new material preview scene

[arneoog]

Yet another update!

iMPM_v1.5.zip

Added some walls and a roof, looks much more real now
Also fixed some stuff in the .xmls and .obj

[surreal]

hey arneeog, would you be able to export as 3DS by any chance?
Also would you be able to PM me the co-ordinates of the camera, the obj isn't importing the walls or camera for me, just the sphere part.

[SmartDen]

Could you post the mesh without the bubbles inside please. Some materials look quite funky with it, e.g. diamond

[kepler]

@ arneoog: your mesh is very good, but I would make these changes (they are only suggestions, I'm not sure if the image will look better):

- put the "indigo" logo on the base, much smaller and not inside the object, but in relief;
- choose an indoor hdri map for the light (there are a lot of them free on the net);
- change the background grid with a simpler one;
- make two walls behind the object with the same grid of the floor, instead of a "infinite" plane.

Thank you for the job!

[arneoog]

New version!

iMPM_v1.9.zip

- Moved the light
- Fixed some stuff
- More material code in the XML




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Well, Kepler.. hehe
- If more people want the logo to be on the base.. then I'll do it
- A hdri map will make way to complex light to show the material properly..
- Never! Hehe.. I like it too much
- The model is already inside a room, and the floor is not an infinite plane..

Oh, yeah.. Nick, I think that indigo isn't handeling .obj normals perfectly..
Just look at the image above.. It wasn't like that when I used XML mesh code..
And in Maya alle the normals are perfect

[Kram1032]

Nice!
Btw:
I like the grid and don't have any idea, why this should be complex...
But some walls nearer to the Mesh would be nice to see Caustics of both Reflective and Transparent Mats...

[joegiampaoli]

I kinda like the logo where it is, I also had the idea of putting it on the base, you could try, but I'm sure it will look better where it's at.... putting it on the base will just make the logo look flat

[kepler]

Here's an example of what I think for the box:





I'm sorry for the ugly uv-mapping but I didn't have no time. I've raised the point of view a little, used a 80mm camera and a 3-faces cube. The light is a hdr map but it can easily replaced with a big meshlight to make a "light-box" effect, without having the meshlight-plane reflection on the ball.

[StompinTom]

i think itd be useful to have the meshlight reflect in the material so that you can better judge the reflectivity of the material.

[CTZn]

Hey Arne, what about a back light ?

nice job !

[drBouvierLeduc]

Made this for the preview material.
I don't know what that shape is supposed to be, but it shows reflections and transparent materials quite well I think, and got both sharp and soft edges.
Tell me if you think it's worth tweaking it (add some bubbles for sss, improve lighting, add a base, and so on...).

edit 3 : the zip file contains now the latest test (I made a mistake), with a base, some lights behind for sss (not sure it works well), and the mesh is now uv-mapped so you can add any texture you want (well it's not prefectly uv mapped but it should be ok for testings).
here is the updated .zip file in case you want to try it. You can use it with blendigo exporter, just copy all the files in indigo's directory, hit "preview" in the exporter and that's it. The .blend file is included in case you want to modify it.

(latest tests)


(first tests)

[SmartDen]

Well, shere it!

[CTZn]

Nice tests Dr !

[zsouthboy]

How would we test uv mapped materials on Arneoog's preview scene?

I don't see a way for the UV set to be exposed to indigo, as the model is a separate .obj file...

Or did I miss something?

EDIT: adding

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<expose_uv_set>
				<index>0</index>
				<name>uv</name>
		</expose_uv_set>

didn't work

[OnoSendai]

uv set for .obj is called 'default'