What are the advantages to painting the vertices as opposed to the texture itself? I know that w/r/t lighting, getting …

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July 26, 2015 at 9:36 pm #4290
Boris Kachscovsky
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What are the advantages to painting the vertices as opposed to the texture itself?

I know that w/r/t lighting, getting color on a per-vertex level is essential, like with phong/lambertian reflectance models, but I feel that can easily garnered from a texture…
July 27, 2015 at 12:55 pm #22280
Kent Trammell
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In my experience, I’ve opted for vertex painting because it doesn’t require UVs and it can be good for quickly filling colors based on mesh selection. For example, I used it in this lesson: https://cgcookie.com/lesson/painting-base-colors/

When I was in college they taught us vertex lighting was important in game design. Not sure if that’s still relevant in today’s game industry…
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