Indigo Renderer Forum

This release is recommended for experienced users only.

There have been lots of changes related to IGM/PIGM support. I hope to see lots of new materials being uploaded to the new database!

EDIT: Download new Preview Set Here:
http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/in ... &Itemid=62

#Version 1.1.5

#Added: support for lens shifting
#Added: displacement mapping for blend materials
#Changed: nkdata files not exported when saving IGMs anymore
#Added: option to pack IGM file when saving material
#Changed: When loading an IGM with nkdata, the nkdata file must be already located in the Indigo/nkdata folder
#Added: PIGM/IGM linking (new material - Linked IGM)
#Added: PIGM loading
#Added: support for IGM loading of oren-nayar materials, phong with specular reflectivity spectrum, displacement maps
#Changed: indigo preview scene to official indigo preview scene
#Changed: made default uv set be exported with name 'default' to improve compatibility with linked IGM files

I have been messing a lot with the mesh exporting code (thanks to Ono ) Several features are broken:

- instancing
- monochrome/clay rendering
- multiple uv sets (does anyone use this?? )
- possibly more

Also attached to this post is the official Indigo Preview scene, slightly updated to work with SkIndigo/Indigo 1.1.5.

Loading PIGMs
- Click the 'Load' button (same as loading IGMs)
- Browse for a PIGM file
- PIGMs will be unpacked to the folder 'indigo/unpacked'

Linked IGMs
- Change the material type to 'Linked IGM'
- Click the '..' button to browse for the IGM or PIGM file
- You will be asked if you want to load a texture for UV mapping
- Select 'yes' to browse for the texture
- If you link a PIGM file, it will be unpacked to the folder 'indigo/unpacked'. You will probably want to load a texture from here to do your UV mapping.

Have fun!
Whaat

Thanks, Whaat. Is this the one with the externally referenced maps?

Me not smart in morning.

Thanks Whaat!

Stinkie wrote:Thanks, Whaat. Is this the one with the externally referenced maps?

Just added explanation for linking IGMs (externally referenced materials).

If you want to externally reference a material that you have created that uses high-resolution textures:

1) Create the material (probably in a new SKP file)
2) Save the material and pack it
3) Open your scene that you want to use the material for
4) Create a new Linked IGM material (link to the material you just created)
5) Load a 'low-res' version of texture to do your UV mapping.

Let me know what you think of this workflow.

I'll try it and see how it goes. I've never packed a mat, though. I'm a two-slider-make-mats-on-the-fly guy!

Sweet new feature, though! As soon as instancing's fixed, Indigo will once again fit very nicely into my workflow! I'm excited already!

Oh yeah: I've used the multiple uv sets feature! Cool feature.

Thank you Whaat!!! This appears to be a major update of SkIndigo!!!! Like Stinkie does, i use multiple UV sets lots of times too, and it's a cool feature!!
I think i'll take a look to the new skindigo in a few days, but to make it operative i'll wait for the broken features to be restored (now, i can't think of a scene without instances any more )

Thank you again!!!

*Bill & Ted mode:*

Dude, where's, like, the supreviews folder at?

cant we just use the same supreviews from previous versions????? when tryin to preview mats i get some error relating to uv and stuff....

jenujacob wrote:cant we just use the same supreviews from previous versions????? when tryin to preview mats i get some error relating to uv and stuff....

No, you can't use the supreviews from previous versions (unless you manually fix the UV set errors). I only uploaded the official indigo preview scene. I will upload the other 'fixed' preview scenes tonight.

aha! thanks whaat!!!

Thanks, Whaat.

edited first post with link to new complete preview set.

hi whaat, i'd like to vote in favor of keeping the awesome feature of multiple uv-sets. thanks!

cpfresh wrote:hi whaat, i'd like to vote in favor of keeping the awesome feature of multiple uv-sets. thanks!

Good to hear this is being used! It was the most difficult feature to code and probably the one that gets used the least.

I still have plans to make this feature a bit more user-friendly. However, I don't think it can be done without adding some limitations to the functionality.

I think people think some of the features are difficult to use, while it is not the case. Maybe some youtube video tutorials could help?