Joseph M. morgan
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Adam,
Though I got the wireframe I wanted, I now want to try it your way… using your #2 suggestion. You say to “Melt” the edges. I don’t get it. Are you talking about the “Melt” deformer, cuz… if you are, I certainly don’t have a clue what I’m doing here.
Joe
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Hey… I’m interested in knowing if you were able to pull this off?
I have tried… not as well, but I did get a pretty nice result.
I found using a white paper texture with slight bump, and about 4 lights with careful shadow mapping to work well.
I also added a slight glow to it, which seemed to make the difference… as I noticed a bit of glow in the sample you posted.
Now… why didn’t I see that? Easy enough….
Thanks
Joe
Hmmm.. going to have to try that…. in the meantime…
This is what I have now…
and I was thinking I could use the Spherify deformer, but I don’t think it was meant for a flat object like this.
How can I wrap the object around a sphere?
Joe
Have you taken a look at textures at the Stock Exchange?
Maybe you’ll find something there.
Joe
Before with a texture map:
And here it is with grass ( 10 minute render for a single frame )…
Joe
I had already taken a guess and put the alpha on the density channel and it worked as I expected. That is, grass where white is, no grass where black is.
I’ve managed to increase my render time exponentially… definitely must look into building a new machine for this 🙂
What would be the difference if I put the alpha map on length?
And… it is working really well… I’ll post a pic later, but any ideas on making weeds?
Joe
It’s a rocky surface with grass mixed in… I clearly need to learn how to make grass with the fur module. But here’s what I have…
The stone and grass are both from a photo. UVW mapping tiled 20 and 15 times respectively.
The grass uses an alpha map.
Any siggestions are welcome… meanwhile, I’m in search of a “fur” tutorial … hopefully how to make grass. The main question then will be… can I make grass with the alpha so I have areas of grass, rather than a fuzzy surface.
Joe
Never mind… I figured it out… I’m trying way too hard to make it hard…
I just needed a 2nd texture, no mixing, and an alpha…
Sorry to bother you.
So here’s the thing… to simpify… what if I want a vase with a painted center. I’ve got materal 1, the green marblish finish. The 2nd materia is the band of paint. Here’s what I’ve done:
https://24.178.203.55/temp/Texture%20Question.jpg
How do I get the band to not be partially transparent? I’ve tried several mix modes… nothing seems to work to make the band solid.