ZylonBane on 19/10/2012 at 00:20
Quote Posted by Renzatic
Rounded them off, and posted the results above.
...now they look like yee olde medieval vibrators.
You probably shouldn't show off the full-resolution raw version anyway. It just lets us nitpick things that would never be visible in-game.
scarykitties on 19/10/2012 at 03:10
Subbed to this so I can come back later for more awesome high-res textures!
Keep it up, you talented nerds, you!
Renzatic on 19/10/2012 at 07:57
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
You probably shouldn't show off the full-resolution raw version anyway. It just lets us nitpick things that would never be visible in-game.
...never again. :O
Okay, when I said this thing was the most time consuming texture I've ever worked on, I'm now doubling up on that opinion. This thing takes for freaking ever to adjust and move around. I think it's because I have so much to scroll through, and so much to tweak, even the simplest thing requires a long trek through the layer stack just to get to. I've been working on it for almost two hours now, and I've only finished two shelves. GAWWW!
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3018396/bookshelf_preview.jpg) Here's the current progress on this...one...single...texture. Man, I could've modelled and textured this thing faster. Anyway, I adjusted some of the books so they jut out and cast a bit of a shadow. Adds a goodly bit more depth, but I might need to tweak it a little more to get rid of the floaty look to some of the books. This is going to be the last feedback round on layout, because I'm finishing this bastard up tomorrow.
Nameless Voice on 19/10/2012 at 08:32
If you have too many layers to work with, you could try cleaning up the layer stack by putting them into groups - or even into Smart Objects.
I think the shadows under the sticking-out books might be a little too tall.
Renzatic on 19/10/2012 at 08:38
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
If you have too many layers to work with, you could try cleaning up the layer stack by putting them into groups - or even into Smart Objects.
I've already got everything into groups. It's having to clone one layer in one group, scroll all the way up or down through 15 layers, drag it into another group, then position it in there that's taking so long. I've started copy/pasting both the layers and the layer styles to make things a little quicker.
Smart objects? Never heard of those before. How do they work?If these work the way I think they do, you've just saved me a huge amount of time. Thanks for the tip.
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I think the shadows under the sticking-out books might be a little too tall.
I'll try and fix them tomorrow. Ain't touching them now. Don't wanna. :P
By the way, what is everyone else doing?
Xorak on 19/10/2012 at 08:52
Looks good.
The awesome thing is that with a completed stack of books you can start making tons of cool bookshelf textures.
But the long shadows do make some of the books seem like they stick out too far. Which isn't horrible here and there, but I count at least a dozen instances.
Also a nitpick, but I'd try and level out the bottoms of all the books a little more. To me, some give the effect of being behind an imaginary lip on the shelf's edge. For instance, the difference between th second and third books on the right, bottom shelf.
Renzatic on 19/10/2012 at 09:11
Quote Posted by Xorak
Looks good.
The awesome thing is that with a completed stack of books you can start making tons of cool bookshelf textures.
That's the plan. Once I get this one done, doing the rest in the set should simply be a matter of moving books around.
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But the long shadows do make some of the books seem like they stick out too far. Which isn't horrible here and there, but I count at least a dozen instances.
Also a nitpick, but I'd try and level out the bottoms of all the books a little more. To me, some give the effect of being behind an imaginary
lip on the shelf's edge. For instance, the difference between th second and third books on the right, bottom shelf.
That's actually what I'm trying to do. The lower books are supposed to be overhanging the lip by just a bit. Since the perspective is from a slight top-down angle, the books closer to the edge should look like they're set lower than the ones pushed farther back into the bookcase.
As for the long shadows and too low books, I went ahead and fixed one of the shelves to see if I could improve it a bit, and...
Inline Image:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3018396/bookcase_preview_2.jpg...I think it looks pretty decent now. I'll fix the rest up tomorrow.
LarryG on 19/10/2012 at 14:02
I agree with everyone: it is looking awesome and the shadows the overhanging books make are a little too deep or too dark or too uniform. Not all books that overhang should overhang the same amount. Great work on a very difficult set of textures!
ZylonBane on 19/10/2012 at 15:51
Just something to be aware of, the more books are hanging over the edge, the shallower the bookcase appears to be. For any respectable bookcase, only truly massive books should be overhanging.
Nameless Voice on 19/10/2012 at 17:56
Quote Posted by Renzatic
Smart objects? Never heard of those before. How do they work?If these work the way I think they do, you've just saved me a huge amount of time. Thanks for the tip.
A smart object is basically a separate document inserted into this one.
You can group as many layers as you want into a smart object, which you can then open separately.
Cloning a smart object only creates a new instance of the same smart object - any changes made to the smart object will apply to all of its instances.
