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Re: Per-pixel lighting equations on a smooth shaded mesh
Smooth shaded meshes where all vertices are in the same smooth group just means that the vertex normals are averaged, not that they take on the averaged normal of the face. If all three vertex normals are pointing in the opposite direction of the light, the "smoothed" vertex normal will be to. It will not orient to the… -
Texel Density - how to bake it for further usage in masks?
I am working on a project in which objects have various Td, and some of them even have various Td themselves in certain areas. I need a smart way to automatically mask those variable Tds into 8-bit grayscale, which I will use in Substance Painter for normal/height correction. Are there any apps or ways to do this? [I work… -
Xnormal NVIDIA Optix renderer error
Hi there! Having this error again and again, when trying to generate vertex color maps, it was working good for a long time... reinstalled Xnormal and even NVIDIA driver, not working, something is wrong with Optix ?? WHat else can be used instead ? Please help... -
Implementing Smooth Lighting of Speedtree in Unreal Engine 5
I have a confusion about implementing Speedtree smooth lighting to Unreal. In general, I have seen that people multiply normal maps with TwoSidedSign node, so that the backfacing leaves doesnt flip the normal. It does achieve the smooth shading, but with some added problems : * It blows up the basecolor a lot, it almost… -
Re: WIP - Cathedral Environment
marq4porsche: I will definitely keep that in mind when I do my real lighting pass. I love that color combination and my current quick lighting is a little warm. Skillmister: I used zbrush to rough the column up. I get the resolution fairly high (normally about 300-500k) on each section as a different subtool. I use the… -
Re: The Environment Art of Halo 4
Incredible work from everyone at 343! Loving Halo 4, both the campaign and the multiplayer, and it all looks incredible. @matt luxton: just taking a wild guess, I'd say they could keep their models with 1 smooth group and have the UVs less subdivided, because with the Normals matrix synced to the engine, there would be no… -
Re: Mecha Construction - Basics
Here's a great tutorial for you about baking methods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OONQzKcWeMY&list=PL6MdElM0q0fqsVDes6xatahjsWq7MggEJ&index=37 If I remember correctly (I just stepped through it real quick just now) the video should show you how to make great bakes with Blender (and maybe xNormal), but most of the… -
Re: New to the Forum and new to the Industry, here's some stuff!
Hi again, Thanks for all the critique, I've tried much harder on my texturing for this next asset. I've spent another day ignoring my University deadlines and working on my modelling/texturing skills. Today I started and finished (if you can call it finished!) a tileable section of a stone wall. It looks very tiled, but I… -
Re: [Portfolio] Ben Wilson - Environment Artist
Thanks for the kind words and great crits guys @DDuckworth: I see what you mean! I will get a better video for that. @NoltaN: I fixed up the normal maps, looks much better now. I used xNormals for almost all of the normal maps. @Gannon: Haha yeah it is kinda funky. Please tell me all your thoughts though, even the nit… -
Re: Workshop #3 - SyncViewS
Thanks guys, I'm currently working on the low poly, and once obvious edges has gone, those supporting the global shape in smooth, it becomes quite hard to judge what to keep and what not. The hook is a real pain, since I'd like to keep the gear teeth, but they're expensive, so I guess I'll try to preserve strictly the…
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