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Stochastic flakes plugin, take 2
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NEW VERSION ROCKS.
i can now slap dirt and scratches (or even, at a push, fabric textures etc) on an entire room full of stuff, without seams, and the randomisation controls mean even if its collapsed, i can stick a materialbyelement on there and get different mapping on each element. no repeats
its basically exactly what i wanted.
if i was being picky, it would be good to have a 90 degree or 180 degree lock option on the random rotation, since often textures have a direction or grain. totally random rotation doesnt work in this case.
anyway what a nice present this plugin is. its not just Neil who has been waiting a long time for somebody to do this.
thats a single collapsed object, no uv mapping. took all of 30 seconds to set up. just some randomised material ids to drive the mapping offsets.Last edited by super gnu; 19-10-2015, 02:03 AM.
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just thinking outside the box here, since of course the feature requests never actually end:
would it be possible to access the blend gradient? for example plugging gradient ramps or procedural noses into a map slot for the edge fade between axes? might be useful for avoiding the smooth gradient that is sometimes an issue.
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Originally posted by super gnu View Postif i was being picky, it would be good to have a 90 degree or 180 degree lock option on the random rotation, since often textures have a direction or grain. totally random rotation doesnt work in this case.
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VladoI only act like I know everything, Rogers.
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Fantastic! Thanks Vlado
Was 'World Space' option a no go? I imagine using reference node mode would make it harder to reuse shaders between different scenes as well as taking a few more seconds to set up each time.
A couple ideas to make it more awesome....
- Blend radius and curve (or maybe gradient?)
- Randomization range, something like all scattering soulutions have (min max values for offset and rotation.)
....Give the devil a little finger, eh
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Wow !
This plugin is so great.
Thanks Vlado (and Neil for the idea ) !Gil Guminski
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Originally posted by viscorbel View PostWas 'World Space' option a no go? I imagine using reference node mode would make it harder to reuse shaders between different scenes as well as taking a few more seconds to set up each time.
- Blend radius and curve (or maybe gradient?)
- Randomization range, something like all scattering soulutions have (min max values for offset and rotation.)
Best regards,
VladoI only act like I know everything, Rogers.
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-World space, awesome!
- Blend radius and curve
Most of the time it's not needed, but in some of my tests there was a problematic transition that I wanted to tweak. Increaseing Blend amount made the blurred transition too visible, so I wondered if larger blend radius combined with smaller blend amount would look better.
-Randomization range
Ok, imagine a wall with some sort of horizontal stones sticking out. Let's say I wanted to give some bump to them that has mostly horizontal elements. Would be nice to randomize the rotation, but no more than 5-10 degrees to still keep the mainly horizontal look.
Probably could get away with just randomizing the offset, and skipping rotation randomization altogether, but I sometimes have a control fetish for things like this.
Anyway, these are just some random ideas. The map is fantastic as it is
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Originally posted by viscorbel View Post-Randomization range
Ok, imagine a wall with some sort of horizontal stones sticking out. Let's say I wanted to give some bump to them that has mostly horizontal elements. Would be nice to randomize the rotation, but no more than 5-10 degrees to still keep the mainly horizontal look.
Probably could get away with just randomizing the offset, and skipping rotation randomization altogether, but I sometimes have a control fetish for things like this.
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-" Blend radius and curve (or maybe gradient?)
Hm, I'm not sure what would be the usefulness of that? The blend part is almost invisible in most cases anyways?"
the blend is often visible, depending on the suitability of the map. i think a map slot for the blend gradient (if possible) would be a good option. you could use noise to break up the linearity of the gradient, and maybe get nice transitions using copies of the main map to drive the gradient. hard to visualise without testing though.
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Originally posted by vlado View PostSo here is an updated version:
http://www.spot3d.com/vray/misc/vraytriplanartex.zip
I think I managed to incorporate all suggestions, but if I've missed anything, please let me know.
Best regards,
Vlado
Thanks for this great update !!
Edit : I think moving it from "Standard" to "Vray" category would be cool alsoLast edited by M.Max; 19-10-2015, 03:42 AM.-------------------------------------------------------------
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Originally posted by super gnu View Postthe blend is often visible, depending on the suitability of the map. i think a map slot for the blend gradient (if possible) would be a good option. you could use noise to break up the linearity of the gradient, and maybe get nice transitions using copies of the main map to drive the gradient. hard to visualise without testing though.
Forget the curve
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Originally posted by super gnu View Postthe blend is often visible, depending on the suitability of the map. i think a map slot for the blend gradient (if possible) would be a good option. you could use noise to break up the linearity of the gradient, and maybe get nice transitions using copies of the main map to drive the gradient. hard to visualise without testing though.
Best regards,
VladoI only act like I know everything, Rogers.
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