.:: Colored glass with bitmaps

tizxx · Post by **tizxx** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:29 am

Hi to all again...
Suvakas how can I make a colored transparent glass using a bitmap as colors... with your exporter for 3ds max?
probably Indigo don't have this option...

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:45 am

You're right.
Indigo doesn't support this yet.

Suvakas

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:55 am

I think, as long as it's not SSS, it should work...
or was there an other trick behind the frogs in "they have the power"?

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:15 am

Kram1032 wrote:I think, as long as it's not SSS, it should work...
or was there an other trick behind the frogs in "they have the power"?

Really? hmm
Can someone confirm if it works or not?

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:20 am

ah and Kosmokrator once did a fish-bowl with transparent colourmapped fish... (or?)

Edit:
http://www2.indigorenderer.com/joomla/i ... ewsIndex=1 - they have the power
http://www2.indigorenderer.com/joomla/i ... ewsIndex=1 - exotic fish

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:48 am

As far as i know, then the color of the glass material comes from absorption. I can't find any xml syntax for using bitmap texture for absorption?
Or can you use regular albedo texture?

ps. Those fishes aren't transparent at all.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:09 am

they are

look at the top fin of the yellow fish.
It even looks like SSS, a bit, but the rays are passing linear.
I guess, it's Albedo

dunno, how/why it works, but both renders show THAT it works.

Ask Kosmokrator and enricocerica!

although, when I look at the frogs, I'm not 100% sure, if they're transparent...

the fish definately are, though

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:44 am

Kram1032 wrote: although, when I look at the frogs, I'm not 100% sure, if they're transparent...

the fish definately are, though

Oh, i see. I thought you were referring to the stamp on the light bulb and not the frogs

I belive the fish image was exported with Maxigo and there is no way to do it in Max at the moment.
Here is the thread: http://www2.indigorenderer.com/joomla/f ... light=fish
Fishes have Phong material.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:51 am

hmmm....
strange.
But it looks like transparent, though

Kosmokrator · Post by **Kosmokrator** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:31 am

no kram1032...its phong material looks like semi transp but is not....

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:13 am

but there is one way to get such effects - partly at least

a blend

Kosmokrator · Post by **Kosmokrator** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:02 am

i dont know...maybe...but the curent indigo max exporter dont support the blend type mat...

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:40 am

aha.
I didn't know that. Then, you have to wait...

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:36 pm

Kosmokrator wrote:i dont know...maybe...but the curent indigo max exporter dont support the blend type mat...

Ok. Now i get it - hey Kosmo, you're the one who doesn't like readme's right?

Blend material is supported long long time already using standard max blend material.

Taken from readme:

* Use standart Max Blend material for Indigo Blend material.

And actually Maxigo has even a user friendly approach for blend maps allowing you to use alpha map directly from Phong and Diffuse map. Alpha map actually is a blend map too.

So.. Blend maps = supported

Suvakas

Ps. There also will be a separate Indigo Blend material type in next version that supports exporting the entire blend tree into *.igm file, but for now use the standard max Blend material...

Kosmokrator · Post by **Kosmokrator** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:23 pm

hahahaha damn.....

yeap suv i dont read the damn txt....thnx!great work man!

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