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Re: SDF. what do you think of it?
One has to distinguish: Signed distance fields or functions does define some volume. Ray Marching is one possible algorithm to compute SDF's. Another possibility are voxels.. even if "rastered". One may say that the (original) metaballs are a very simple version of SDF.. only some radius around some ball centers… -
Re: SDF. what do you think of it?
okidokiThanks for interesting links but still sounds like a toy not very relevant to actual game art production. Same as Metaballs. Rather an interesting toy. I am for example still waiting when Designer would get any convenient manual touching/finishing tools or otherwize Painter get something like node based level of a… -
Re: SDF. what do you think of it?
SDFs are used in many different ways like making reading text in games less pixelated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGZRHJvJYIg 2D wise it can also be used for example in creating rain hitting the floor, creating a raindrop effect, 3D wise, intersections to visualize visibility shapes, ranges... or like a less resource… -
Re: SDF. what do you think of it?
Thanks guys for interesting comments . it's of topic but last fall after years of polishing Designer fx maps and creating procedural approaches I suddenly found how actually better my work had been when it all was just manual, taste and intuition driven. Zbrush sculpts and coloring , hand painted textures I did in some… -
Re: SDF. what do you think of it?
thanks guys . Well. I discovered them only in latest release of Substance Designer . Got the general idea . Just wonder if those sdfs are used in gamedev and how? As ray marching volumes ? Isn't it rather 3d textures and noise ? Should I learn sdf modelling or its like Metaballs in Blender ? Something that sits there since…
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