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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. | 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 very similar in concept to a [[Normal map|normal map]], except instead of controlling surface normals, it | + | The texture is usually called a [[Flow map]] which is very similar in concept to a [[Normal map|normal map]], except instead of controlling surface normals, it distorts the specular highlight in specific directions across the surface. |
== Anisotropic Tutorials == | == Anisotropic Tutorials == | ||
Revision as of 08:56, 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
- Anisotropic Shader For Hair by Stephen Jameson provides a breakdown of a shader setup in the Unreal Development Kit (UDK).
- 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.
