#ARTLANTIS STUDIO 4.5 PC#

The normal map could have some of those same qualities as the bump map.

The lighter areas in the bump map will result in that area of the diffuse map appearing raised while the darker areas will appear to be recessed.

You might use a bump map to simulate the depth of the grout lines and provide a rough textured quality to the slate surface. 7 and Shininess of 700 would create the following appearance: As an example, when creating a slate floor tile Shader, you might start with an 8 x 8 tile grid for the color map. The grayscale information in the bump map can only scatter light in the direction of one axis: the Z axis.The normal map is a more advanced type of bump map, using the RGB color information it contains to scatter light in the X, Y, and Z axes. Both can be used to create the illusion of enhanced depth or relief in a Shader by affecting the way light interacts with the underlying color map, however, the normal map can be used to accomplish more than what is possible to achieve with the bump map. Q 05: Is there a specific relationship between values of the bump to the normal maps?Ī: The bump and normal maps are both typically derived from the same starting point: the diffuse (color) image map. You can learn a lot by using the Create Shader From command to examine some of the existing Shaders’ settings and their accompanying image maps. In Artlantis, it is possible to create a custom Shader that has all of the advanced settings of the high quality default Shaders in Artlantis, since they are offered to you within the menu/command Tools/Create Shader From… But, you either need the skill to create the supporting image maps for the shader (if they don’t already exist), or you need to find someone who already has those skills and has created those image maps. These maps interact with the scene’s light and reflections to add life-like qualities to the materials. Shaders typically make use of additional supporting image maps to add effects such as bump, reflection, shininess, normals, etc. A Shader is a combination of one or more separate texture files(typically all based on the same color image map as a starting point) that work in combination to define a material’s appearance in ways that cannot be accomplished with the use of a single color image map alone.

A material that only has a single texture map assigned to it is going to appear “flat” and less realistic…i.e. The most common type of texture used isa color (diffuse) image map, which are typically made by photographing a real-world material and often digitally altering them to create seamless edges. They can get assigned to the material in the 3D modeler or later in Artlantis. So,what’s the difference? A texture is a single bitmap image that defines one aspect of a material’s appearance. Q 04: What are the limitations in Artlantis if a texture is pulled from the web? Do you lose any feature rich operations if you apply your own texture?Ī: The limitations really depend on the quality of the texture and the set of accompanying image maps, because your goal in Artlantis shouldn’t be just to use good textures…it should be to use good Shaders. Those settings are retained in that Artlantis file. Q 03: When you re-assign materials, will it be saved that way when the document is reopened?Ī: Yes. To ensure that Shaders and other media files used in a specific project travel safely with the project when it is being sent from one computer to another, always remember to save the project using menu/command File/Export as Archive… See also Q 1, Q 12, and Q 24. Yes, the original Shaders that existed on the computer/project where that Postcard was created must also exist on any other computer where that Postcard is going to be used, if it is to work properly.

#ARTLANTIS STUDIO 4.5 PC#

Q 02: Can Postcards be moved from one PC to another? Must the Shaders be shared on both rigs?Ī: Yes, Postcards can be moved, shared, emailed, etc. By contrast, a regular Artlantis rendering created using the menu/command Inspector/Render does not contain this type of information…See also Q 2, Q 12 and Q 24. A Postcard is a specialized type of low-resolution (400×300 pixel) JPEG rendering with additional information about the scene's materials embedded into it, created in Artlantis using the menu/command Tools/Create Postcard. Q 01: Can a render from Artlantis be used as a Postcard?Ī: No.

Artlantis studio 4.5