Curvature map for max and any word on the raw light selects?

[joconnell]

Sure, was thinking that, must give it a go and see will it work nicely for convex stuff too. Not exactly the same but better than nothing at the minute.

[soulburn3d]

It can work in a pinch, but it does have a number of issues, like it doesn't work for concave edges, it's slow to render on a real scene, causes artifacts near skinny edges, etc. But yup, a good workaround to know about for sure.



- Neil

[Dave_Wortley]

Well in that case a +1 for a Curvature map!

[flat]

VRayCurvature is already in maya.
Please max porting !!!!!

[Macker]

I'd love this to add wear to things. Always struggled with using VRaydirt because of the reason neil pointed out (though VRayDirt is awesome, of course).

[Mokiki]

A curvaturemap in max would be awesome!

[themaxxer]

bump +1

we need it!

[vlado]

Yes, one of the developers is already working on it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Mokiki]

Awesome news! Thanks Vlado

[joconnell]

On a slightly related note for the likes of substance - any word on that glsl file for the vray material that you had too?

[soulburn3d]

Yes, one of the developers is already working on it.

Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!

- Neil

[joconnell]

Just as a thing neil, the program I wanted the curvature for, substance painter, now has a curvature and ao baker built in to it, plus tri planar mapping. It's well worth a quick look.

[soulburn3d]

Yup, I've seen the software. But it requires uvs on my objects, and I work uv free almost entirely, so its not appropriate for my workflow. That's why I'm so happy to see curvature coming for max.

- neil

[theedge]

Saw this this morning : http://boomerlabs.com/cart/product.p...3&cat=9&page=1
But there doesn't seem to be a demo to try it.

[Mokiki]

Saw this this morning : http://boomerlabs.com/cart/product.p...3&cat=9&page=1
But there doesn't seem to be a demo to try it.

On the page you linked is a "download demo" link at the right hand side. The demo has a few restrictions like mapslots are deactivated and other special features. Also you can't change colors.