#CUSTOM FACERIG AVATAR FURRY SKIN#
#CUSTOM FACERIG AVATAR FURRY SOFTWARE#

#CUSTOM FACERIG AVATAR FURRY SOFTWARE#

fbx file from the software you are working with, so that the UV maps do not get overwritten.

We recommend baking the normal map after exporting the. normal map texture – The texture holds normal map info stored in Tangent (or texture) space.For the best results, we recommend baking the normal map in a software that is compatible with Autodesk (i.e. towards 255 (white) surfaces get increasingly opaque.Īpplies normal mapping to the rendered surface based on the provided texture.Alpha channel is used to specify transparency.The diffuse texture holds diffuse color info of the rendered surface stored in RGB channels. The current Animaze Shader supports the following Material Components:Īpplies diffuse color to the rendered surface based on a provided texture. Blended – transparent meshes, rendered back to front.This is a more efficient way of adding transparent surfaces. Alpha Test – rendered back to front, pixels under a certain alpha value are discarded.Meshes rendered through this queue are sorted back to front. Fur – fur meshes are very peculiar, they are instanced meshes, where the first layer is opaque and the rest are transparent or blended.Opaque – opaque meshes are drawn front to back so we can leverage depth testing and have less overdraw.Having render queues brings more control to how the meshes are displayed. The basic concept is that we need to have a distinction between opaque surfaces and the transparent ones, as the transparent ones need to modulate the color of the previous rendered surfaces (the opaque ones). All components that can be changed only from the Animaze Editor are marked accordingly by (*).Īnimaze materials can control the rendered surfaces render queues. changing the diffuse texture, setting a tint color etc.). the geometry, the textures) and can also be customized within the Editor's Material Editor (e.g. Material Components can be customized by the data fed to the Animaze Editor (e.g. The reason behind this, is that the Animaze Shader model is built this way to reduce the performance expense of the models.

#CUSTOM FACERIG AVATAR FURRY SKIN#

For example, the fur and skin dot mapping components cannot coexist on a single mesh material. Some components are solely unique and they exclude each other out when one tries to add them together. Texture channel rules are described for each component in particular, although some of the texture maps are shared among them, the rules apply the same. normals) or texture maps (RGB/RGBA/Grayscale textures).įurthermore, texture maps encode per texel information in their RGB (and Alpha in some cases) channels that require careful tuning and are compliant to specific Animaze shading rules. fur length for the Fur component), geometric info (e.g. Some of the material components need extra info in the form of float values (e.g. Environment Mapping component adds the skybox reflection to the surface rendering. In the picture above, grouped components share the same color.Īnimaze uses a component system for the Animaze Shader, each component adds a feature to the item shading, e.g. The Animaze Shader does not follow the Physically-Based Shading equations currently.įor a better performance, you can group all the components that have the same material. The Animaze Shader lighting model is Blinn-Phong and has custom methods to compute specular, environment reflections, refractions etc., so all texture maps will have to be adjusted having this shading model in mind. Currently, a mesh Material can configure the Animaze Shader and it is the only way one can change the way an item is rendered. Every mesh has its own material that holds the configuration for the Animaze Shader and references to all textures bound to the mesh. It is built modular, such that it can be customized to the needs of the rendered item. I am looking for a model prepared for use with the software FaceRig.Animaze items such as avatars, props, environments, are rendered using a complex shader (material), called The Animaze Shader. Please be prepared to send an example of a custom avatar model prepared for use in FaceRig that you have createdĪll applicants must supply either a model prepared for use in FaceRig that I can test or a video/screen capture of FaceRig working with your custom modelįor clarity I'm adding some additional information, I'm not looking for a model which has a rigged face. Please at least be familiar with FaceRig contacting us. Preferably only 3D Modellers who are familiar with the FaceRig software and have experience with creating such custom avatars should contact us. Our company wants a custom created avatar for FaceRig of our mascot character (See the attached image), complete with animations and conformance with FaceRig guidelines for importing.

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