[ENDED] BC4-1810 – October 2018 Class Homepage – Shading & Lighting with Blender

[John Sanderson]

@yukinoh1989 I’d suggest watching Blender Guru’s PBR videos. Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH6XPsEmozk 

This will give you a quick rundown on some of the basics.  The node editor will be something you just have to spend a lot of time with to learn, and even then you will run into folks doing all manner of foreign witchcraft in there, but the best way to learn is playing around and seeing what works.  Find tutorials as needed, and once you get your bearings, jump into the shader forge!!

[Julian B]

Does someone know how to delete imported HDRIs from Blender 2.8? It’s incredibly slow for me right now and I want to see if the amount of HDRIs I imported are the problem but I can’t delete them. Deleting the folder and loading the Factory Settings didn’t work, really frustrating.. 🙄

[William Miller]

@yukinoh1989 I would recommend only using normal maps for small details, not big ones.  If you use normal maps for large bumps or protrusions, then it will look very ugly.  (That’s why the only computer game I play is Minecraft.)

[silentheart00]

@yukinoh1989 Also, there’s this course that talks about how to use normal maps.

[Grady Pruitt]

@bsdwerbeagentur If it’s one you “installed” and you’re on Windows, they’re buried in the AppData folder for your user. Typically, the path is something like:

C:\Users\(username)\AppData\roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.80\datafiles\studiolights\world

AppData is usually a hidden folder, so if you don’t see it, turn on hidden files. (Windows 10 has a checkbox under the View menu for the file browser. I think older versions of Windows, you had to go to a properties menu for the parent folder to unlock hidden files).

Incidentally, the ones that come preinstalled in Windows follow the similar datafiles path in the directory where you extracted 2.8.

[malhomsi]

hello !

where do u post homeworks ?

[Grady Pruitt]

@malhomsi You can create a thread on the forums for your homework. Just start the thread title with BC4-1810 so that Kent can find it when he does a search.

[malhomsi]

@gradyp  thank u ! is there a deadline ?

[Grady Pruitt]

@theluthier O grades, where art thou?

probably just an oversight, but I don’t think I ever got any comments or grades on my week 1 or my week 2 work (though my week 2 was in the favorites for my car).

[Grady Pruitt]

@malhomsi The “deadline” is midnight your time tomorrow (so end of day Sunday)  

[malhomsi]

@gradyp thank u ! it s kind of u to answer 🙂

[yukino hatake]

@gradyp Thank you . it got fixed . blender runs a bit faster now . seems indeed the map was hidden (that was the reason i never finded it .) again thanx for the help 😀

[Morten Fjellheim]

HELP!!! My render turns red. I am using blender 2.8 for the character lighting homework. In remder mode, everything seems fine but when i render the whole image turns way more red.

[Zsolt Cseh]

@malhomsi Good to see you back 🙂

[Zsolt Cseh]

Could you please someone advise about the pro and contras regarding using texture coordinates instead of UVs? 

Watching some tutorials where it is mentioned that then the model no need to be UV unwrapped, that would be a big plus. Although almost everyone has the UV unwrap workflow when using images for materials, so the texture coordinates presumably has some downsides 

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