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* [http://polycount.com/discussion/77968 HAIR!?] thread on Polycount by [http://technicalartlead.blogspot.com/ Paul 'Prolow' Lohman] has some examples of an anisotropic hair shader in Maya. | * [http://polycount.com/discussion/77968 HAIR!?] thread on Polycount by [http://technicalartlead.blogspot.com/ Paul 'Prolow' Lohman] has some examples of an anisotropic hair shader in Maya. | ||
* [http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/1229069/#Comment_1229069 Making an anisotropic map for Marmoset Toolbag] post on the Polycount forum from the Lead Engineer at 8monkey Labs. | * [http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/1229069/#Comment_1229069 Making an anisotropic map for Marmoset Toolbag] post on the Polycount forum from the Lead Engineer at 8monkey Labs. | ||
Revision as of 07:58, 12 April 2016
An anisotropic map is a texture that controls the shape of the specular highlights from real-time lights, often used for hair shading. Anisotropic highlights are characterized by long directional strokes, instead of the typical circular shape.
The texture is usually called a Flow map which is very similar in concept to a normal map, except instead of controlling surface normals, it distorts the specular highlight in specific directions across the surface.
Anisotropic Tutorials
- HAIR!? thread on Polycount by Paul 'Prolow' Lohman has some examples of an anisotropic hair shader in Maya.
- Making an anisotropic map for Marmoset Toolbag post on the Polycount forum from the Lead Engineer at 8monkey Labs.
- Deriving an anisotropic map from vectors post on the Polycount forum from a Character Artist at ArenaNet.
- Painting a "flow" normalmap? thread on the Tech-Artists.Org forum.
- HairTechnique on the wiki.
