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I am SO glad you're back!
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Rokket
Dances with Bees
I'll install Filter Forge later and see what happens. I will have to get offline in about an hour. I have a few things to take care of. Meanwhile, back at RDNA, I did get someone who is going to attempt a procedural shader using BB's Matmatic loom. I hope he succeeds. I know you will be redoing it in DS anyhow, but it will be good in Poser. Since it's mapped, it shouldn't be hard to do in DS.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
Rokket
Dances with Bees
This is the boot I am trying to create. I am not 100% sure what that material is. That is why it's such a pain in the backside.
At a guess I would say it's a woven wool that's then been felted. You can see the weave still but it's definitely had the felting process applied to as well. The fabric looks really cool...
Edited to add...I reduce the displacement and look for a bump that simulates a woven fabric and then try to make it look fuzzy...does that make sense. The sole is looking really good.
Edited to add...I reduce the displacement and look for a bump that simulates a woven fabric and then try to make it look fuzzy...does that make sense. The sole is looking really good.
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
I hasn't been an hour yet!
Are you trying to get rid of me?
Heheheheeee......
Ooops, my bad, I read FOR an hour, instead of IN an hour
Sometimes being a speed reader can get you into strife
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
It's starting to look good, Rokket. The fluff is starting to fluff quite nicely.
stealing it!
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I am on a quick break. We are busy!
I haven't installed FF yet, so I am not sure what I am going to think about it. Is there a learning curve, or is it intuitive? I tend to not like complicated software. There have been quite a few demos that went away within a couple days because they are too hard to understand how to use them.
I haven't installed FF yet, so I am not sure what I am going to think about it. Is there a learning curve, or is it intuitive? I tend to not like complicated software. There have been quite a few demos that went away within a couple days because they are too hard to understand how to use them.
Check back at the site, because there are several tutorials. Also, if you click on the Filters tab on their site there are over 11,000 filters there for download. If you're looking for something, search and see what they have. That'll make things a little easier.
Once you look at the tutorials, that will give you ideas on how to edit filters you find on their site to best suit what you need. There will be trial and error, but unless the filter you download is very detailed, you shouldn't have too much trouble editing it. There's a very large selection of all kinds of items, not just cloth.
Oh and a lot of the filters come with a number of variants, so you if you see something you like, but it's not the right color(s), just check out the variants because there might be something close to what you want.
Once you look at the tutorials, that will give you ideas on how to edit filters you find on their site to best suit what you need. There will be trial and error, but unless the filter you download is very detailed, you shouldn't have too much trouble editing it. There's a very large selection of all kinds of items, not just cloth.
Oh and a lot of the filters come with a number of variants, so you if you see something you like, but it's not the right color(s), just check out the variants because there might be something close to what you want.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I have to wait until I can connect my laptop to WIFI again, but I was playing with the factory defaults a bit. It doesn't seem hard to work with, but I will need access to those 11,000 filters to be sure if there is anything I can use it for. Right now, there doesn't seem to be much there. I will form a better opinion of it once I can look at the tutorials and download some usable stuff.