3D models to 2D textures

Not sure where he got it, but my flatmate grabbed some videos of Softimage presentations at ECTS covering HL2 editing. One of them is all about normal mapping, which is using the lightmaps of a 3D model on a 2D texture, so that lighting reacts realistically to the texture even on a flat surface. Sounds like most textures in HL2 will be made by taking renders of 3D models going by this, so you texture artists might wanna start learning Gollum's approach to texturing.

outstanding.....

these are some pretty awe inspiring vids there reno....gj

i spose i could put up a link to em....gimme a minute

Doc B... :dodgy:

nice avvy ren

Thanks, I knocked it up last night, was bored of the old rat :wink:

weeellllll....lets see.....i have the files....

but at 120 megs total, and thats just the collection of small ones, im thinkin i wont be able to upload em to the pit....Lep....whats the limit sir?

Doc B... :dodgy:

 

How many videos are there doc? I only saw 2 of them - one on normal mapping, and the other on animation of Alyx.

mmmm....i count four total....but ones this HUGE 191 some odd megs of gameplay

/me hears renos' brain clicking....

Doc B

Ah I meant the techy ones, rather than the gameplay one, which I assume is the one shown at E3 a while back?

ok....vid one, "wall" 58 megs

vid two..."modeling alyx"  (love this chicks name  ) 57 megs

vids three and four..."new water shimmer effect"....not a glamourous one, but a neat effect employed here...about 1.5 megs combined

sorry for not being clear.... :biggrin:

doc B... :dodgy:

[edit2] yeah this was discussed before. there are several mirrors at edgefiles, so I guess I won't bother.

I posted a link to the alyx and texture mapping one's just after the forums came back up

here's that topic

  guess that answered that.....is my face red? :redface:

doc B... :dodgy:

Reno this may be stupid and off topic, but is your name/avatar the Reno from Final Fantasy 7?

Vash said:
Reno this may be stupid and off topic, but is your name/avatar the Reno from Final Fantasy 7?

^ yus

ReNo said:
Not sure where he got it, but my flatmate grabbed some videos of Softimage presentations at ECTS covering HL2 editing. One of them is all about normal mapping, which is using the lightmaps of a 3D model on a 2D texture, so that lighting reacts realistically to the texture even on a flat surface. Sounds like most textures in HL2 will be made by taking renders of 3D models going by this, so you texture artists might wanna start learning Gollum's approach to texturing.

Whats Gollumns approach to texturing?   I think what you are talking about it something similar to bump mapping correct, yet it only effects the way shadows are rendered.   I would assume that the single alpha channel that tags along with the texture would be for that purpose unless I am mistaken.   Sounds pretty interesting though, I'll have to try and get those videos you are talking about.

gimpinthesink said:
I posted a link to the alyx and texture mapping one's just after the forums came back up

here's that topic

Woa, that link is all borked up, either they removed most of the content for that page or thier server is hosed for the time being.

yeh it dows seem not to be working right I had to refresh a coupple of times before it worked