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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: frogulis on March 03, 2009, 07:21:19 am

Title: need help with ART
Post by: frogulis on March 03, 2009, 07:21:19 am

tried reading the tutorial but i dont get it :'(...can someone help me with this please ???

Title: Re: need help with ART
Post by: frogulis on March 03, 2009, 07:22:41 am

just to clarify i mean the raytracer not the word "art" 8)

Title: Re: need help with ART
Post by: floyd86 on March 03, 2009, 11:03:22 am

What do you want to achieve with ART since you can do alot with it. I assume you want to make reflections?
It's pretty easy: make a material, click attributes. Here you can create attributes for the raytraced material. i.e.: Make a new attribute >Type in specular and go to string and type in reflection> ok. Now the material will reflecte the surroundings depending on the specular value: 0=no reflection 1=mirror.

For more information look here: http://anim8or.com/download/preview/art_raytracer.html

Title: Re: need help with ART
Post by: frogulis on March 04, 2009, 05:24:44 am

i read that previously and it didnt really make sense....didnt get what class had to do with anything

Title: Re: need help with ART
Post by: frogulis on March 04, 2009, 05:34:46 am

what if i want to use transparent or glossytransparent or dialectric etc

Title: Re: need help with ART
Post by: floyd86 on March 04, 2009, 06:33:40 am

Simple: create a new attribute call it class then go to string and type in the type you want i.e. dielectric or transparent. If you want to have glossy or reflection make a new attribute and call it specular then go to string and type in reflection or glossy.
Make sure you download the examples, this will make it easier to understand.

Title: Re: need help with ART
Post by: frogulis on March 05, 2009, 02:25:26 am

and where might one get these examples

???

Title: Re: need help with ART
Post by: floyd86 on March 05, 2009, 05:14:18 am

On the same page I just linked: http://anim8or.com/download/preview/art_raytracer.html
Under every topic there is a downloadable file.