faux bevels? 2004-04-02 - By Perry Harovas
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There is a Lightwave plugin that does EXACTLY that.
So it is feasible as a concept, just not sure if it is in Mental Ray.
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From: "Sam Cuttriss" <samc@(protected)>
To: <XSI@(protected)>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 6:07 PM
Subject: faux bevels?
> ive been wondering if a shader could create the illusion of
> microbeveling an object?
>
> when it comes to animating, UVing, adjusting form overall proportions
> etc microbeveling is the bain of my life.
> edge crease values are great for objects that are subdivided, but its
> often preferable to leave geometry unsubdivided.
> in these cases i would really like a shader that can distort normals
> across specified edges constrained within a radius...
>
> that way geometry could be left nice and clean and the edges would
> produce nice speculars.
> is that a feasible idea?
>
> _sam
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