Re: shader modifier? 2005-03-28 - By nicholas8681
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You could probally create something that simulates this in Carrara
now, by blending, overlaying, and scaling individiual shaders. But I
agree a simple modifier would be a nice function. Something similar to
the curve filter would be nice.
Brian
--- In Carrara@(protected), Mark Solloway <m.solloway@(protected)> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A na�ve question from a newbie: has anyone devised a "responsive"
> procedural shader modifier for Carrara somewhat akin to the length
> shader used in Anything Grows? I am searching for a way to smoothly
> modify a single procedural attribute (such as the relative size of a
> fractal "blob" in Velout�). It would be great to have the ability to
> use a procedural shader to generate a reptile skin, for example,
> where the size of the scales could be modified so that they were
> smaller in certain high detail areas such as the face, etc. I am
> imagining that one could generate a grayscale map with black=small
> scale size and white�fault scale size. The underlying grayscale map
> could then be "read" by the procedural shader and scale sizes
> modified accordingly. Is this even a remote possibility?
>
> I realize that a similar effect can be had using the UV Editor and a
> separate image-editing program, but it would be great if one could
> use those beautiful procedural textures that are already available
> for Carrara!
>
> adios,
>
> Mark
>
>
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