jeffroyer Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Does anyone have any basic pointers or observations about creating realistic wood textures? This seems to be one of the harder materials to render well. Especially in a two story library with loads of built in shelving and paneling. Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 The easiest way to create realistic wood textures is not to create them but to get image based ones already made. If you want it to look "real" then forget the Procedural based textures. Some of the RW supplied image based wood textures can be used as long as you don't want close-ups. This site sells high quality, high res textures, but also offers lower res versions for free. Unfortunately the wood is almost all "flooring" rather than panneling. http://www.arroway.de/en/index.html You should also be modeling and texture mapping the texture of each individual element of the piece of joinery as separate pieces for the best effect. HTH Quote Link to comment
jeffroyer Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 This is what I am currently realizing and coming to terms with. More work but from the bit of experimenting I am doing it is the only way to go. It does make a huge difference to work the mapping, rotation, scale etc on each element to achieve something natural looking. thanks for the feedback Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 This was done with wood textures from VW. http://www.raylibby.net/vwdump/library_3d.jpg I have also taken pictures of wood samples and made my own textures that came out very nice. Quote Link to comment
jeffroyer Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Ray, what are you using for book objects? Are you creating them or do you have a good source for downloading? I downloaded a plug-in from Vectordepot for filling bookshelves but cannot get it to work (plugin won't load) thanks for the image. The wood looks very convincing. jeff Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I used the Book Shelf Tool from vectordepot. Did you add it to your workspace with the workspace editor? I took pictures of books (VW 12 manual included), used the class settings in the book PIO to map them onto the books. Some are image props of rows of books in my house. Quote Link to comment
Freelancerita Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 This site has got good quality textures http://lemog.free.fr/lemog_v5/thumbnails.php?album=8 Quote Link to comment
jeffroyer Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Thanks Ray - I had added it but it required a reboot of the program to get running. Thanks for the tips. Did you create the library ladder from scratch or did you find one online? thanks Arlene. They also have some great textures at the vectordepot site. Quote Link to comment
GaryO1 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Ray, Great looking render. If I may ask, How is the lighting done.Which lights, how many, etc.? I also have made my own textures in Photo shop with good sucess. But I have'nt the skills for this quality render yet. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Five point light at 20% brightness in the ceiling fixtures, six line lights at 40% brightness behind the bookcase pilasters, one line light at 8% brightness in the desk light. Ambient light at 12% brightness. I was pretty clueless setting this up and it took much trial and error to get the lighting to where it is. I'm still not completely happy with the lighting, sometime I'll play around with it some more. Quote Link to comment
GaryO1 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Thanx for the info. I'll try something similar when I have time. Quote Link to comment
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