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ICE getting stronger and stronger.

andy — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:22:00 +0000

Rumors persist about ICE being expanded into Maya. 2011 introduces ice kinematics. And Hybride and Thiago Costa blow people away with ICE simulations for the feature film Predators. Thiago’s Lagoa engine teaser has gone viral, so I’m going to add myself to the tons of people wowing over it…here it is:

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Wow indeed!

XSI toon shader

andy — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:55:25 +0000

Did some more work on a basic realtime toon shader for XSI (and maya, it’s CGFX.) Here’s a sample…

It's Agent Smith(s), toon style.

Functionality is pretty basic at the moment: Ink threshold, 2 levels of paint and a hard spec hilight, overall color control, a single point light source. I still need to introduce diffusion and spec mapping, possibly some reflections and bump/normal. Remember, if you see an agent, run.

CGFX shaders

andy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:29:49 +0000

I’ve been playing around with CGFX realtime shaders and mental mill. Here are some basic first shaders. Mental mill makes creating this kind of stuff pretty fast, and you can edit the generated code by hand once you’re in the ballpark.

A simple realtime toon shader for XSI and Maya viewports.

CGFX realtime shader

Basic Blinn CGFX with bump and reflection mapping.

'Wet-look' shader with bump, spec and reflection maps

Spherical harmonic plus dual-spec illumination.