what the heck is this procedural stuff?

DMBadCat · June 30, 2003, 4:12pm

I keep hearing about procedural textures texturing mapping lighting placing and jumping through hoops! what is PROCEDURAL supposed to mean in all of this? drivin me NUTS! :<

Ecks · June 30, 2003, 4:20pm

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

it’s simply the texture that are inside blender…Cloud, Marble, Wood, Blend etc… lol

DMBadCat · June 30, 2003, 4:35pm

I knew it, I knew it all along but I wasn’t sure, but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but (yes this is all hand typed) but all this friggen time! ACKKKKKK!!! :x oh man

theeth · June 30, 2003, 4:38pm

actually, procedural means made from a procedure. Basicly, it means everything that is generate mathematicly (lke the textures in Blender or the plugins).

Martin

DMBadCat · June 30, 2003, 4:39pm

oo thanks for tellin me

nico · June 30, 2003, 11:57pm

Plus, the texzure ‘soaks’ into the material. Meaning that it´s truly 3d inside the object. (This is not from me)

When you cut out a block, the tex still looks right
You can set an IPO for the texture in 3 dimensions to create cool effects.
If you push a stucci texture upwards through a plane and use it as bump, you achieve pretty neat water effects.