lowpolys shading? If so, I would expect the final shading (mesh shading + normal map) to no longer look correct. The normal map stores the difference in shading of the meshes it was baked with. So if you change the lowpoly shading, you… -
Re: Topology Help: How to Split Faces to Fix Choppy Lighting?
Ok an N-pole shading error - (a vertex where 5 or more edges meet) which forces Blender to average face normals across different angles, causing dark spots or "pinching" artifacts when using smooth shading. And here's a few options that may resolve the problem 1. To fix the Normals and Smoothing often, shading artifacts… -
CGFX alpha masked LitSphere shader
Hey there, I'm currently looking into using litsphere shading as a method for texturing. The goal here is to use "decals" which has a normal map applied to it with an opacity mask. Using lit spheres would allow me to reproject the normal map and create unique textures by putting together a bunch of decals in maya. The… -
Re: Don’t use gamma on normal maps
Ugh, yeah lots of tools don’t display normal maps the right way in their thumbnails/viewers. Here’s another tip: Normalize your textures! I made a couple SBSAR procedural filters for normalizing textures, since I couldn't find reliable tools for this. Maybe these filters can help you! Normal maps should always be… -
Re: Game Development Thread: Artists & Developers Who Consistently Share Valuable Insights
Eric Chadwick said: Thats a cool post, thanks for the share. It's a shame Twitter "X" is so rough now as it was such a nice platform to scroll though various creators, examples - https://x.com/lowpolycurls https://x.com/abraham_cozar https://x.com/CaptvArt https://x.com/_BD3D -
UE4 Z-up Shader w Foliage
Hi all! Any advice for how to improve the quality of this wreath? The Z-up shader is using the whole mesh shape, rather than abiding by the alpha which is making it all kinds of wonky... Is using a Z-up shader with alpha cards not typically a good idea? Or is there a way to clamp the snow to only where the alpha is… -
How to reverse the specular in a shader? (Unity/Vive)
I'm trying to replicate the effect of sun hitting a window blind, and scattering in a cross-shaped pattern. This is for Unity using a Vive headset; it's for architects to preview different kinds of window shades in VR, so it needs to be as accurate as I can make it. I'm using Shader Forge. I know I can use a dot product to…
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