illusions opened this issue on Dec 27, 2003 ยท 25 posts
hauksdottir posted Tue, 30 December 2003 at 9:54 PM
Getting back to topic (really!), painted-on shadows as well as highlights will have to be examined with the new application. Most of us use the layer effects in PhotoShop to get a hint of 3dedness to our textures, with or without bumpmaps. Part of why those gorgeous texture packages look so rich and worth buying is the illusion of depth. This is fine as long as the main lighting is from above, but if our hero has his long legs stretched out next to the fireplace, the embossing on his boots suddenly looks wrong. New lights AND new shadows are going to take a while to get used to. Carolly