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Terrain Mapping
Terrain Mapping II
RenderCow
Indoor Radiosity
altTerrainBuilder
Making a Tire- Part I: Text Model
Making a Tire- Part II: Textures
Mapping Notes
Fog and Haze
Adding DOF in Photoshop
Understanding Smoothing in Vue
VueTools
Creating a Gradient Material
This tutorial outlines the steps for creating a basic gradient procedural texture in Vue Infinite.
Terrain Mapping
Terrain Mapping II
RenderCow
Indoor Radiosity
altTerrainBuilder
Making a Tire- Part I: Text Model
Making a Tire- Part II: Textures
Mapping Notes
Fog and Haze
Adding DOF in Photoshop
Understanding Smoothing in Vue
VueTools
Creating a Gradient Material
This tutorial outlines the steps for creating a basic gradient procedural texture in Vue Infinite.
Create a blank scene
Add a box. Drop it on the ground. Then double-click the material and create a new material by clicking the bottom right NEW button.
Set the Mapping to Object-Parametric.
Set the highlight global intensity to 0%. You should now have a basic gray ball.
Add a box. Drop it on the ground. Then double-click the material and create a new material by clicking the bottom right NEW button.
Set the Mapping to Object-Parametric.
Set the highlight global intensity to 0%. You should now have a basic gray ball.
Create a Test Gradient
Go to the Colors tab and double-click the black to white gradient to choose another one. Choose the Red green blue from the Colorful collection.
Go to the Colors tab and double-click the black to white gradient to choose another one. Choose the Red green blue from the Colorful collection.
Change Display Options
Click the options button and change Preview Options to Cube
Then right-click (or control-click) on the Color Production preview to launch the function editor.
Click the options button and change Preview Options to Cube
Then right-click (or control-click) on the Color Production preview to launch the function editor.
Create Function
Click the Function Output Obsever button.
Then right-click anywhere and:
Add Texture Map Node -> Texture Map
Import this Gradient PNG by double-clicking the empty image box.
Click the Function Output Obsever button.Then right-click anywhere and:
Add Texture Map Node -> Texture Map
Import this Gradient PNG by double-clicking the empty image box.
Now drag the small connector line upwards onto the Texture Map node. When it connects, a menu will popup, choose 'Grayscale Output'.
Notice the Preview window now shows the Green blue red gradient we set before.
Now click one of the rotate arrows on the Texture Map to rotate the direction of the gradient.
Finish and close function editor
You're now ready to render your gradient. You can change it anytime by choosing or creating a new gradient in the color map of the Colors tab in the Advanced Material Editor.
If you need to change the direction of the texture, then just rotate the grayscale map in the function editor.
You're now ready to render your gradient. You can change it anytime by choosing or creating a new gradient in the color map of the Colors tab in the Advanced Material Editor.
If you need to change the direction of the texture, then just rotate the grayscale map in the function editor.
Render
Here's a finish render of the gradient we just created. It's perfect!
Here's a finish render of the gradient we just created. It's perfect!
PDF file
You can download this tutorial as a PDF document by clicking on the icon.
You can download this tutorial as a PDF document by clicking on the icon.
Thanks to many...
I originally posted a quetion about gradient textures on both e-on and Rederosity's forums. Thanks to the following individuals for their help.
bruno021
Polax
David Burdick
Christopher Watts
