Search for:

normal script ver 2, ideas

I know I haven’t quite finished ver 1..
but I know ver 2 will focus on UI updates, and more preview options.

this is an idea for part of the new ui. The “weighting” is somewhat hard to explain.. by virtue of how my normals are made the visibility of different scale of the details can be altered. so small details like 5 pixels size can be more visible then details 200 pixels. or bigger details can be more visible… its all defined by an equation. Right now the equation is hard coded but I think it’d be way awesome to let you edit it as you desire. possibly save your own curves. My last post show the difference between two equations. One makes it look like clay, the other sharper edged. I want to pass that level of control to you.

the idea would be to replace the “Detail selection range” which is a clipping mask of sorts for detail size.  The current features would still be used, this is just a huge expansion of it. Not only will you be able to decide what is viable, you can decide how visible it is.

current ver 1:

Tuning Normals

Working on tuning my Normal Map Script….
I’ve greatly improved the clarity of the normals produced. This is definitely still being tweaked. This represents about 50% of the improvements I want before I release an update. This was the easy half…. To really pop out the small scale details will require to include a new algorithm to be combined with the current.
I want this to work amazing on its own, without needing to combine it with the nvidia plug in.
If it takes me a while I will release this version, but I want more.

click to enlarge!

Also just filed to start a Flight Sim ad-on Company, I will add more details here as it comes into being!
-Mike

Normal Map Script Released!!

Well its here! My first release version of My Normal Map Script!

Its v.9 because it needs some tuning. I Rebuilt the algorithm to be over 2x faster and to include extra features however, it seams to have gotten soft on the small res details.  It will get a tune up soon. Updates will be posted here.

EXAMPLES
DOWNLOAD
USAGE

-Future features:
batch processing, New UI, More Preview functionality, adjustable detail weight(maybe), Mac support (currently not tested)

Leavenworth Wa- Bavarian Reference Photos

So I was trying to have a nice weekend with my family… on our way to go fly our Hot Air Balloon in Winthrop the truck broke down in Leavenworth. We were stuck in Leavenworth for about 24 hours. Really not the worst place. Its kinda touristy, its an old logging community re-designed as a Bavarian town. Everything is Germanic now. Imported beers, cured meat, cheese, Bavarian waffle house, the works. I did take a bunch of photos of the whole town.
So quasi old Bavarian reference photos I have.

Example images,
Full resolution as they came out of my camera bellow.
Google Maps of Leavenworth

35 Photos 102mb ZIP
www.mikes3d.com/extra/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/winthrop-09-MikealSimburger.zip

Copyright © 2009 mikes3d.com – All rights reserved.
The Leavenworth photos (ONLY!) from mikes3d.com are free for commercial and non-commercial use for everyone but you may not host, redistribute or sell any of the images. All other images on mikes3d.com are exclusively property of Mikeal Simburger.

FAA Form337 Renders

My dad wants to modify his hot air balloon to carry extra usable fuel. I’ve taken my Flight Sim balloon and modified it for use as the technical illustrations. 337 is reference to the paperwork which allows for the modification of a standard aircraft into a configuration not specified by the manufacture, while still maintaining the status of a standard aircraft. These drawings will become a physical part of the aircraft if accepted by the FAA.

Standard fuel configuration per manufacture specs. Fuel System= purple.

Modified version, green= the modification.

I’m using mostly ink and paint to render. besides the colors there is a value difference in case this gets photocopied.

-Mike

Copyright 2012 Mikeal Simburger - All Rights Reserved