Dave Freeman
PRO Member
I mostly use Laminate Pro for modelling patterns and exporting those as jpegs that I can use in Sketchup and Unity 3d-engine for pre-programmed camera tracks and lighting. I've been able to simulate wood luster using the lighting by creating a normal map and mapping the patterns out the way the wood would be reflected in real life.
What I'm looking for is a way to get higher quality exports from LaminationPro to work with. Most of my exports are limited by my screen size, I think, however far zoomed in I can get the window without getting cut off by the program window. My exports end up somewhere around 600-800 pixels square for something in disc view. It usually comes out pretty pixelated, especially the dark black lines where the segments meet up. I'd also like a way to make that skinnier, but have only figured out a way to do it with GIMP by cropping and scooting them closer.
At this point in the process most of the wood grain is gone, so maybe adding other, more pronounced grain into the image files would pay off? I would love it if the image were able to be a vector format so everything scaled well.
I'm unable to upload any examples of what I mean here, but I have some action shots of the software and some results of running these patterns through other programs at www.instagram.com/daveintheshop
What I'm looking for is a way to get higher quality exports from LaminationPro to work with. Most of my exports are limited by my screen size, I think, however far zoomed in I can get the window without getting cut off by the program window. My exports end up somewhere around 600-800 pixels square for something in disc view. It usually comes out pretty pixelated, especially the dark black lines where the segments meet up. I'd also like a way to make that skinnier, but have only figured out a way to do it with GIMP by cropping and scooting them closer.
At this point in the process most of the wood grain is gone, so maybe adding other, more pronounced grain into the image files would pay off? I would love it if the image were able to be a vector format so everything scaled well.
I'm unable to upload any examples of what I mean here, but I have some action shots of the software and some results of running these patterns through other programs at www.instagram.com/daveintheshop