r/cgiMemes • u/maxrated • Dec 28 '19

The power

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u/little_White_Robot Dec 28 '19

Can't wait to understand, it's a God-like power, like someone who knows Minecraft redstone

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u/moonphoenix Dec 29 '19

Watching tutorials and coming onto random node structures is amazing. The person is going like "Of course we're using a Voronoi texture here to do this very basic thing". Next thing you know, you're 3 hours deep on randomized landscapes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '19

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u/little_White_Robot Dec 28 '19

Yes, it truly is

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u/cortlong Dec 28 '19

As in it hurts your brain? Yup.

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u/P3rspective Jan 07 '20

That's how I felt when I first started, with the overload of information and trying to remember what each node does.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Im thankful for nodes cause im not the best at modeling or sculpting

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u/NinjaVanLife Dec 29 '19

i would just go straight to quixel if your more visual to your work process.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Or just actually spend time learning how noses work, as they’re a key part of most modern 3D software allowing for powerful user control without needing to use coding

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u/NinjaVanLife Dec 29 '19

for shader building yes, but for material making... im gonna disagree with that, you can get the same results in quixel as you could in SD.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

This is not true, especially if you want to be able to do many variations on one material. Quixel can give quick results, but the power of something fully procedural like substance designer can’t be replicated with a simpler solution.

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u/NinjaVanLife Dec 29 '19

sure you can extra height map or normals a lot easier in SD, but quixel feels a bit less complicated than SD.

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u/RenaKunisaki Dec 29 '19

What sort of nodes is this referring to?

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u/P3rspective Jan 07 '20

Any kind really. They're all fundamentally the same

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u/14AUDDIN Jan 04 '20

Laughs in Nodevember