Model by decal

[filipmun]

Since I am on the topic at the other thread, I'll show an example of faking geometry with images on 4 cp plane.

 

Low patch but high quality at a glance which otherwise stiff looking wood stick.

[filipmun]

They are quite simple, all you need is alpha embeded decal and apply as cookie-cut.

Another way is to wrap with another set of identical mesh and scale up just to show the texture floading in the surface.

[Rodney]

Very nice Philip,

Excellent demonstration of the technique too.

 

I'm not sure why you didn't just model the wood as a rectangle but.. that's okay... I don't really need to know. The final effect is what I like.

 

More!

-Rodney

[KenH]

Yeah looks great! I'm also unsure why you used an alpha in your image. Couldn't you just use a normal decal? Perhaps I should look up the other thread.

[filipmun]

Sorry, I should show more detailed sample to illustrate this approach of mine.

A box is easy enough to build but stiff when rendered due to the harsh edges at the corners, most untreated 3d images have the same CG look.

 

Bellow is the comparison of a box model and a cookie-cut model at close up, it is more evident when you try to composite CG into real photos. I started as an illustrator and now a half baked animator supplying bitmap to flash arists.

 

Since many of us here is in for the animation part, I like to show how I use AM for still image composites.

[filipmun]

This is the cookie-cut 4 cp plane, it may not make a lot of difference but when you have an entire scene, the result is clear.

 

I have some portfolio at Renderosity;

http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByAr...=Yes&Artist=Mun

[KenH]

Aha! Good idea!

You could make it even more realistic by dirtying up the image.

[Rodney]

Makes sense to me. Nice Job!