Advanced Member 3dCoatWannabe Posted March 17, 2011 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 As I'll be using assets created in 3D Coat with Lightwave and Eyeon's Fusion (which both work best with linear images), is there a way to work in linear color space with 3D Coat? BTW - this is a VERY useful podcast if you don't understand the advantages of a linear workflow and why working in this mode yields superior results. http://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/Compositing_in_Linear/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Absolutely agree. Baking textures can be problematic when they don't come out correctly. It would be magnificent if we had a way to work in a linear color space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member 3dCoatWannabe Posted March 17, 2011 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Absolutely agree. Baking textures can be problematic when they don't come out correctly. It would be magnificent if we had a way to work in a linear color space. I'm totally unfamiliar with ZBrush and Mudbox. Do they have this capability? If not, and as all the modeling and compositing (Fusion, Nuke, etc.) programs as well as Photoshop work natively in linear (and the compositors all want linear assets to work with), maybe this would be a feature that could be used to leapfrog over ZB/Mudbox? Any of the painting & blending tools in 3D Coat would work better in linear. That podcast in my first link really does a good job out outlining why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'm not sure on Mudbox, but I'm pretty sure ZB doesn't. I think this would absolutely be a good way to leapfrog. Excellent point. I shall point this toward Andrew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member spacepainter Posted March 18, 2011 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Linear color space in lightwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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