Re: relief/parallax mapping

[Harry BARDAK <harry(at)def2shoot.com>]

Same observations but parralax mapping needed less memory when I tested 
last time.


loganittos a écrit :

> Heyas Gene,
>  
> Ive been playing with normal/parallax and displacements for the past 2 
> week at work for a near future job and i got the parallax shader 
> working. it works great, especially with zbump plugged on normal. 
> i couldnt get it to work with the normalmap node on (xsi's)  It is 
> thou, a bit slow but there is no comparsion between it and normal 
> maps. parallax is much much better. In one shot i tested them i can 
> say that displacements are faster than the parallax thou but not in 
> all cases it will all depend on the light you have plugged in.
>  
> Its the best reference model isnt it? having all the models in your 
> scene actually being images in ultra low geometry. replace the image 
> and you have a new model on:)
>  
> allright mate see ya soon:)
>  
> Saludos
>  
> Mario
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Gene Crucean <mailto:genecrucean(at)gmail.com>
>     *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:44 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: relief/parallax mapping
>
>     Yeah that's the parallax shader I was referring to. Relief mapping
>     is different btw... http://www.infiscape.com/doc/parallax_mapping.pdf
>
>     I finally got a little time last night to play with that shader
>     and I can't seem to get it to work. Anyone have any success? I
>     also played with the relief mapping plugin for max and I must say
>     that it's pretty damn nice. Fast too.
>
>
>
>     On 12/25/05, *peter_b* <peter_b(at)skynet.be
>     <mailto:peter_b(at)skynet.be>> wrote:
>
>         I imagine your knew this one allready:
>         http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=19497
>         <http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=19497>
>          
>         your relief example below looks exactly like parallax mapping
>         to me.
>         there's some small thingies with it, but overall Im very
>         impressed with what this can do.
>          
>          
>          
>          
>
>             ----- Original Message -----
>             *From:* Gene Crucean <mailto:genecrucean(at)gmail.com>
>             *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>             *Sent:* Sunday, December 25, 2005 1:07 AM
>             *Subject:* relief/parallax mapping
>
>             I was talking with a friend about this today (yes I know
>             it's Christmas eve) and started wondering if there are any
>             technical differences between relief and parallax shaders.
>             Maybe I'm way off but I've been under the impression that
>             they are one in the same, just with different names. I'm
>             probably behind in my learning with this so feel free to
>             slap me with the old school stick. I need to do some
>             testing with the parallax shader anyway.
>
>             FYI...
>             http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13906
>             <http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13906>
>
>             Check out the difference between these two.
>
>             Normal map:
>             http://www.visualboo.com/misc/render_scene_normal.jpg
>
>             Relief:
>             http://www.visualboo.com/misc/render_scene_relief.jpg
>
>
>             Merry Christmas guys!
>
>
>             -- 
>             -gc 
>
>
>
>
>     -- 
>     -gc 



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