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Re: Shader FX - Partial recoloring of diffuse sheet
I did something similar in a past job, where we used the alpha channel to define masks for three team colors. Each mask used 1/3 of the range within the alpha: 0-85, 86-143, 144-255. Here's an example with just two ranges instead of three, made with the old Shader FX in 3ds Max. Might give you some ideas. I can probably… -
Re: Alpha stamps vs Hard Surface normal stamps
An alpha is used to mask something, sometimes a full material. The hard-surface stamp are individual normal map that can also be stamped on your mesh, often providing more information. You can imagine combining both : an alpha that will mask the hard surface when painting on your mesh. We separated them because it makes… -
Re: HL2 Combine Metro Police
I like where you're going with the look of the mask-less Combine soldier, but I think the look isn't as disturbing as it is unusual/damaged. From the in-game models of a Combine soldier without a mask, they looked more disturbingly ghostly and starved of basic human nutrition. I suppose a picture would do more good than my… -
Re: 3DsMax RenderToTexture Glossiness map. Nowhere to be found?
Ok, so there is 1 of two things happening here. 1. You have no clue how to author specular or glossiness maps and don't understand how they work. 2. You are trying to bake a material mask out and confusing your terminology. You can select each individual object and set a primary color to it, bake this material mask in your… -
Re: Improve details on older model
You could try a couple things. You could try to multiply the normal map over itself using photoshop and this technique. http://vimeo.com/8025133. You could also try to go into zbursh do a mask by cavity so all the depth you sculpted will be masked, invert it, and do a negative inflate to add some more depth. Last way would… -
Re: Photoshop Brushes (post them here!)
I've been trying to make a photoshop action that takes the alpha of the image and applies it to the background layer. but the action brakes when it goes to paste the alpha into a mask What I'm doing is rendering normal and diff (AO) of an object to different images as the object it broken up into sections. I then want all… -
Re: Solved: Changing the direction in which a texture is applied?
If you wish to change a texture's rotation in the Suite, all you need to do is select the layer from which the texture derives and right-click. The options for rotation are located in that menu. :smile: You can duplicate the wood layer as many times as is necessary, mask it only to the specific area you'd like it to appear… -
Re: how to get behind things in prerendered background
It could only be a mask stored in your cubemap alpha, no ? Why a zbuffer ? From a constant point of view, occluding objects will stand still. With geometry you wont have a nice transparency behind that blue lighted cylinder laser thingy, while you could easily render it in a mask. edit: ah got it, for the pipe indeed, how… -
Re: [CE3] TLoU Landscape
I'd go back and add some color variation into your mud texture. It's all the same value, as if you did a flat fill and then gave it a normal map. Use a mixture of masks in Zbrush and do some painting to get some different values in there that still generally follow the form. If you want more after, you can use your… -
Re: Coke Can!
Wow, I never noticed this before but I'm living in Hawaii atm and apparently soda cans on the mainland don't have ridges at the top! Here's an example (pic not mine): This is pepsi but it's the same way with Coke and Dr. Pepper, apparently. As for the water streaks, the condensation won't change the diffuse color so I…
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