Bhodinut Buffy

[mikeh64]

I think it's called "normal direction" now

[FranOnTheEdge]

Alright, fine.

Where do I find this "normal direction" then? (funny name for a shader)

[Zmurowski]

As if Buffy was better. Create a new material, klik the arrow next to the texture field, go to the effects - and there it is.

[AdamT]

Makes a bit more sense than Buffy, considering that it's effect is based on polygon normal direction.

[JeremyW]

(funny name for a shader)

Perhaps FranOnTheEdge is darf's latest AKA???

[TimC]

bhodiNUT!

I still have my original Smells Like Almonds cds.

Bless Darf and all his creations!

Tim



edit =(typo)

[Srek]

Perhaps FranOnTheEdge is darf's latest AKA???
No, Darf wouldn't ask for shaders, coding them would take him less time ;)

[FranOnTheEdge]

Perhaps FranOnTheEdge is darf's latest AKA???

No no, the nom de plume "FranOnTheEdge" is all mine - just about anywhere.

The only times I've not been able to use it, is when the forum concerned didn't make the username field long enough.

So I might sometimes be FranOnTheEd or FranOnTh - mostly FranOnTheEdge but always - it means ME!!!

Buffy wasn't so bad, easily rememberable - just think, it could have been called "Smells like cheese".

Zmurowski (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=247182),
Texture field - effects - thanks.
... found it. Um. Oh darn! Now I can't remember where the instructions were that I was following.

Oh bother, bother, bother!

Found it!

Is this BhodiNUT Tiles do you think?

[LucentDreams]

yes thats the bhodinut tiles shader it kept its name because the name was sensible.

[FranOnTheEdge]

Okay thanks, now I think I'm getting there:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/franontheedge/BuffyNormalNormals.jpg
That's the sphere with the normals normal and this buffy tiles thing on it.

And this:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/franontheedge/BuffyNormalsReversed2.jpg
is the sphere with the normals reversed.
Interesting....

So is this right?
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/franontheedge/BuffyGlassWithWithout.jpg
Where I'm trying the sphere with and without Buffy in the specular colour?

My Cinema doesn't seem to be the same as the one in the tips & tricks thread, so some things are in specular colour that Per Anders is saying are in Specular - so I'm not sure if I've got it right or not.

[LucentDreams]

yes you put it in specular color. on ther ight you see how it doens't have the second highlight inside, making the glass appear solid.

That said you realize that this specific functino is only needed if you use the phong illumination model if you use blinn this behaviour is gone and no special shader is needed.

[FranOnTheEdge]

Well phong is for glass and blinn is more plasticy or at least solid, isn't it?

I'm just starting to find out about blinn and phong etc in my maya classes at Uni.

[georgedrakakis]

Well phong is for glass and blinn is more plasticy or at least solid, isn't it?

actually it's the exact opposite.
phong illumination mode is more suited for plastics,
blinn for glass and shiny surfaces &
oren-nayer for rough surfaces (i.e. walls, stones, etc.)
playing around with the diffuse values (fall-off and/or levels), under the illumination mode, you have more control of how the light bounce (scatter?) the material's surface.
hth,
george

[imashination]

phong = solid stuff (plastic and glass)
orenaya = squishy stuff (cloth, wax, skin)

[LucentDreams]

way I looka t it is phong is for innaccurate speculars
blin for plastic, shiny, and orenayer for matte.

[georgedrakakis]

phong = solid stuff (plastic and glass)
orenaya = squishy stuff (cloth, wax, skin)
that's correct.
blinn uses more accurate calculations than phong model.
oren-nayar is for micro-faceted surfaces, as mentioned above

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