Materials

[DrPetter]

Post material images here if you've made some cool ones.

Just attach the image and maybe an additional shot of a model rendered using the material.

If you want to download and use a material, you'll have to put it in the data folder and rename it to something like material15.png, assuming you had materials 1-14 before. They need to be named in a non-interrupted sequence.

Unfortunately there's still the requirement for using PNG images with an alpha channel to make a working material. That could cause problems with uploading/sharing them conveniently. I will try to get flat PNGs or JPEGs working soon, and remove the naming requirement.

You could just put up a JPEG anyway, and anyone who wants to use it with a current program version will have to convert it appropriately.

I'll try to attach a neat gold material I made/found. It's a terribly low-resolution crop of some image I found through google, but the visual effect is still very convincing.
EDIT: Heh, it'll also look extra dark when viewed in a browser, as it's saved from Photoshop 5.0 with a bad gamma setting. Sculptris ignores gamma though, so it'll come out ok.

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[onim]

Here's a couple I converted from some ZBrush matcaps I made. Example:

[i]

Great thread, nice materials in here. Ive never made materials before so some of them might be a bit strange. I tried a lot of things, trial & error and such; one thing I found very useful was a PS plugin called

3d Sphere Generator:
www.richardrosenman.com/software/downloads/

[taron]

Alright, here are a few materials including a normals material for those, who need it. It comes in handy to me for sure...

Here's a small showcase...

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[toooinx]

I like the basic colour schemes that I've made. I especially like the cell-shaded type format one.

[i]

Sphere Making plugins (all commercial unfortunately):

3d Sphere Generator a free version exists with less features:
www.richardrosenman.com/software/downloads/

Flexify:
www.flamingpear.com/flexify.html

Three–D Luxe:
www.andromeda.com/main/threedluxe.php

Panopticum Lens Pro:
www.panopticum.com/ps/lens3/lens.shtml

Obviously this is for those who don't have or don't prefer the spherize options of Photo-Shop, Paint-Shop, Gimp or the insanity that is filter-forge. I was hoping their was a free plugin that would do this, if someone knows what or where to find it please post a link.

[taron]

There you go... a bunch of skin materials...

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[samartin]

Thanks Taron,

No27 is my fave.

[kevman3d]

Ok, I couldn't help having a little play - I dunno if any of these are useful, but I figure it won't hurt to throw a few more into the mix...

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[kevman3d]

...and here's the materials themselves in case anybody wants more to look at... ;D

Just need to rename them (obviously). I gave them, ahem, kinda descriptive names (like "Skinnish" and "Velvety").

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[cgtiger]

Here's pure white material.

I got this tip from Zbrush Digitial Sculpting human anatomy book.
It makes the mesh all white, which helps view the silhouette shape.

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[wikkidwidgets]

Mar 19, 2010 13:03:13 GMT 1 cgtiger said:

Here's pure white material.

I got this tip from Zbrush Digitial Sculpting human anatomy book.
It makes the mesh all white, which helps view the silhouette shape.

>blink blink<

[banjaxedmdt]

If anyone is interested, there is a Neville Page tutorial on creating lighting mats for zbrush here: www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/category/168/Free-ZBrush-Tutorials the process is pretty much the same as it is for creating mats for Sculptris. (you need to register to watch it, but it's free).

[cgtiger]

Scott Spencer the author of the book, explains that people get focused on the details, and lose track of the overall shape of the sculpt, when viewing the mesh in normal materials. He says that the white material is so useful, he even assigns it a hotkey. I personally assigned it as my 2nd material. Once, we get orthogonal viewing, it will be even more useful.

I recommend this book, if you want to get into digital sculpting.

[banjaxedmdt]

Mar 19, 2010 17:42:03 GMT 1 cgtiger said:

Scott Spencer the author of the book, explains that people get focused on the details, and lose track of the overall shape of the sculpt, when viewing the mesh in normal materials.

Very true, it helps to think of outline form rather than inside detail. The white mat is also useful against a black background if you screen cap it and take it into Photoshop. You can use it as an alpha selection.