3DArtZ Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Hey guys, been a while since I've been tinkering around with anything.... this afternoon I wanted to test binding a displacemnt map to a bone to see about adding some folds to clothing... just to get an idea on things... anyways, preliminary resutls... about 800kb sorenson http://www.3dartz.com/vids/MapShirtq2A.mov Quote
mtpeak2 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Interesting. Are you using smartskin to drive the displacement percentage when the bone rotates on the X, Y or Z axis? Quote
3DArtZ Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 Interesting. Are you using smartskin to drive the displacement percentage when the bone rotates on the X, Y or Z axis? Hey Mark, long time no speak! I'm not using smartskin here. I'm using a displacement map that has it's value set to the Y rotation of the back bone via relationship. When the back is straight, the value is Zero. when the value is Y -90, the value of the displacement map is set to 85%(could have been 100%, but that was waaay too much.) The map isn't all that great, it was just to serve as a quick run through. Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com Quote
mtpeak2 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 So, you set it up in a pose then. You could have used smartskin too. Now, set it up in percentage slider so you can set the max displacement percentage that is used at -90 degrees. Quote
3DArtZ Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 So, you set it up in a pose then. You could have used smartskin too. Now, set it up in percentage slider so you can set the max displacement percentage that is used at -90 degrees. Is this a question or are you thinking out loud? I added the percentage value of the displacement map to the relationship pipeline in A:M, then I created a new relationship for the y rotation value of the bone I was using. Mike Quote
Paul Forwood Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 That is really cool stuff, Mike! So, do you use an expression to convert the Y rotation of a bone into a displacement percentage? Quote
mtpeak2 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Ok, you are starting to confuse me. Ok, can you adjust the amount of displacement at -90 degrees on the fly? Without having to edit the relationship? Quote
John Bigboote Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Hey Mike...cool test...it's good to have something going on other than watching that 'other' thread... A thing to remember when using the new displacement feature... convert (or make) your art in Photoshop in 32 bit depth color range and save as a PNG. To convert what you already made... do the conversion than add a slight blur to respread the pixels in 32 bits... Thanks! Quote
3DArtZ Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 That is really cool stuff, Mike! So, do you use an expression to convert the Y rotation of a bone into a displacement percentage? thanks paul! You certainly could do that, but what I did was basically synch up the Y rotation and the Value of the disp. map so that when the bone would move on the Y rot, the value of the map would change at the same time. Ok, you are starting to confuse me. Ok, can you adjust the amount of displacement at -90 degrees on the fly? Without having to edit the relationship? Hey Mark, I'm good at that! One could not change the user set value of the map on the fly. You would have to pop back into the relationship and, in my case, change it from 85% to whatever you wanted. Its not really hard or time consuming to that though unless one had a boat load of maps.... which I could see happening. Hey Mike...cool test...it's good to have something going on other than watching that 'other' thread... A thing to remember when using the new displacement feature... convert (or make) your art in Photoshop in 32 bit depth color range and save as a PNG. To convert what you already made... do the conversion than add a slight blur to respread the pixels in 32 bits... Thanks! Im sick over that "other" thread:0 Thanks for the info on the maps, will follow that for the next ones. Quote
mtpeak2 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 You could do it by adding a second bone into the equation. I'm sure there are other ways as well. Quote
3DArtZ Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 Hey guys, here a new clip. I turned down the max value of the same displacement map. about 800kb http://www.3dartz.com/vids/MapShirtq3A.mov Quote
3DArtZ Posted December 12, 2007 Author Posted December 12, 2007 Hey Guys, another test I quickly put together this afternoon. The map isn't great, but even with a crummy map the results look pretty good. about 800kb http://www.3dartz.com/vids/MapShirtq4A.mov Quote
Bendytoons Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Hey Guys, another test I quickly put together this afternoon. The map isn't great, but even with a crummy map the results look pretty good. about 800kb http://www.3dartz.com/vids/MapShirtq4A.mov okay, the shorts really sold me on this. Looks good. Quote
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