*The Lighting Vault* - Place your Lighting Setups and support Material here!

[Mahlikus The Black]

:b3:The Lighting Vault :b3:


Well, after remembering a comment Mentat said about a lighting thread. I'm changing this thread from a lighting setup to a Home of Lighting Setups or..The lighting Vault!

I have quite a few settings. I even have a pretty nice and realistic render that I use for both preview and best render. I just feel it looks excellent in preview. But first, let start with a simple one light Super GDI setting! :D :tu:

:b1:GDI Super Render :b1:

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_image-1053629047ncf.jpg
*model by Pixolator*


Okay, after reading a few choice Pixolator's threads, this is the product of playing around with the Material, Lighting, and Render settings. This is the same if not slightly tweeked settings I used in the artifact thread (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=011081&p=2). All materials have about the same parameters. Same for the light.

GDI-SuperRender.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_file-1053630072kgp.zip)

Some info about the document:

:b3: Note the properties of the material used. From the ambience and diffusion curve to HDRI setting. You can select the right material by clicking the large material preview window in the Materials Palette and dragging it to a point on the document. The material is called Super GDI Mat. :D

:b3: Also note the Shadow settings of the single light used. Thats right...just one. GDI and light are maxed out and the falloff is adjusted as well as the ambience. Using only one light is something that I read in one of Pixolator's Pre-GDI test threads. Light is called Super GDI Light. :D :D

:b3: The document is designed to be at AA Half Zoom. The Rays and aperture reflect this. If you want to render shadows well at a normal zoom. Increase the ray count at about 150 to 200. Decreasing the Aperture setting to 25 and increasing the Blur to 5-7 will help as well.

:b3: File should work for demo users also though I haven't tested it. If it doesn't (due to custom canvas size) I will upload the full file when I get home.

:b3: Did I mention that its fast? Due to the amazing abilities of ZBrush, the rays can be set low and you will still have a decent render. Here is a tip for the final note. Set the rays to 3 or 5 when adjusting light positions and shadow lenght/intensity. This will lead to a superfast render. When your happy with everything set the rays and aperture to your desired number. This saves tones of time!

If you have any questions about the document or about some of the logistics of why it works then let me know.

Enjoy everyone and Happy ZBrushing!!


:b1: Here is another test :b1:

Super GDI 2

This is the one that looks decent with Preview Renderer. Zip includes material! ;)

Super-GDI-2.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_file-1053638929rwy.zip)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_image-1053635215ghz.jpg
*model by Pixolator*

Doc Size = 1280x960 (Before AA Half)
Render Time = 2min, 48sec
Comp = Win 98
Pentium II, MMX ~400mhz
128mb RAM
12GB HD (4.4 free)

[Jaycephus]

Mike, :tu:

Jay's Lighting Setup Tutorial (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=009900)


Sketch Material and Light Setup (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=008132)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1032166822wvy.jpg

[Mahlikus The Black]

Alright Jay! Yeah links are cool too yall!

:b3:Pixolator's GI White Light (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=010113&p=2) look.

:b3:Pusghetty's Settings in his Monk Thread (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=010996)

[Mentat7]

Great idea Mike!

Here are the settings I used in my Island of Lost Wips (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=011119) thread.

:b3: Emperor Tuvok.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_file-1053647692ztl.zip) This is the material.

:b3: Emperor Tuvok.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_file-1053647727bza.zip) This is the light settings.

Here is an image showing the Adjustments graph settings.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_image-1053647770rsk.jpg

[Mahlikus The Black]

Super GDI 3 - Preview GDI

Here is Super GDI 3 (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_file-1053650485cua.zip). This is the setup I use for most of my modeling.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200305/user_image-1053653018uzt.jpg

[Grub]

Good idea- I'll have a dig around and see what I've got. :tu: :)

[dplasec]

hi you all are so good :eek: could you give us all some rendering sugestions along with this thread? like that aa half size? is that the one in he zoom box? a lot of people have talked about it but i dont see the difference unless i doing it wrong . What is super sample ? :confused:

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi DP
JayCephus said from this thread ! (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=011052&p=1)
" AAHalf is the setting in ZBrush that automatically reduces your Zoom level to 50% and performs an Anti-Aliasing routine on your whole drawing. So that means that since I was working in a 1024 wide x 1536 tall document, in AAHalf mode the document is only 512 wide by 768 tall. This is also the size at which I exported, so that the export received the most effective Anti-Aliasing. I'm sure you knew this, but had just forgotten what it was called, right?"
Ctrl + 0 = AA View
0 = Return Normal view
Hope this help :)

Pilou

[Mahlikus The Black]

Would like to reopen this for everyone especially now that the new Z2 has some tweaks to the renderer.
:D ;) :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Mentat7]

Sounds like a good idea. :)


Was playing around with Southern's tree theory.... :D

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200404/user_image-1081885918pme.jpg


Here are the lights and the material
Mentat GI Setup.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200407/user_file-1081885958pic.zip)

[Mahlikus The Black]

Nice Lon! Thanks!
:tu: :tu: :tu:

[Polaris30]

This is a Verry very cool Idea!!

Thankyou Mahlikus The Black ,

I dont do well when reading tutorials, or Manuals...

I have best luck getting something already made and takeing it apart...

This is great for someone like me to learn...

I see example in front of me, Tweak, render and learn :)

If I come up with anything worth while I will be sure to share it here...

I am going to download and do some learning :)

Thanks again Mahlikus The Black , for this great Idea! and to everyone else who helped make this thread :)

[Ron Harris]

thnx for the light setup lon...just woke up from a dead sleep and decided to try out your light setup on one of my recent heads and painted it up quickly for the trial here...thnx and talk at ya tomorrow...great thread yall...

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/uploaded_from_zbc/200404/user_image-1081928057igs.jpg

[Aztec...soljA]

while in this topic does anyone knows how to get the light from behind...
Example as if a light source is behind u, does anyone know how to get the effect? :confused:

[Mahlikus The Black]

Click on the active light's orange marker square. This toggles the light from front to back.

[Mahlikus The Black]

Going to be adding more stuff here...Bring this back to life.

Here is this for now.

Well I am excited about Z3 and I want that new material so I am playing around in making my own for Z2 for now.

Here is my first three attemps.


pix_material_z3_1.jpg (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2750964%27,%27pix_material_z3_1. jpg%27,1,0%29)

MTB_Z3_Pix_Mat_Sim_1.zip (http://attachment.php?attachmentid=50967&stc=1)


pix_material_z3_2.jpg (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2750965%27,%27pix_material_z3_2. jpg%27,1,0%29)

pix_material_z3_2.jpg (http://attachment.php?attachmentid=50965&stc=1)


pix_material_z3_3.jpg (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2750966%27,%27pix_material_z3_3. jpg%27,1,0%29)

MTB_Z3_Pix_Mat_Sim_3.zip (http://attachment.php?attachmentid=50970&stc=1)

[Mahlikus The Black]

setup (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2750964%27,%27pix_material_z3_1. jpg%27,1,0%29)

DOWNLOAD HERE! (http://www.bryantmcgill.com/mike/mtb_render.zip)

[Mahlikus The Black]

Setup

[Mahlikus The Black]

Z3 Simutaltion material.
What do you all think?
You can take a closer look at Pix's material here (http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/home/home.php).

Pix Material Z3.jpg (http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2751044%27,%27Pix%20Material%20Z 3.jpg%27,1,0%29)


(http://attachment.php?attachmentid=&stc=1)

[explodingseashells]

I really love that last material u posted mahlikus. but is the link broke or just me? and OMG WHOS EXCITED FOR ZB3?!

[Mahlikus The Black]

Fixed.

Thank you.

[explodingseashells]

nah man, thank you. great material. very very close likeness to the next step vid. I went and downloaded from ur other thread...i really wanted to try it out :D

[Mahlikus The Black]

Yeah cavity is not right to Pix's but close.
Also there is a better sss on pix's too. Tried to sim it and got close.
Might be a new thing in Z3...we'll see!

[AgentSmith]

Playing with (screwing up) Mahlikus' Organic Stem material...

Thanks! I am almost always using your lighting preset there when making new materials, its just the best, imho.

mine_8x6.JPG

[calum5ZB]

Your gonna keep me busy until zb3 takes all my sleep time away .!!Thanks again,and everyone else who's contributing!!

cal

[Brian Healy]

MTB

Thanks for the Z3 Simulation material. It looks great. I especially like the Z4 variant.

Brian

[Mahlikus The Black]

AgentSmith: That's very kind of you and thank you. I just love giving back to this community at least as much as I glean from it.

calum5ZB: I hope I may be able to do as much.

Brian Healy: V4 is by far my favorite as well because it was that material in the image that Pix posted that got me to try and crack the look. That process alone is fun to do and I miss picking apart Zimages and trying to figure out how to do it myself.

[AgentSmith]

I especially like the Z4 variant.

-Ditto. The specualrity spread and cavity values come off subtly perfect.

AS

640.JPG

[lemonnado]

It's hatching to.... What kinda strange material is that?!
hatchlings.jpg
Lemo ;)

[jantim]

...I could not resist trying to get close to this new material used in the Z3 banner...

maskz3.jpg

...we will have to wait for the "real" thing, but for now...?

jantim

[Mahlikus The Black]

Yeah I am trying to get close myself...
The Next version which isn't ready...

test.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:zb_insimg('51183','test.jpg',1,0))

[Sebcesoir]

I think the specular is softer, and the cavity stronger, in grey, soft intensity.

[silvaticus]

I played a little with these great materials and I think that a little reflection makes the last one from the first three you posted look more like the pixologic mat.

[rimasson]

And you need a blueish specular

[Mahlikus The Black]

Excellent!! Will get right on all that. Thank you gentleman!

[Mahlikus The Black]

Closer I think. Thank you again.

Pix Material Z3 V7.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:zb_insimg('51211','Pix%20Material%20Z3%20V7.jpg', 1,0))


There is still some type of sss I am missing.
That bright red falloff. You can see it in the arm.


sample.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:zb_insimg('51214','sample.jpg',1,0))

[Mahlikus The Black]

Pix Material Z3 V8.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2751216%27,%27Pix%20Material%20Z 3%20V8.jpg%27,1,0%29)

Pix Material Z3 V9.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%2751217%27,%27Pix%20Material%20Z 3%20V9.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Rafael Hernandez]

I think V7 is closer than V8 and V9 but they all are interesting materials. Keep hacking at it.

[Mahlikus The Black]

Thanks Bud.

Yeah V7 is still off dammit but V8 and V9 are just color alterations with better diffusion falloffs and more reflection.

Cheers.

PS:

I want more to hack but I havent seen any new images.
Curse Z3 video!
I want more!!!

[skulll_monster]

wow..so cool...i like the models :idea: ...

[silvaticus]

Damn cool materials, nice to play with them. I made this ugly little guy this afternoon, probably one my usual forever lost quick models. I had to try the new mats and lights on him, tweaked a bit, of course.
omfgnudity.jpg
Thanks again for your contribution, Mahlikus.

[Mahlikus The Black]

Silvaticus~
Oh my god can I please get my hands on that lighting setup of yours!
AWESOME!!!

[silvaticus]

Of course, but not right now. I just closed Zbrush and didn`t save the light setup. It`s your light anyway,I`ll just give it back,hehe. Tomorrow I`ll post it.

[Mahlikus The Black]

Alright then, I'll just try to simulate it until then. Looks like a really nice daylight render.
That it might be different.

[Aumakua]

Fantastic materials Mahlikus ! and very generous of yours, thank you very much ;)
here's my cutie :)

DEMON_ZB3_MAT.jpg

[Mahlikus The Black]

BRAVO SON!
That looks wicked Kick!
LOL..I'm all smiles. Great stuff!

[automatik]

Hi there mahlikus, first off, congrats on such nice materials!!!!


On the other hand, is it me or is it that when using any of the materials you've kindly shared with us, does it slowdown the viewport performance?

If this truly is a bug or something, is there a workaround, I'd love to use your materials, they look awesome!

btw, I'm a complete zb n00b and I've installed the zmt in the materials folder, and the zlt to the lights folder, and afterwards I load them up in their respective Light/Material sections inside ZB....hope this is right.

Once again, thanks for your kind sharing and keep up the good work!

[requiem2d]

Thanks for the setups :)

[Mahlikus The Black]

You all are very welcome and I am glad that I can give back.
As for the viewport issue, they are colorized trishaders so it you have low memory, low space on your HD, a low Video card, slow processor, or even all of the above then yeah, it will have an effect on the system.

[automatik]

Hi there again Mahlikus, well I have a Core Duo system with 4 gb of RAM, 250 HD and an nvidia 7800 card, is this not enough to display it perfectly in the viewport? :confused:

Thanks again for your kind response.

[3Dean]

Holy crap silvaticus!! The render looked photoreal, even after a little look, it still looks like you photographed a real sculpture. Amazing! Hand over the lighting setup!!

[calum5ZB]

Mahlikus The Black!
Thanks,great thread.

[silvaticus]

I hope it works, I never posted a light setup here before. And honestly I didn`t think I will do soon. A year ago I was telling lots of "wtf" to myself while looking to Mahlikus and others` renders and mats. Thanks for the appreciation.

[silvaticus]

It seems it works, enjoy!
Besides the light itself I used: contrast 25, brightness -40 and also moved a little bit the red, blue and green curves. The blue up, the green and red down.

[KrakenCMT]

Material.jpg

I've been working on a skin material for a personal project and figured it might work to come close to the aforementioned ZB3 shader Pix used. This material is not too far off from the settings of the skin materials I used on my Santa and alien bounty hunter images. And actually working on this material gave me ideas for my next skin version.

So enjoy! Let's see some nice models with it!

[Mahlikus The Black]

Thanks Silvaticus.
Did my own tweaking and playing to find a nice bright daylight render.
You know what I remebered...?
I could use more then two or three lights?!
I know, I know..it's been a while.

Pix Material Z3 V8-Bright-Light.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('51416','Pix Material Z3 V8-Bright-Light.jpg',1,0))

[automatik]

Do you guys actually sculpt using this shader, or do you just render with it? I say this cause I don´t like the way it moves in the viewport and if you scroll up and see my PC specs, I don´t think it should move this way :cry:

[Mahlikus The Black]

Oh I have a completely different setup for sculpting.
This is just a render setup...for me anyway.

[automatik]

Ohhhh there ya go, I was frightened for a moment, GREAT WORK Mahli, CONGRATS on your shader, GREAT FOR RENDERING NO DOUBT AT ALL!!!

On the other hand, if you have a nice little shader in your bag o tricks for sculpting, it´d be great....I´m kinda tired of that old gray one :p

[Frenchy Pilou]

...the simulator of next versions :D

[Mahlikus The Black]

That's right Frenchy Poo.
Back with a vengence!

[Frenchy Pilou]

The distressed effect was a great moment! :cool:
Here the thread of anthology (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=001664)! :tu:
and see the page 7 for the crack tut by Mtb him-self ;)
Waiting now the ZB4 :D

[kyphur]

just playing around, I like the material alot. Perdy cool...

crit_play.jpg

[gega74]

Thankyou very much for your material works! Immagine-1-1.jpg Immagine-3-1.jpg

[Atwooki]

Tried out a couple of variations on MTB's 'ZB3 Sim' shader......
Mostly his hard work of course ;)

Check out the MATS/Lights .zip file below:

Chris

ZB3_Sim_head.jpg
ZB3_Sim_hand.jpg
ZB3_Sim_dane.jpg

[plasmaion]

This is my first post on this fine board, this is also my frist model using the ZBrush 2 demo, before i found this great program the only thing i ever used was Poser 6. I know some people might not consider it REAL art but it got me started.

At the point at which i took this picture i had spent about 2 hours. Thanks for the great material and light setting.

One question does any one have any "Skin material" as i would like to have some but have no clue as to where to start with the material bar?

Goblen elder pic.jpg

[Kuraudo]

Big thanks to MTB for the materials/lights. Keep experimenting, man! Here are renders of each downloads:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r248/gueyang/MT_shader.jpg