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Title: Tip for Painted shader
Post by: bobbystahr on February 16, 2018, 09:48:59 PM
Often when I use the Painted shader for a river, well always if it's deep, I get ugly displacement on the sides....well the newish Smoothing shader nicely eliminates those. I just put it between the Painted and Displacement  shaders and tweaked till I was happy.

Oh yeah, you're welcome heh heh
Title: Re: Tip for Painted shader
Post by: N-drju on February 17, 2018, 01:54:49 AM
Yeah, that's indeed a problem and I have encountered it numerous times too. Now, when I'm making rivers, I usually use slightly warped simple shape shaders, because they have an in-built smoothing system. Less control over where the river is going, but a worthy solution too.
Title: Re: Tip for Painted shader
Post by: bobbystahr on February 17, 2018, 02:08:52 AM
Quote from: N-drju on February 17, 2018, 01:54:49 AM
Yeah, that's indeed a problem and I have encountered it numerous times too. Now, when I'm making rivers, I usually use slightly warped simple shape shaders, because they have an in-built smoothing system. Less control over where the river is going, but a worthy solution too.

I hear ya but the kind of river I was attempting is a y forking into a lake creating an little island. Will post it when it's done rendering...and they're very hard to get working with SS shaders

And I know Dune will suggest image maps that he often uses but I wanted to stay in TG only.
Title: Re: Tip for Painted shader
Post by: mhaze on February 17, 2018, 07:17:25 AM
Great idea Bobby, I'll certainly be nickin it!
Title: Re: Tip for Painted shader
Post by: bobbystahr on February 17, 2018, 10:18:36 AM
Quote from: mhaze on February 17, 2018, 07:17:25 AM
Great idea Bobby, I'll certainly be nickin it!

you're moist welcome
Title: Re: Tip for Painted shader Idea Render Here
Post by: bobbystahr on February 17, 2018, 10:49:52 AM
Here's the link for the image I made with that idea

http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,24147.new.html#new