Re: [K3d-development] Eureka! Layered Shaders with Aqsis

[Romain B. <rom...@ya...>]

> Gang:
> 
> I'm darned excited to report that we have support
> for Aqsis Layered Shaders in CVS.  The UI in this
> first iteration is extremely ugly and I'm already
> working on an alternative, but it's functional.
>  What this means in practical terms is that we will
> be able to replace the current set of one-off
> shaders with a collection of shading "components"
> that can be connected to form shading trees.  As an
> example, you might connect a "checkerboard"
> component to a "plastic" shader color input, while
> connecting a "texture" component to its specular
> color input.  You can also combine the outputs of
> different shaders in arbitrary ways, i.e. you could
> combine a procedural "brick" component with a
> "decal" component to place posters on a brick wall,
> instead of having to write a separate
> "brick_with_decals" shader.

Does it make Shrimp obsolete ?

 Cheers,

  Romain



		
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