MLBevelReflect plugin (re-discovered)[Updated!]

GnuTux · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:05 pm **(#41)**

Molly, you only need to run the plug-in once. Just open the bump mapped text I posted (or create one), then open a spherical emap. Select the bump mapped text, run the plug-in and select the spherical emap in the dropdown. That's it. :bigthup

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Thank you everyone, was failing miserably trying to compile myself so tried out Tux's version on Ubuntu 12.04 and it works a treat.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

This is what I did and what I ended up with.

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

GnuTux wrote:

@YAFU - The Linux 64bit binary is in the zip I posted.

Thank you! Currently I have not my computer. In a few days I'll use it in my 64-bit Linux.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

@he4rty
some hot pixels coming from the map, is it one of my maps?

Has anybody tried to add some diffusion (3rd example in OP)? There is a drastic change
in specularity between 1.0 and 0.9 and a little change between 0.9 and 0.
E.g. in Blender there is a much smoother transition for diffusion shader.
I'll try to contact the author of plugin about this.

@molly try to merge blurred text with black BG and run plugin again.
I think too much blur with transparency doesn't always work well

P.S. Wait, is GnuTux's map also has transparent areas? That might be a problem too.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:40 pm **(#46)**

@YAFU

@Molly - Place your white text on a black background. Also, you might want to experiment with the amount of gauss blur on the text. My blur was 5 but I need to experiment with that a little more too.

I suspect this is much like environment mapping using GIMP's lighting filter, the bump map you use is going to be critical to the results you get. :hehe

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Much better Kit. Now I will work on something to make it better yet. Still pretty pixilated, I will try with less blur, I used 10. At least I am on the right track.

Woo Hoo

Edit: less blur... 5%

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

GnuTux wrote:

@YAFU

@Molly - Place your white text on a black background. Also, you might want to experiment with the amount of gauss blur on the text. My blur was 5 but I need to experiment with that a little more too.

I suspect this is much like environment mapping using GIMP's lighting filter, the bump map you use is going to be critical to the results you get. :hehe

I think that plugin uses Normal Map to compute probe-image mapping on the slopes (this is why it's a good idea to see what the normal map looks
like before rendering the final image) but the target layer has to be b/w image without too sharp or too blurry edges.

@molly now we're talking molly!

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

K1TesseraEna - No Its my own map.

So this might be of interest to you and the others as well, Searched out light maps and realised it is what I have been exploring recently, although under the name equirectangular images.

Basically I have come up with two methods of mapping an image to sphere, both unfortunately only map an image to one/two side correctly but you could just map the correct sides and rotate sphere to suit and paste together.

Sphere Cube Tutorial

Mapping Text To Sphere (2 Methods) - Method 2 is what your looking for here.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:38 pm **(#50)**

I can't quit playing with this. I've went purps! :mrgreen:

Purps Spherical EnviroMap

Purps Text

Inverted Text With Inlayed Background

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

Good idea Tux!

Flat slope, Spec 0.9

GnuTux · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:31 pm **(#52)**

Ooou, that turned out nice, K1te.

I guess it was inevitable where this was leading next for me. :hehe

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

woo hoo, y'all are on a roll.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

SysTemX · **Joined:** Dec 08, 2013 **Posts:** 1088

Graechan wrote:

On this image I used Enviroment map on a square Image with these settings on a white image with transparency and selection
Image
[ Image ]
Map
[ Image ]
Settings
[ Image ]
Result
[ Image ]

Is this an example of your grasshopper talent Graechan? :coolthup

MareroQ · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:26 am **(#56)**

Only the version of Win 32 bit (with the option to round v2)

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:24 am **(#57)**

MareroQ thank you for this new version, it's Faster and the extra option is good, so is there any chance of a 64 bit Rel

dd · **Joined:** Apr 10, 2011 **Posts:** 532

I've tried the specularity setting, but for me, changing it to anything other than 1.0 (full shiny) makes the result all garbled.

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:55 am **(#59)**

by dd

molly wrote:

Much better Kit. Now I will work on something to make it better yet. Still pretty pixilated, I will try with less blur, I used 10. At least I am on the right track.

[ Image ]

Woo Hoo

Edit: less blur... 5%

[ Image ]

Maybe if you saved a selection of the original text, you could use that selection to clean up the edges. :yes

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:02 am **(#60)**

GnuTux wrote:

I can't quit playing with this. I've went purps! :mrgreen:

Purps Spherical EnviroMap

Purps Text
[ Image ]

Inverted Text With Inlayed Background
[ Image ]

Very nice Tux. :jumpclap

Even though I seem to be having trouble understanding how to use this plugin.

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