Cavity Masking

[ne_mo]

Is it possable to use some kind of Cavity Masking?

for example as at zbrush? It's very usefull, and maybe I didn't mention it? I use 3.3 version.

http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Cavity_Masking

Or maybe it will be at future?

[Tom K]

Yes. It is possible now. look on the top of the screen where it says pressure not dependent on color. open that up and look towards the bottom of the list.

Tom

[Tom K]

also check the box next to that to adjust the heights or cavities scale once you choose what to use.

Tom

[Tom K]

And, yes I agree. It is very useful. and really cool to use.

Tom

[philnolan3d]

You know you can edit your posts right Tom?

Anyway, yeah cavity painting is great, I've been using it a lot of my current project.

[michalis]

I learned something here, I didn't know about cavity masking. It worked perfectly. Thanks

[Tom K]

You know you can edit your posts right Tom?

Yeah, that would have worked too.

Tom

[greyocto]

how about some more advanced cavity (and other types of) masking options?

I know there are shaders that can use a directional vector and the normal maps vectors to do stuff like snow masking (here's a thread discussing one http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1193841#post1193841 ) and that kind of thing in 3d coats masking could be extremely useful to me

another idea is masking based on exposure to the sun/air, something kind of like global illumination masking which would be great for fading things from exposure to the sun or adding mineral deposits and such where rain has been running down

and one more is hard mask by edges which would be great for worn edges, something like this is what I'd want to use it for http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/vertex_map_wear/vertex_map_wear.htm

[philnolan3d]

It would be fantastic if there was some way to get it to spread out further from the corners, like the screenshots from this LW plugin.

http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~goetsch/AmbOcc/

[JohnCass]

Thanks for this tip,I found it very helpfull