Making Shaders??

[visualboo]

Open max.... press M

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[WMLeeBo]

Smarta$$.;)

[Bobo]

Originally posted by WMLeeBo
How you one go about doing this? Of course for max. Is is programming? I know about Darktree from Darksim, but is this the only way to do this?



*You can write new shaders using the Max SDK

*You can develop new shaders using the MaxShade language which is a subset of the Renderman SL.
http://www.maxshade.com/shades.html

*You can use Darktree to create new materials and maps

*You can use Max' own procedural maps in the Material Editor in a similar manner as Darktree to create more complex map trees. See TreeMatoGraph for a more intuitive interface.
http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/darkmoon/tmg/

*You could script map plugins to create new UIs to existing procedural maps using MAXScript. See MAXScript Online Help for examples/tutorials.

*You could use MAXScript to procedurally create 2D bitmaps to be used as maps.

[WMLeeBo]

Thank you.

[visualboo]

hehe... sorry couldn't resist :)

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