How was the screenshots or "demos" made?

Posted on: 19. June 2012 - 1:35 Tags:
How was the screenshots or "demos" made?

Hello! I bought all of your wood packages and they are great, saving me a great deal of time! But I have a question about your promo-pics (http://files.arroway-textures.de/catalog/images/demos/full/demo_wood-008...)

At the top and bottom of the wooden planks the textures are clearly curled and distorted just as they would be in real life when cut - what I wonder is if this effect is achieved directly in the 3D app or have you guys done it by hand in a photo editing software?

Hope you'll answer,
Trix

Posted on: 19. June 2012 - 17:58 #1
It's a simple but effective

It's a simple but effective trick. The end grain surfaces in our demo scenes actually use the same primary texture with some minor adjustments:

- mapping coordinates are mirrored and compressed along grain direction
- diffuse map is slightly darkened
- stronger bump setting
- where appropriate, some noise has been mixed in to the diffuse and/or bump channels

That's it. While not actually realistic, the illusion holds up for most veneer textures.

Posted on: 29. October 2012 - 10:58 #2
Is it possible to get some demo on this?

People really love your textures, but the end grain is too difficult to figure out. Could you make a small youtube video or step by step instruction on making end grain bit maps and applying them. Maxwell, modo and vray would be great.

Posted on: 12. March 2013 - 20:19 #3
Software for Wood

I too am very impressed by the wood textures in your demos. What software did you use to create them?

Thanks
Dave

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