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Realtime dynamic re-lighting using normal maps
Hello all,
I’m currently in the process of developing an AE plugin for dynamic re-lighting using normal-maps. Lighting is a tedious process in 3D – but doing it in real-time in 2D using this plugin makes it a lot more efficient!
At the moment it supports a single point light with ambient, diffuse and specular components, color, intensity and spherical environment-maps. I’m looking into supporting image-based illumination as well.
A little more info can be found at my website minning.de.
I’m posting here to gauge the general interest in such a plug-in… if the interest is large enough, I’ll probably work on the algorithm a little more and get it ready for a public release. Also, if anyone cares to help me test this plug-in, please get in touch with me! (Potential beta-testers ought to be comfortable with both After Effects and a 3D app, as I don’t want to play help desk!).
So, anyone think they might have any use for such a plugin?
Cheers,
Stefan -
1 Reply
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cool. I’ll take a stab at it since C4D 9.5 now generates normal maps. I’d post it in C4D Cow as well.
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com
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