Here's my latest playing around. Cab compliments of 3DTrainstuff.
Kyle H
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More Nightview Tinkering
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RE: More Nightview Tinkering
Oh yeah! That will look good with the animation frames tweaked. One small suggestion - assuming you're using the same idea as I am to generate the illuminated gauges/displays (lighting FX in PSP7). I discovered this last night when I created the orange dials for the 30000. Use a single light source from below (maybe slightly below right). Use a 90 degree cone. I set the intensity somewhere around 8-12. Use the lasso tool to select exactly the area you want to light, then apply the lighting effect. It will only be applied to that selected area. I only suggest this as I see a small amount of green color bleed outside the display area. Messing with the smoothing value seems to add a little realism also, such that the light wash is not completely linear across the dial face, but is also not too bright near the perceived "source" (bulb?).Nice work! This night time stuff is becoming fun.Regards, Jimi
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Here's an updated version.
Kyle H
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Yup.The one I was ( WAS ) doing looked great until I started trying to get the contols and buttons lighting to matchI hope you can get it goin cause it looks great !Good LuckTim Kent
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I can't resist a challenge. The controls took about an hour...KH
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Awesome. If I didn't know better, I'd say that was an original un-tweaked shot. The controls match perfectly and the dash lighting looks very natural. You keep raising the bar, Kyle!The night-time 30000 should be done in a few days. I'm re-doing all the animation frames, as the shadows are different to the daytime (more light from inside the cab). Plus I'm trying a few new tricks with alpha masks, controlled by the light switch Seeing the quality work that guys like you and Chris produce inspires me to keep learning and maybe push the MSTS envelope a little.Best regards, Jimi
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