Guy Rabiller and 2d Lighting 2005-05-05 - By matt hollingsworth
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Thanks Guy. Much appreciated. Also, I really like the design of your
website. Very nice.
cheers,
-M
Guy Rabiller wrote:
>I just linked parameters, ( PixelParser variables A,B,.. ) to some
>CustomProperty I created under the Light.
>Very basic. There is a limited number of variables, from the user pov, and
>from the dev pov, you dont have any way to have persistent connection at
>all, unless, again you use dirty tricks. It works from the 3D scene however,
>when you move the Light in the scene the FXTree render is updated in (
>near ) realtime.
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>There is so much potential in 3D / 2D 'connexions'. Too bad we cant go very
>far in the current state of the application, despite the fact that this was
>one of the main gimmick from Softimage few years ago ( with DS, and Sumatra
>design.. ). Its seems this has been completly forgotten.
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>The only application I know ( may be there are some others ? ) wich allows
>very powerfull ( and integrated ) things on this matter is Houdini.
>( It has 2D Lighting as a standard feature with total 'connexion' freedom
>with 3D )
>
>Cheers,
>--
>guy rabiller | 3d technical director @ LaMaison
>
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>-- -- Original Message -- --
>From: "Matt Hollingsworth" <matth@(protected)>
>To: <XSI@(protected)>
>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 10:50 PM
>Subject: Re: Guy Rabiller and 2d Lighting
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>>Hey guys,
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>>Thanks for the info! Looks to me like this guy fakes it, though,
>>right? The setup you used (Guy), looked like you could actually go into
>>your 3D scene, look through the light and use it however you want and
>>see the results update. IS this true? Is it limited to a Directional
>>light?
>>
>>Still cool, though. Would like to be in the 3D scene while doing it,
>>though, not in the FX tree.
>>
>>cheers,
>>
>>-M
>>
>>Guy Rabiller wrote:
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>>>Hi Matt, Guillaume,
>>>
>>>sorry about that, I never really had the time ( read 'motivation' ) to
>>>create the second part.
>>>As Guillaume said, you can use fake3d for now.
>>>One of the reasons I didn't complete it, is the very limited FXTree SDK.
>>>>From the SDK point of view, the FXTree is totaly 'disconnected' from the
>>>rest of XSI, and you cant do much in PPGs.
>>>You have to do crazy things to 'connect' things or have persistent datas.
>>>Anyway, may be I'll find the motivation with a future release.
>>>I just hope the FXTree SDK will be properly integrated, one day, into the
>>>rest of the application.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>--
>>>guy rabiller | 3d technical director @ LaMaison
>>>
>>>
>>>-- -- Original Message -- --
>>>From: "guillaume laforge" <guillaume.laforge.3d@(protected)>
>>>To: <XSI@(protected)>
>>>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 9:40 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Guy Rabiller and 2d Lighting
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>>>>Yes, this second part would be very interesting !
>>>>
>>>>But now it's very easy to do it with the "fake3d" node in the fx
>>>>tree(since xsi 4). I did some test some time ago and it gives
>>>>interesting results by linking the light position with the "3d light"
>>>>in this node ( I even post an example on the list with some 3d trees,
>>>>can't find it now ). All you need is to feed this node with a normal
>>>>map, a color map and a Depth map
>>>>
>>>>If you need some examples, I could find my test tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>Guillaume Laforge
>>>>CG artist
>>>>www.vol2nuit.fr
>>>>
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>>>>2005/5/5, Matt Hollingsworth <matth@(protected)>:
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>>>>>Hey guys,
>>>>>
>>>>>Is Guy on this list?
>>>>>
>>>>>I was reading his website with the 2D lighting (like Sexy Light in
>>>>>Shake, his is under "Pixel Parser") and am fascinated by doing this in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>a
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>>>>>3D package. Unfortunately, the second part of the article, which says
>>>>>it would show how to implement this (ie, Compnent Parser hooked up to
>>>>>the actual 3D lights, to light in the FX tree) is not there, and the
>>>>>date on the website is 2003. So, guessing that may not come any time
>>>>>soon. Anybody know how to do this? This is really great stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>Really.
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>>>>>best,
>>>>>
>>>>>-M
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