New Member Mayorc Posted September 9, 2016 New Member Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I watched the recent 4.7 video, very cool stuff, one question does this software support painting of displacement maps while on PBR painting, I ask this because with the release of Quixel Megascans I would be glad to paint everything and get color, normal, and displacement to match perfectly. If this is not possible at the moment, a tweak to add a temporary additional channel to the smart material layer structure could help too, maybe with a preview of just the channel painted layer and not the deformation achieved that can anyway in part be previewed by the normal maps.Though I think 3D Coat should definitely fully support displacement maps in PBR painting mode(with Catmull Clark/Open Subdiv subdivision pattern). Not all people work on low poly assets, and 3dCoat could easily lead the change on this. I think many would appreciate this feature expecially after the Quixel Megascans official release.Thanks for the attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Hi! Yes, you can paint displacement. 3DC doesn't distinguish between bump/normal/displacement, entirely. It just has "depth", you can choose how you want to export the depth, be it bump, normal, displacement and any combination thereof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member Mayorc Posted September 9, 2016 Author New Member Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 8 hours ago, Javis said: Hi! Yes, you can paint displacement. 3DC doesn't distinguish between bump/normal/displacement, entirely. It just has "depth", you can choose how you want to export the depth, be it bump, normal, displacement and any combination thereof. Actually that's a possibility ,but a very limited one and limited to the point of view of Game developer, which in their engine tend to use bump(rare) or normal or displacement(very rare), not all of them at once. Also it will not help definitively in the workflow I mentioned above (expecially if working with photogrammetry), using 3 maps at the same time gives maximum flexibility on large scale, medium scale, micro scale features, while keeping the polycount in the right compromise for 3d rendering applications (maya, 3dsmax, modo, c4d, lw...) (not game engines). That's why it would be great to paint all of them at once. In the beginning it could simply add an extra layer to paint all of them at once. But it would definitely need a subdivision surface algorithm (opensubdiv/catmull clark) integration in the PBR painting mode later on. This could slowdown the viewport so it should not be on by default but enabled at press of a button (both displacement and subdivisions), and selectable like the three top buttons. Example: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted September 10, 2016 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 When you paint in the Depth Channel, you are painting with Displacement and Normal maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 On 9/9/2016 at 8:07 AM, Mayorc said: Actually that's a possibility ,but a very limited one and limited to the point of view of Game developer, which in their engine tend to use bump(rare) or normal or displacement(very rare), not all of them at once. Also it will not help definitively in the workflow I mentioned above (expecially if working with photogrammetry), using 3 maps at the same time gives maximum flexibility on large scale, medium scale, micro scale features, while keeping the polycount in the right compromise for 3d rendering applications (maya, 3dsmax, modo, c4d, lw...) (not game engines). That's why it would be great to paint all of them at once. In the beginning it could simply add an extra layer to paint all of them at once. But it would definitely need a subdivision surface algorithm (opensubdiv/catmull clark) integration in the PBR painting mode later on. This could slowdown the viewport so it should not be on by default but enabled at press of a button (both displacement and subdivisions), and selectable like the three top buttons. Example: Hey there. Yep, that's exactly how it works (paint all 3 depth types, as well as using a CC subdividing algorithm if you use MV mode), right now. You paint all available types of depth, and then you choose which ones you want to export and use. It doesn't get much better than that. It just doesn't have an icon for each of those channels independently, and it doesn't need it. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member Mayorc Posted September 30, 2016 Author New Member Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Yes now I understand how it works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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