Sprite Lamp
#23724 posted by
Spiney on 2013/12/08 13:48:21
It looks cool, I hope it works out.
However, I've done that in the past by... drumroll... handpainting the normals. :P And this software does it by... handpainting the normals? :/
It's easy enough, just do 4 direcions, combine vertical in X, horizontal in Y and run it through a normalizer.
Problem I have with these tools is there's a lot of half baked ones around. Crazybump was most useful untill development just stopped. And now there's things like nDo for PS which have good features but are slow as hell and still have messy integration.
Still, more and better tools never hurt.
#23725 posted by
necros on 2013/12/08 18:08:26
would it not be possible to do only two directions (north-east and south-west) instead of four? 4 extra frames is a big jump in work.
#23726 posted by
JneeraZ on 2013/12/08 19:37:20
There's also Knald (https://www.knaldtech.com/) which is sort of a CrazyBump replacement, but is actively being developed.
2 Vs 4...
#23727 posted by
Spiney on 2013/12/09 14:35:54
Using 4 frames is much more verbose and averages out any error. You can also do 2 drawings, simply the horizontal and vertical but use 3 tones per channel (dark, light, midtone). The downside is you'll need to manage the transitions carefully or it might be easy to end up with pillow shading. I think it's easier for a lot of people to break it down into 2 seperate lights per channel mentally -- addition is more how light is supposed to work. If you're an experienced painter you can simply do the X/Y axis. I think using only 2 channels in a opposite diagonal way means the artist needs to manage his midtone very carefully and the program's heuristic might screw up.
Anyway, this is a bit of a chicken egg problem also. I did try the handpainting normal sprites once, but the issue was there were no easy 2.5D engines available I could test it with. And I'm too stupid to program something myself.
#23729 posted by
Spirit on 2013/12/09 18:52:43
Nowadays one could just take some more photos and generate a 3D model instead.
Yeah,
#23730 posted by
megaman on 2013/12/09 23:08:58
but you need much more sophisticated software for that
Once Set Up, They Are Just Few Clicks
#23731 posted by
Spirit on 2013/12/09 23:17:33
Shambler!
#23732 posted by
DaZ on 2013/12/10 00:40:26
Check trades in steam OMG! >:{ >:{ >:{ >:{ >:{ >:{
Doom Is 20 Years Old Today!
#23733 posted by
metlslime on 2013/12/10 08:30:13
Wow
#23734 posted by
Rick on 2013/12/10 14:38:03
I remember downloading the shareware version from AOL over a 14.4 modem (or was it a 9600 ?). It took hours. Didn't do anything but play Doom for weeks after.
I Play Lot Of Fast Attack...
#23736 posted by
quaketree on 2013/12/11 05:18:59
submarine game. Can i be submariner captain. I be really good at it.
Sounds Like A
#23737 posted by
ijed on 2013/12/11 13:35:47
Perfect cannon fodder candidate.
Can Do Better Than That...
#23738 posted by
ijed on 2013/12/11 13:43:11
'Natural selection in action'
Daz?
#23741 posted by
Shambler on 2013/12/12 13:27:35
What, why?
I've been AFK for a few days.
Haha
#23742 posted by
DaZ on 2013/12/12 22:17:17
nothing serious just wondered if you wanted to trade some metro cards (serious business you understand).
Poor, Poor Mr. Quick
#23744 posted by Tronyn on 2013/12/13 12:48:04
Thanks Mr. S. I do appreciate it.
Thankfully Mr. Night, Mr. Shade, Mr. Hand, and Mr. Glove are all still here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOdY2_RsKHs
I went with a very broad sense of ancient Egypt, places beyond worlds, and general weirdness. Mr. L.'s story "Nyarlathotep" is nightmarishly suggestive, and I'd like to see more tries at it.