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Artwork => Finished Works and Works in Progress => Topic started by: CydoniaKnight on May 01, 2008, 05:35:33 am
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Well I've been playing with Anim8or for a while and have come up with these 7 pictures. They are just gathering cyberdust so I thought I'd share them with you! ;D
Enjoy:
This one uses a backround image, but its all rendered entirely in Anim8or.
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/751/rooftopooldz6.jpg)
This was me testing the new ART raytracer, and material attributes.
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8066/reflectiveballssi4.jpg)
This is a render of the logo of my favorite band. Uses a backround image, but the planets are actual 3D objects.
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5643/muselogoyq3.jpg)
This is just a random throw-together. The sailing ship looks photoshopped, but its actually a 3D model with a black texture!
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1255/sunsetpg3.jpg)
This is a rusty robot in a forest. I don't know how he got there... perhaps he needs an oil-can?
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5516/roboforestyx2.jpg)
This is really a test, but it showcases my trans-mapped rain so I kept it as an example.
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7663/forestsceneak7.jpg)
And these lightsabers showcase my glowing transmap/emissive effect.
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5606/lightskb6.jpg)
Hope you liked them, and I am always open to advice.
And anyone who would like to know how I made some of these can ask, I don't mind! :)
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Wow, that looks ace man! I do have a few questions
1: How did you create that rain effect?
2: How did you make the reflections?
3: Where did you get all these textures from?
4: How did you create that Lightsaber effect?
Sorry for all the questions lol
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very cool 8) i especially like the 5th and 6th ones, the rain works very well.
just wondering how you did the lightsabres, the blades look a bit fragmented near the handles?
- colclough
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Really great images! I love the first one... the wood textures above the pool look a bit stretched, but the water is perfect! :)
Hey, Spicy, I think I can answer some of your questions (well, CydoniaKnight has already answered them...)
1: How did you create that rain effect?
(...) it showcases my trans-mapped rain so I kept it as an example.
You will find the basics about transparency maps here:
http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/007820.html (http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/007820.html)
2: How did you make the reflections?
(...) testing the new ART raytracer, and material attributes.
Read more about Anim8or Ray Tracer here:
http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/art_raytracer.html (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/art_raytracer.html)
4: How did you create that Lightsaber effect?
And these lightsabers showcase my glowing transmap/emissive effect.
Transparency maps again :) There's a topic on the old forum about laser effects, I believe that's what you're looking for:
http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/014575.html (http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/014575.html)
That's it... Perhaps CydoniaKnight will give you better answers... I'd also like to know where he got the textures from.
Cheers
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Thanks for helping me Kubajzz, some of it was all written in the answers (How silly of me). But yes, I wonder where he got his textres from, unless he surfed google
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I really liked the little rain effect you made,The water looks real(in somewhat degree)
And I would like to go to that pool. :)
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Also (I missed it earlier!). How did you create that sunset effect?
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This was me testing the new ART raytracer, and material attributes.
A splendid image, as are the others.
Can you tell me if you work on a laptop or a desktop ? The reason being, I have both and the laptop tends to have a much brighter picture than the desktop. I only use the desktop for graphics because I find the colors much better.
As an example the ART image only shows as a few fuzzy dots on black on my desktop (attached screenshot) so I ran curves in PS and it turns out to be just beautiful.
Just curious :D
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Thankyou for the responses guys! I'm really happy you like my work so much. :)
Time to answer all those questions! I'll add a few of my transmaps in this post... that would clear a few things up about my rain and lightsabers ;)
I made the rain effect using this transparency map:
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5724/raintranskx6.jpg)
I used the above transparency map for the trans image and the specular image, so that way only the raindrops would shine and not the whole surface.
I left all the other settings as default, but changed specular to 2 and made the ambient/diffuse color:
R- 120 G- 193 B- 221, which results in a nice blue.
The sunset was made by using this backround image:
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9139/backroundig4.jpg)
Which was behind this:
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8500/sunsetexamplewl8.jpg)
Which is a glowing transparency map effect (like my lightsabers) with an orange lightsource facing outwards.
And for all my water I just used a basic bumpmap.
The lightsabers... aren't entirely as good as they look. They weren't actually intended to be lightsabers, which explains the interesting blade development. They are just heaps of little planes, one infront of the other, with a glowing transparency map.
From side on, it vanishes totally but it is still looks really cool from an angle!
I used this transparency map:
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5096/glowtransaz6.jpg)
To obtain the glow effect, I set emissive to 1 and the ambient/diffuse to whatever I color I want it to glow. The transmap does the rest. And specular should be on 0, so it doesn't shine... it just glows.
Now I appear to be gaining curiosity as to how I obtained my textures...
Most of my bumpmaps are made in paint, and then smoothed over in a more advanced imaging program. Same with the transmaps.
My actual textures though are just photographs of things outside. For example, the decking around the pool is a photo of the wooden table in my back yard :)
The concrete textures etc is just me playing with high-res photographs of mine.
The tree is just a few tree photos merged into one (that way it doesn't have a distinct look of what type of tree it is) with the same texture used as the bumpmap (i'm lazy like that :) ).
My lighting and rotation of objects hides the fact that textures aren't actually that good.
Lynn22, I work on a desktop. Its not the best machine... its very old, has a 900mhz processor and an integrated graphics card.
I work on it late at night with all the lights off, that way I get a better picture of what is on the screen at the time due to absolutely no light pollution.
Thanks for answering some of Spicy's questions Kubajzz.
And thanks everyone for the feedback! :)
And Eco, funny you should say that... I modeled the pool scene because I wanted to model somewhere that I'd like to go. I'll meet you there! ;D
Hope I answered everything.
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Cydonia Knight, about your rain transmap, maybe it's just me but: when reading text and having the map on the screen as well but not focusing on it, it seems to be shifting from left to right (and vice versa) when my eyes move about the screen, does anyone else have this problem?
And: you might want to try terranim8or's rain making abilities
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sorry to ask another question just after you tried to get them all answered, cydoniaknight... :-\
i only just noticed that in the MUSE picture, if you look carefully you can see the band members' faces in the background. but they're really not easy to see (unless it's just my monitor being weird, which i doubt, as it's a pretty good one generally), i was just wondering if they were that obscure on purpose?
also, i hope you haven't patented that rain effect, because i might want to use that sometime ;D
- colclough
ps. tanzim: no, i don't have that problem...
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Tanzim, yes I noticed that when re-reading my post. I'm just guessing here, but I think it might be something to do with the refresh rate of our monitors... I notice it on my CRT, so I'm guessing that you also have a CRT, and thecolclough has an LCD, so he doesn't notice it. Is that right, thecolclough?
I've never given much thought to terranim8or... I like to produce my own effects. Is its rain better than mine?
And thecolclough... you noticed! I didn't actually expect anyone to notice that! Yes, they are supposed to be rather hard to see. I'm glad you noticed... you must have really been analysing my picture! :)
And sure, you can use the rain effect. You can even use my transmap ;)
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... and thecolclough has an LCD, so he doesn't notice it. Is that right, thecolclough?
impressive powers of deduction, cydoniaknight! (your real name isn't holmes, is it?) yes, i've got an LCD - it's a Samsung 19-inch 4:3 one, running at 1280x1024 pixels, just in case you hadn't already deduced that too! ;D
And thecolclough... you noticed! I didn't actually expect anyone to notice that! Yes, they are supposed to be rather hard to see. I'm glad you noticed... you must have really been analysing my picture! :)
yeah, i was analysing... i was also hunched over the aforementioned LCD at an un-ergonomically close distance! one of my many bad habits :P
And sure, you can use the rain effect. You can even use my transmap ;)
thank ye kindly, amigo :)
- colclough
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Hehe... elementary, my dear watson. I mean... thecolclough...
And yes, of course, I already knew your screen resolution. Infact, I am watching you right now...
I'm quite happy that you spent alot of un-ergonomic effort looking at my pictures. Don't look at any more though... I haven't hidden anything else! Or have I...? :)
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Thanks for letting me know CydoniaKnight, it has helped me load. Thanx
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Actaully I have 19" LCD monitor (1440x900), that transmap might be one of those optical illusion's
And yes I to can see the people in the MUSE pic, but they blend in too well
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Hmm... OK, this next solution might be a bit out there, but maybe the effect comes from whatever color your eyes are.
My eyes are blue, and I can see the illusion... are yours blue also? If so, I'm guessing that thecolclough's might be a different color...
If I'm wrong here, I'll give up on making assumptions :)
And yes, they are supposed to blend like that... I want them only to be visible if you are really trying to find them, like you and thecolclough have done.
Yay my thread is over to two pages! Thanks guys! :)
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Hmm... OK, this next solution might be a bit out there, but maybe the effect comes from whatever color your eyes are.
My eyes are blue, and I can see the illusion... are yours blue also? If so, I'm guessing that thecolclough's might be a different color...
If I'm wrong here, I'll give up on making assumptions :)
aaaaaiieeeh! i can't hide any more! cydoniaknight knows EVERYTHING ABOUT ME!!! :o no, my eyes aren't blue. i don't need to tell you they're brown, because you already know that, but i'll post the info for other people's benefit. :P
i agree that this idea is a bit out there, but hey, you never know...
Yay my thread is over to two pages! Thanks guys! :)
you're welcome ;D
- colclough
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(If this has been posted already I didn't see it)I was reading the post where you had the rain trans map and it looked it was raining when i was reading the post(Off-Topic I know)
And hey anybody else wanna come with me and Cydonia to the pool. ;D
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(If this has been posted already I didn't see it)I was reading the post where you had the rain trans map and it looked it was raining when i was reading the post
tanzim had a similar issue, but he didn't say it actually looked like it was raining.
as for your other question, eco, i don't really do swimming, but i'll come and sit in one of the deckchairs with a lemonade or something 8)
- colclough
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My eyes are blue, and I can see the illusion... are yours blue also? If so, I'm guessing that thecolclough's might be a different color...
No, their black, I doubt eye color has anything to do with it, eye color is more to do with your heritage and genetics.
My guess is it's probably how we use your brains, according to this test http://www.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm, I use my right hemisphere, thecolclough probably uses his left, like most of the worlds population.
But we should stop with this off-topic-ness.
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Your images are great :) I love the first one xD the city background adds so much realism. The timbers on the roof seem to have stretched texture maps ... Try using UV to make the texture face X, Y and Z co-ordinates :)
http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php?topic=435.0 (http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php?topic=435.0)
check out this topic ... It has info regarding UV Mapping
i like the rain effect as well :) Very nice indeed. I know Terranim8or has a rain particle tool but ive never mastered Terranim8or very well. On the link above you will find a similiar trans and ambience technique to create leaves :D
Just go through the pages of the topic. Theres a few lol
Very good pics :)
You fancy helping out designing my game, CydoniaKnight?
This is to CydoniaKnight - what bumpmap did you use? I want to create a huge vast sea scape but my map isnt big enough
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Tanzim, that brain test is interesting... I also use my right side more. And yes, you are right about this being off-topic. We shall stop now.
Thanks DressedForSucess, I'll read through that topic... I like lots of reading. :)
Oh, and for my water I believe I made and used this bumpmap:
(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6947/waterbumpmapzz0.jpg)
It isn't very flash... Its just a blurry paint image, but under the correct lighting its looks alright.
You could probably find a better one on Google. ;)
And, I'm sorry but I wont be able to help with your game. I have many other commitments, and plus my new school term has just started so I've got a few assessments to focus on. But feel free to ask if you need anything from me, I'd be happy to provide some things, but just not as a permanent addition to your team.
And Eco... looks like it will just be you, me and colclough at the pool!
I'll need to find another deck chair though... We'll need more than two for when we exit the pool :)
Unless you'd rather share... (I'm just joking don't worry :P)
Anyway, the lemonade is plentiful and the sun is high! Any more takers? Will be a good pool party! :D
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dont worry about it matey.:) cheerrs for the water bumpmap btw:) ill ask for any more advice whenever i need ... now i know where to turn :)
gd luck in your endeveurs:)
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all those are wicked! the pool looks slightly misptoportioned,and Gelatinous but the rest is awesome!
ps.I like MUSE too! :)
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I'm happy to help, DressedForSucess :)
And thanks almost cool... good word for the pool by the way. Nothing like a bit of gelatinous water! :D
MUSE fan? Yay! I knew there would be at least one here on the Anim8or forums... ;)
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I like them :D
One flaw though, there's something weird looking about the shadows in the pool scene: they just seem too clean and well defined. I would have tried for softer shadows (blurred edges).
the main reason I'm posting here is the 'naval' scene. You say you have made that silhouetted ship, would you mind posting a better picture of that? I am trying to do a largish wooden ship of a similar style, and am curious to see how you did it.