Painting Vertex Color

Autodesk 3ds Max Tutorials > Materials and Mapping Tutorials > Vertex Color and Interactive Shading >

In this tutorial, you will load in a scene of a garage, a typical games environment. You will take the lighting information in the form of a radiosity solution and learn to “bake” the radiosity into Vertex Paint modifier layers. You'll also get a chance to explore painting on multiple layers and animating the layer opacity to create the illusion of flickering fluorescent tubes in the scene.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

Generate radiosity solutions using Advance Lighting Override Materials.
Add radiosity into Vertex Color.
Use Blur selected to correct lighting problems.
Paint vertex color on layers.
Animate layer opacity to create flickering lights.

Skill level: Intermediate

Time to complete: 20 minutes

Files for This Tutorial

All the files necessary for this tutorial are provided on the program disc in the \tutorials\vertex_color directory. Before starting the tutorials, copy the \tutorials folder from the disc to your local program installation.

Lessons in This Tutorial

Adding Radiosity to Vertex Color

Painting the Garage with VertexPaint

Animating Vertex Paint Layer Opacity

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