LarryG on 16/10/2012 at 15:35
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
I was going to go with "blotchy". All those light spots and weird discolorations make the wood look like it's been splashed with industrial-strength solvents.
Those are the colors and intensities present in the original. That's the problem with the texture. For a drop-in replacement, you have to preserve the colors and at the same time make it high resolution.
I don't know how much wood staining you've done, but prior to modern staining techniques and chemicals, wood penetration by stains was not uniform due to differing densities of the wood grain, resulting in a certain bitchiness. Modern pre-treatments minimize that, but back in the day, it was normal to see.
This is all to say that I don't know how to preserve the colors of the original and make it look good as a higher resolution stained wood panel texture. I can minimize the color variation, but it wouldn't be true to the original. Is that what people want to see?
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It looks better, but is less dramatic than the original.
Nameless Voice on 16/10/2012 at 17:02
I still see a noticeable seam where the bottom of the texture is purplish, but the top isn't.
LarryG on 16/10/2012 at 17:39
Better now? There is a wood grain there, and I think that was all you were seeing. I prefer the one above, myself.
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Nameless Voice on 16/10/2012 at 17:58
Yeah, though the seams are still pretty obvious.
I'd assume that the sections between panels would be one solid piece of wood? Or are they not meant to be?
LarryG on 16/10/2012 at 18:10
In RL, the rails (horizontal pieces) might be either one solid piece or two pieces (upper and lower), the stiles (vertical pieces) are typically two pieces. That's another reason I'm not to worried about a seam showing sightly, especially on the stiles. I have a version with different grain pattern for the rails and stiles that tile perfectly, but I don't like the look. The grain isn't as nice. I'm still looking for a better grain pattern that I can tile.
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Renzatic on 16/10/2012 at 18:39
Quote Posted by Beleg Cúthalion
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You're about my bestest friend forever right now. Though I can't delve deeper into the database your link eventually led me to (which I'm willing to bet has tons more shots buried within), it still provided me with at least 14 excellent, high res samples right from the first image search. Appreciate the help, man. :D
Quote Posted by ZB
Looks like you applied a heavy noise layer to the books?
I did on a couple. Kinda regretting it now, too.
Coming back fresh after spending a night and a morning away from it makes me realize that, yeah...I don't like it all that much. Even with all the books in place, it'll probably be pretty ugly if I continue going the way I currently am. I tried making it look more rounded, giving it a little more depth, while trying to maintain the colors and look of the original somewhat at the same time. I ended up failing at both. Plus, I should've made it 1024x instead of 512x.
I think I'm gonna redo it. I'll chalk this one up as a practice run.
Quote Posted by LarryG
One of the things about that texture that has always bothered me is the lack of dimensionality. Somehow a sense of the 3-D nature of a bookcase needs to be imparted. I think that there needs to be some subtle shadowing, of the shelves on the back of the bookcase, and of books that are slightly pushed forward on books that are slightly pushed backwards. So for shadows to show up, the base color of the back of the bookcase needs to be a lighter shade of brown. Also, when you get to the cobwebs, they need to reinforce the 3-D nature as well.
I agree. Bookshelves are kinda...er...2Dish anyway, but I'm thinking throwing in a few shadows and making it look a little like (
http://blogs.skokielibrary.info/bookshelf/files/2010/03/books.jpg) this probably wouldn't hurt. I think I can do this while still keeping faithful to at least the proportions of the original.
LarryG on 16/10/2012 at 18:54
Link no good. "Direct Linking Not Permitted"
Nameless Voice on 16/10/2012 at 18:56
Quote Posted by LarryG
In RL, the rails (horizontal pieces) might be either one solid piece or two pieces (upper and lower), the stiles (vertical pieces) are typically two pieces. That's another reason I'm not to worried about a seam showing sightly, especially on the stiles. I have a version with different grain pattern for the rails and stiles that tile perfectly, but I don't like the look. The grain isn't as nice. I'm still looking for a better grain pattern that I can tile.
Okay, fair enough. But your seams look like texture seams, not like the gaps between two separate pieces of wood. If you want the stiles to look like they are made from two pieces of wood, you'll need to draw the edges between them, otherwise it just looks like a texture artefact.
LarryG on 16/10/2012 at 19:17
Either any better?
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