Render Gallery Submission Thread (Updated 8-13) 56k warning

UnlockedTitan · Post by **UnlockedTitan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:01 pm

looks like your bump maps for the hog are messed up (too pixilated), did your Photoshop dds plugin get corrupt?

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:07 pm

Was going for my own look, just a personal liking. NOT ingame.

This is an experment with spec level maps.
Tell me which one you prefer, the #.(wait a few seconds for the .gif to load)

SnaFuBAR · Post by **SnaFuBAR** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:11 pm

ah, i like the brighter one. having photography experience for 15 years now, i can say that the darker one shows less detail and in black and white photo would be slightly dark.

i would suggest you go with the brighter specular map. the brightest is too bright and begins to wash out the armor's bone lines. 2 brightest is quite nice.

[gx]shadow · Post by **[gx]shadow** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:17 pm

Number 2 looks fantastic.

TuCKeR(rvb) · Post by **TuCKeR(rvb)** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:54 pm

Number 2 or 3

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:28 pm

i like the 1st and 3rd, the 2nd is too dark.

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:22 am

2 it is. I'm going to bed, but here are a few pictures showing off a bunch of material experiments.

Also, I <3 DirectX

Halo 2 Rules!! · Post by **Halo 2 Rules!!** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:31 am

more material testing. The caustics from a projector map didnt turn out like id hoped, but oh well. Like veegie, this material is what i like. If you don't like it, that is your opinion, and i will respect that.

rossgemuend · Post by **rossgemuend** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:12 am

i really like your new material veegie, number 2 was a good chioce. I believe that a custom look is much more interesting and has much more potential than the in-game look.

and what renderer was that last one done with jean?

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:03 am

Vray.

trepdimeflou · Post by **trepdimeflou** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:35 am

except that Jean doesnt use vray anymore -_-

rossgemuend · Post by **rossgemuend** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:41 am

that's why i was asking

Xeph0n · Post by **Xeph0n** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:04 am

Im willing to bet its Final Render, thats what i use, and its awesome.
It has a few excellent pre-built shaders, and the fr-advanced material is incredibly flexible.
better not be maxwell.....

Snave · Post by **Snave** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:03 am

Veegie, #1 CC brings out the bump map more.

rossgemuend · Post by **rossgemuend** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:48 am

weird angle...
and a little to much of the specular bloom (still experimenting)

Halo 2 Rules!! · Post by **Halo 2 Rules!!** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:10 pm

Veegie wrote:Vray.

wrongo. that render i posted was done in the DefaultScanlineRenderer
no fancy effects applied, just straight out Standard materials

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:32 pm

Jean, I think you might be going a little crazy with the battle scars, but still a cool material.

And Veegie...in this picture...is that like...a standard viewport being rendered in real time while you're working on it? Mind sharing how you did it?

trepdimeflou · Post by **trepdimeflou** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:34 pm

its in the max reference files, if you have them. just look up realtime shaders, i think.

finalrender is my preferred renderer, but for some reason it refuses to render my masterchief correctly, so i have to use the scalnine for him.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:35 pm

Ok, cool, I'll look that up.

And ross, your MC's right *our left* shoulder looks messed up.

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:43 pm

Sorry Jean, the bump/normal mapping on the armor looked to be not only edited normals but polygonal geometry.