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| Mark Williams | Pen v1.0 244 KB |
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| 20.02.2003 This Max 4/5 texture plugin allows one object to 'draw' on another. Useful for animations of pens, erasers, etc. This is a demo version which is limited to a 30 samples maximum. The full version contains a maximum of 10,000. This is the only difference between the 2. If you wish to obtain the complete version before Marks' webpage is up and running, please send $10 via PayPal to markdjwilliams@hotmail.com, and he'll get back to you by email as quickly as he can. | ||
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| Michael Bailey | InterBlinn v1.0 20.6 KB |
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| 18.12.2001 The algorithm for this shader came from the book Graphics Gems II. It has been modified to incorporate the Blinn style of shading rather than Phong. It expands on the normal Blinn shader by providing two new variables, Tension and Bias. This shader provides a continuous 'bridge' between Flat shading and Blinn shading, allowing you to vary the 'Blinn-ness' and 'Faceted-ness'. With settings of Tension = 0.0 and Bias = 1.0, the shader is equivalent to Blinn shading. With settings of Tension = 1.0 and Bias = 1.0, the shader is equivalent to Flat shading. In addition to this, by setting Tension < 0.0 each face is rounded more than in Blinn shading resulting in a surface with each face bumping outwards. With Tension > 1.0 each face is rounded more inwards, resulting in a surface with each face bumping inwards. | ||
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| Michael Bailey | Cook-Torrance Shader v1.0 17.6 KB |
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| 23.12.2001 This plugin is designed to replace the Max default metal shader plugin. It has more control over the material, at the expense of greater complexity. The settings are: Specular Level, Roughness, Specularity, Index of Refraction. It uses the shading algorithm proposed in 'A Reflectance Model for Computer Graphics' by Robert L. Cook and Kenneth E. Torrance. | ||
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| Michael Spaw | BozoNoise v1.0 130 KB |
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| 27.02.2003 This procedural actually has a history, as it was one of the first solid textures proposed by Ken Perlin back in 1985. While not being too useful by todays standards it gives some glimpse of how powerful the basic noise function can be. | ||
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| Michael Spaw | ColorNoise v1.0 106 KB |
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| 27.02.2003 This is a simple spin on the standard Max noise procedural. It rotates the values for the R, G and B components of the noise function so that the result is chromatic. In addition the color can be blended with a base color or map, and there are various flavors of the base noise function. | ||
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| Michael Spaw | Confetti v1.0 137 KB |
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| 27.02.2003 This Max procedural texture started its life as a direct copy of a tutorial sample in Steve May's RmanNotes, and has subsequently been added to. It's really more of graphical test than a real useful map. That being said, it is fairly full features as far as Max maps go. | ||
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| Michael Spaw | CrossTile v1.0 120 KB |
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| 27.02.2003 This Map is derived from an example from Steve May's excellent RmanNotes. The shader uses a series of pulses to generate each stripe. Then the stripes are layered atop one another and finally over a solid background color. Once I got the basics of it going, it was fairly straightforward to expand on the parameters and add in a bunch of goodies the original Renderman version didn't have. The parameters give control over the placement, width, rotation and blurriness of the stripes. | ||
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| Michael Spaw | MultiColor v1.0 94.6 KB |
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| 27.02.2003 This rather unusual looking shader comes directly from one of Ken Musgrave's chapters in 'Texturing & Modeling A Procedural Approach' Second Edition. If you are interested in coding up your own procedural textures and materials this is the book to pick up. I hadn't seen anyone actually implement it for a commercial package so I gave it a try. The result is rather pleasing but rather slow and not too friendly for the parameters. | ||
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| Michael Spaw | VectorNoise v1.0 125 KB |
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| 27.02.2003 This solid procedural is based on one of Ken Musgrave's contributions in 'Texturing & Modeling A Procedural Approach'. It's essentially the standard Perlin noise function with the addition of a distortion applied just to spice things up. You can get some fairly wild effects as the distortion becomes more pronounced. | ||
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| Michael Spaw | CompositeMode v1.0 380 KB |
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| 20.07.2003 This plugin emulates all of the PhotoShop blending modes in map form. It can be used anyplace you would normally use a map including bump and displacement. This can generate some very cool effects though not all of the modes make sense in all cases. | ||