^ Wow very cool Alec. I'm newish to creating shaders(minus some unreal) so excuse my simple question, but what did you make this in? Any keywords I can research would be awesome! Thanks
Function: Inverts the values of the user selected channel Color, Illum, Alpha. Still needs some love, but works good on meshes /w solid vert color values.
I'm new to anything shaders(minus some unreal) so excuse my simple question, but what did you make this in? Any keywords I can research would be awesome! Thanks
Would be cool if you could match the dimensions of the render texture with the bulbs, then turn off filtering for the render texture, that way you'd get one colour per bulb.
alternatively compute texture coordinate per bulb based on its center. To reduce aliasing effects would not recommend matching the resolutions. But say you render video at 4x the res of the bulb titles, if you then compute the bulb's texture coordinate to lie within the center of 4 texels, you get the average of those 4 rendered pixel and therefore super-sampled image quality.
NV_command_list, a very cool new blazing fast OpenGL extension was publicly announced today at SIGGRAPH Asia. I am super happy to work on it with two colleagues. No GL spec yet, as we are still refining it, but sample code https://github.com/nvpro-samples/gl_commandlist_basic and will be able to post more of this year's work over there (after writing proper readmes and doing a bit more commenting )
Aside from getting ready to switch software packages and engines I haven't been working on too much other than small stuff like this:
ScaleSpin, it adds a spinner to the curve editor to help you control the position of the scale origin. For regular max objects Monsters scale snap works great, but it doesn't handle all types of controllers so I cooked up this. I was so tired of hunting around for the scale origin when I was using a biped. I was constantly closing/opening the curve editor just to set it back to zero, grr... so much time wasted.
Standard max UI stuff applies:
Click and drag the spinner arrows and it will move the scale bar.
Right click the spinner arrows and it sets it to zero.
Type in a value and it puts it on that value.
As an added bonus to the other people using biped, I put two buttons for switching between POS and ROT curves. Sometimes if you open biped's workbench it will lock the standard POS/ROT buttons in the standard curve editor, these buttons won't lock, ever.
If you have a trackview already open it will add it to it, if not it will create one.
To install, highlight and drag the text from the window below into your max toolbar, probably right next to your curve editor button, or replace it. Or add a macro header and bind it to a key, whatever...
(
ScaleVal = 0.0
try(cui.UnregisterDialogBar Roll_ScaleSnap) catch()
try(destroydialog Roll_ScaleSnap) catch()
CurTV = trackviews.current
if CurTV == undefined then (macros.run "Track View" "LaunchFCurveEditor")
rollout Roll_ScaleSnap "S-Snap v1.0" width:168 height:36
(
spinner spn_Scale "" pos:[8,10] width:64 height:16 range:[-1e+007,1e+007,0.0] type:#float
button btn_pos "Pos" pos:[80,6] width:40 height:24
button btn_rot "Rot" pos:[120,6] width:40 height:24
fn scaleSnap = (
ScaleVal = spn_Scale.value
trackviews.current.scaleValuesOrigin = ScaleVal
--hack used to get the trackview to update so the scale line is visible...
trackviews.current.showFrozenKeys = true
trackviews.current.showFrozenKeys = false
)
on Roll_ScaleSnap open do (
spn_Scale.value = ScaleVal
trackviews.current.ui.showTrackWindow = true
)
on spn_Scale changed val do (
scaleSnap()
)
on btn_pos pressed do (
actionMan.executeAction 1038504992 "40120" -- Biped Curve Editing: Show Pos Curve
)
on btn_rot pressed do (
actionMan.executeAction 1038504992 "40119" -- Biped Curve Editing: Show Rot Curve
)
)
createdialog Roll_ScaleSnap
--Use to dock it in the current trackview
cui.registerDialogBar Roll_ScaleSnap parent:trackviews.current.ui.hwnd maxSize:[169,34]
cui.DockDialogBar Roll_ScaleSnap #cui_dock_top
)
Added a post to my blog containing my process for setting up texture baking in 3dstudio max for complex objects. This post includes a link to a photoshop script I put together to automate the process of combining these maps back in photoshop.
I'm looking for feedback on the process and the tool! Thanks!
Purpose of the tool and the script is to make a workflow that allows for iteration of individual elements of a complex mesh without having to rebake the entire object. At the time of creating this workflow/tool I had a slower PC and rendering would take forever. And combining all these maps back together in photoshop manually took me up to 4 hours (with breaks for food/drink/youtube). The script makes that process 2 minutes
Just released version .2 of my image reference viewer tool. Lets you open a bunch of images and lay it out on your monitor however you want to, not confined to a window.
Just released version .2 of my image reference viewer tool. Lets you open a bunch of images and lay it out on your monitor however you want to, not confined to a window.
Check it out, I'm looking for your feedback,
Thanks
Thank you for sharing lkruel, this is a great tool, I was waiting for something like this ever since I've seen refboard, I'm defenetly using Kuadro from now on, the main advantage it has it's that it is not constraint to an window.
Also as a feature request is it possible to have a shortcut key for "Alaway on top" option, the one from the main menu not from the image menu. Also I've noticed a bug with this option when opening a preset even if the option is checked the images won't stay on top, you have to uncheck and check again the option to stay on top.
Also another bug will be if you have a preset opend and you will add another image, the added image is staying behind the others and will not go in front when pressing the space key, you have to save the preset and reopen it to manipulate the z order of the preset's images.
Thank you for sharing lkruel, this is a great tool, I was waiting for something like this ever since I've seen refboard, I'm defenetly using Kuadro from now on, the main advantage it has it's that it is not constraint to an window.
Also as a feature request is it possible to have a shortcut key for "Alaway on top" option, the one from the main menu not from the image menu. Also I've noticed a bug with this option when opening a preset even if the option is checked the images won't stay on top, you have to uncheck and check again the option to stay on top.
Also another bug will be if you have a preset opend and you will add another image, the added image is staying behind the others and will not go in front when pressing the space key, you have to save the preset and reopen it to manipulate the z order of the preset's images.
Thank you, great tool and keep up the good work.
Hi c.buliarca!
Thanks for trying the tool out. The original concept for the global always on top was that it wasn't tied to a preset, but I guess you're right. It makes more sense for that option to be tied to the preset. I'll add that in. I'll also fix the bug where a new window doesn't respect the always on top flag.
Thanks for the idea and reporting the issues! Should have the new version out by the weekend.
Thanks for trying the tool out. The original concept for the global always on top was that it wasn't tied to a preset, but I guess you're right. It makes more sense for that option to be tied to the preset. I'll add that in. I'll also fix the bug where a new window doesn't respect the always on top flag.
Thanks for the idea and reporting the issues! Should have the new version out by the weekend.
- Luiz
Hi Luiz,
thank you for your fast update, it works like a charm, and as another feature ideea it will be cool to be able to show the next or the previous images in the folder of the already opened image, like every other image viewer. Also when i'm trying to open the image directly with kuadro like right click on the image icon in windows, coshe open with... and browse for the kuadro executable, it only opens another instance of kuadro without opening the image itself.
thank you for your fast update, it works like a charm, and as another feature ideea it will be cool to be able to show the next or the previous images in the folder of the already opened image, like every other image viewer. Also when i'm trying to open the image directly with kuadro like right click on the image icon in windows, coshe open with... and browse for the kuadro executable, it only opens another instance of kuadro without opening the image itself.
Thank you.
Cristian
Hey Christian,
Thanks for the suggestion! I've started implementing it. When you move between images would you prefer for the window to maintain your tweaks in terms of resizing, or would you like the window the fit to the new image.
For example, if you had a horizontal image open, and then the next image is vertical. Is it more important to maintain your layout or the image to fill the frame?
I'll also add the open with functionality for the next release.
Also, I've started a Kuadro thread in this forum, so feel free to post suggestions like this there so we don't hijack this thread
few days my struggle to familiarize with blender . trying to make it look like my 3dsmax pipeline ....
not sure it is time worth , but I tried multiple object subsurf toggle on and off with python...
I know i should know blender much more first before trying to spoil myself. with customization to mimic other software...
I guess its one way to familiarize oneself with blender and I think I would do the same. Just create a panel in python that mimics many of the great features in 3dsMax and then slowly dive into the blender world
is there any update on this? I couldn't find any more posts about this and it seems really useful
nope i havnt continued working on this, i have the framework done but i just need to get back into the scripting mood (which might be after my current project)
nope i havnt continued working on this, i have the framework done but i just need to get back into the scripting mood (which might be after my current project)
oooh
well I hope you get around to work on it again.
I'm not working on hair atm nor will I do in the near future, but I think hair planes aren't going anywhere soon (not for me at least) and your script shows the kind of workflow I'd love for making hair planes
if you never get around to finish it would you consider releasing it unfinished?
few days my struggle to familiarize with blender . trying to make it look like my 3dsmax pipeline ....
not sure it is time worth , but I tried multiple object subsurf toggle on and off with python...
I know i should know blender much more first before trying to spoil myself. with customization to mimic other software...
There's actually a hotkey for that by default. Ctrl+1 sets objects to one subsurf level, Ctrl+2 to two, and so on. Ctrl+0 turns subsurf off.
There's actually a hotkey for that by default. Ctrl+1 sets objects to one subsurf level, Ctrl+2 to two, and so on. Ctrl+0 turns subsurf off.
yes, I aware that button,
this one is for one button toggle. ( like pressing tab for smooth and tab aggain to unsmooth ) but probably thee already flip flop function for this somewhere.
now Im testing out camera bake maxscript with imagemagick http://www.imagemagick.org/ ( its an old stuff but i just knew about it lol ) it can do many kind of image batch processing
Thought experiment for automatic low poly mesh creation and uv unwrap from a high polygon model.
Haven't started any programming yet, but wouldn't mind any suggestions/critiques/ glaring errors you notice.
How's this coming along?
I'd love to see an option where it would automatically split the UV's on 90 degree edges.
Did a little work on a tool for Tech Artists working with Maya and PyCharm as there python IDE. Its Pluing for PyCharm, that lets you excute the current selection in maya or the current documeant with one button. It also Allows view the maya script editor log in PyCharm as well.
It can be configured in the Settings > Other Settings > mayacharm Settings where you can setup what port number to use and where it will provide you with the command needed in maya to create the command port. Its actions can be accesed via the Run menu.
ya when i get time again thinking of a few new features as well. Such as haveing it automacally setup the debugger in maya for using breakpoints and when sending singal line selections have it normalize the indents.
These last days... weeks... even month to be honest, I have worked on a new script. Basically similar in functionality to what I have made with xNormal, but this time with our own bakers at Allegorithmic.
I tried to simplify a bit more the usage of the script. One of the most common problem when working with the script for the xNormal version was to export each time to update the bakes properly (and so on). I also now supports multiple meshes at once, which is very handy when processing similar meshes.
One thing that took me a lot of time was to prevent as much errors as possible right within maya before launching the bakers. (Because there is nothing more frustrating than preparing everything and forgetting one tiny little detail.)
So you get a little interface that handle a lot of bakers with as few buttons to click on as possible to speed up the workflow.
Hey, so I made a little tool that allows the user to create images in Photoshop and uses the image to place assets into the scene. It uses the red channel to control floor and wall placement, the green channel for props, and the blue channel for height.
Currently working on a front-end GUI for a substance-designer centric texture production pipeline, kinda similar to a lot of the stuff in Michael Pavlovich's H2A talk at GDC but also supports stuff like batch rendering large quantities of .sbs files using BatchTools. Pretty cool stuff!
Currently working on a front-end GUI for a substance-designer centric texture production pipeline, kinda similar to a lot of the stuff in Michael Pavlovich's H2A talk at GDC but also supports stuff like batch rendering large quantities of .sbs files using BatchTools. Pretty cool stuff!
Pics or lies :P Just joking sounds cool. C#? Python?
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First, a jumbotron shader that tiles parallax mapped fake bulbs overtop of a render texture:
A dirt+grass vertex paint shader that automatically creates shadows for the transistion:
Script can be found here MAXScript Adventures: Invert Vertex Colors
Function: Inverts the values of the user selected channel Color, Illum, Alpha. Still needs some love, but works good on meshes /w solid vert color values.
I can't talk to Alec's specific setup, but we have some resources here that should help you get started:
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Category:EnvironmentTexturing
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/MultiTexture
I'm trying to add plaster over brick and I would like to control it in the shader with either vertex color or a mask (or both).
I can't find the thread now. If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/MultiTexture#Modulation_Blending
ScaleSpin, it adds a spinner to the curve editor to help you control the position of the scale origin. For regular max objects Monsters scale snap works great, but it doesn't handle all types of controllers so I cooked up this. I was so tired of hunting around for the scale origin when I was using a biped. I was constantly closing/opening the curve editor just to set it back to zero, grr... so much time wasted.
Standard max UI stuff applies:
Click and drag the spinner arrows and it will move the scale bar.
Right click the spinner arrows and it sets it to zero.
Type in a value and it puts it on that value.
As an added bonus to the other people using biped, I put two buttons for switching between POS and ROT curves. Sometimes if you open biped's workbench it will lock the standard POS/ROT buttons in the standard curve editor, these buttons won't lock, ever.
If you have a trackview already open it will add it to it, if not it will create one.
To install, highlight and drag the text from the window below into your max toolbar, probably right next to your curve editor button, or replace it. Or add a macro header and bind it to a key, whatever...
Added a post to my blog containing my process for setting up texture baking in 3dstudio max for complex objects. This post includes a link to a photoshop script I put together to automate the process of combining these maps back in photoshop.
http://www.envartist.com/scripting/3ds-max-texture-baking-process/
I'm looking for feedback on the process and the tool! Thanks!
Purpose of the tool and the script is to make a workflow that allows for iteration of individual elements of a complex mesh without having to rebake the entire object. At the time of creating this workflow/tool I had a slower PC and rendering would take forever. And combining all these maps back together in photoshop manually took me up to 4 hours (with breaks for food/drink/youtube). The script makes that process 2 minutes
Check it out, I'm looking for your feedback,
Thanks
Kuadro
Thank you for sharing lkruel, this is a great tool, I was waiting for something like this ever since I've seen refboard, I'm defenetly using Kuadro from now on, the main advantage it has it's that it is not constraint to an window.
Also as a feature request is it possible to have a shortcut key for "Alaway on top" option, the one from the main menu not from the image menu. Also I've noticed a bug with this option when opening a preset even if the option is checked the images won't stay on top, you have to uncheck and check again the option to stay on top.
Also another bug will be if you have a preset opend and you will add another image, the added image is staying behind the others and will not go in front when pressing the space key, you have to save the preset and reopen it to manipulate the z order of the preset's images.
Thank you, great tool and keep up the good work.
You can grab them here:
http://substance.arvinmoses.com/
Hi c.buliarca!
Thanks for trying the tool out. The original concept for the global always on top was that it wasn't tied to a preset, but I guess you're right. It makes more sense for that option to be tied to the preset. I'll add that in. I'll also fix the bug where a new window doesn't respect the always on top flag.
Thanks for the idea and reporting the issues! Should have the new version out by the weekend.
- Luiz
Hi Luiz,
thank you for your fast update, it works like a charm, and as another feature ideea it will be cool to be able to show the next or the previous images in the folder of the already opened image, like every other image viewer. Also when i'm trying to open the image directly with kuadro like right click on the image icon in windows, coshe open with... and browse for the kuadro executable, it only opens another instance of kuadro without opening the image itself.
Thank you.
Cristian
Hey Christian,
Thanks for the suggestion! I've started implementing it. When you move between images would you prefer for the window to maintain your tweaks in terms of resizing, or would you like the window the fit to the new image.
For example, if you had a horizontal image open, and then the next image is vertical. Is it more important to maintain your layout or the image to fill the frame?
I'll also add the open with functionality for the next release.
Also, I've started a Kuadro thread in this forum, so feel free to post suggestions like this there so we don't hijack this thread
Thanks!
Looking good!
not sure it is time worth , but I tried multiple object subsurf toggle on and off with python...
I know i should know blender much more first before trying to spoil myself. with customization to mimic other software...
nope i havnt continued working on this, i have the framework done but i just need to get back into the scripting mood (which might be after my current project)
oooh
well I hope you get around to work on it again.
I'm not working on hair atm nor will I do in the near future, but I think hair planes aren't going anywhere soon (not for me at least) and your script shows the kind of workflow I'd love for making hair planes
if you never get around to finish it would you consider releasing it unfinished?
There's actually a hotkey for that by default. Ctrl+1 sets objects to one subsurf level, Ctrl+2 to two, and so on. Ctrl+0 turns subsurf off.
yes, I aware that button,
this one is for one button toggle. ( like pressing tab for smooth and tab aggain to unsmooth ) but probably thee already flip flop function for this somewhere.
This is so .. crazy :poly105:
[ame]
now Im testing out camera bake maxscript with imagemagick http://www.imagemagick.org/ ( its an old stuff but i just knew about it lol ) it can do many kind of image batch processing
Get it here:
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/nightshade-connect
How's this coming along?
I'd love to see an option where it would automatically split the UV's on 90 degree edges.
[ame]
Download - GitHub
It can be configured in the Settings > Other Settings > mayacharm Settings where you can setup what port number to use and where it will provide you with the command needed in maya to create the command port. Its actions can be accesed via the Run menu.
Simple tool to speed up generic rig controls.
Docking, un docking, icon or list only.. Any thoughts?
http://flynnsyard.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/a-simple-script-loading-tool-for-maya.html
I know there's others similar, but I found they wouldn't always work in all situations, and sometimes came up with weird results.
yooooooooooo
I tried to simplify a bit more the usage of the script. One of the most common problem when working with the script for the xNormal version was to export each time to update the bakes properly (and so on). I also now supports multiple meshes at once, which is very handy when processing similar meshes.
One thing that took me a lot of time was to prevent as much errors as possible right within maya before launching the bakers. (Because there is nothing more frustrating than preparing everything and forgetting one tiny little detail.)
So you get a little interface that handle a lot of bakers with as few buttons to click on as possible to speed up the workflow.
Full details over here : http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151048
[ame]
you can check out my thread here:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151411
I worked on a bridge to quickly send model(s) from 3dsMax to Substance Painter (quickly export/set what is needed).
More information here:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2283794#post2283794
Yes please. Want.
Pics or lies :P Just joking sounds cool. C#? Python?
Want to release it when it's more fail proof and I figure out what the hell I'm doing.