Tony, you can actually bake a hi-res model to a low-res model in one step. See the documentation here: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Render/Bake
"Selected to active" is the option to select. This also allows for the creation of highly detailed normal maps and such. One way to make your renders look more realistic is to turn on Ambient Occlusion in the material buttons. This will give you much more realistic lighting and can be combined with normal lights for a great effect. On Mar 9, 2:08 pm, mogg <[email protected]> wrote: > Pete, > > Thanks, I understand. I am looking into Blender. It seems to have this > ability but I have to bump up the poly before I bake... then lower the > poly again thus causing UV issues. I usually model low-poly from the > start. Thanks for the pointers. > > Tony > > On Mar 9, 9:23 am, Peter Kapelyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I meant hopefully soon there will be a built in way for Away3D. > > > Also I don't know how easily it is to access the bitmap of the Away3D phong > > etc render and just output that for reuse later. > > > Right now I use Lightwave to do the baking. Once I set up a scene, I can > > reuse the lights etc, and just swap out the object if I want the same lights > > on all things. Using a 3D app might not be the fastest way, but it might be > > the best render you can get. > > > Maybe soon it can be done easily in Away3D with a really good render. > > > But a simple/fast way like I mentioned about (grabbing the bitmap of the > > phong etc) seems like it should be possible now. > > > -Pete > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:13 PM, mogg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Pete, > > > > Thank you for the recommendation. I would like to try this. > > > > Do you have any sample code? > > > > Which lighting classes should I use? > > > > Can you provide an example on rendering to texture? > > > > Tony > > > > On Mar 8, 8:15 pm, Peter Kapelyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The best solution might be the one that would be built into Away3D :) > > > > > Right now for me it does take time (setting up a scene, lights and > > > > rendering to output a texture). Wonder if there is a faster way too > > > > (standalone app?). > > > > > -Pete > > > > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:01 PM, mogg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > What is the cheapest content pipeline to generate baked textures for > > > > > low-poly models? I'm currently using milkshape3d and roadkill. > > > > > -- > > > > ___________________ > > > > > Actionscript 3.0 Flash 3D Graphics Engine > > > > > HTTP://AWAY3D.COM <http://away3d.com/> > > > -- > > ___________________ > > > Actionscript 3.0 Flash 3D Graphics Engine > > > HTTP://AWAY3D.COM- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
