Individual Progress: This week, I started modeling the main outdoor scene, which is a large sand pit. I first sculpted its basic shape in ZBrush and then created a high-resolution model with added terrain textures. I then imported them into Substance Painter to bake the textures, transferring the details from the high-resolution model to the low-resolution model. This approach helps reduce the polygon count and prevents lag when importing the model back into Maya. The following images show the materials created in Substance Painter and the placement of the models in Maya. The remaining models are sourced from Sketchfab, while the rocks and ground were created by me.
Group Progress:
- Lin completed the second version of the indoor scene materials, but after discussions, there were still some areas where the materials were not satisfactory. Lin will make further modifications in Substance Painter for the third version.
- Jiaruo completed the modeling and texturing of the trees. Using SpeedTree software, Jiaruo created the tree models and used Photoshop to create the tree leaves. She prepared a colored base color texture and a black and white texture, which were applied to the color and opacity channels, respectively, to achieve the leaf effect.
Next Tasks:
- Tang will further refine the texturing of the outdoor scene and import the textures into Maya for composition.
- Lin will make the third round of modifications to the indoor scene and address the UV expansion issues to improve the texture resolution.
- Jiaruo will proceed with character skeleton binding.