How to make LCARS screens
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:33 pm
While working on my bridge model i found that i had to make my own LCARS screens instead of useing existing pictures. The main reason being that i did not wanted to ripp off someone else his work. Second it would have to fit the screen i made.
Starting off with a free image or vector graphics editor i created a diffuse map like this one. (just bigger)
Second i made an ilumination map because there are area's not lit. (if it is the same as the diffuse you can use the diffuse)
Now when i render these 2 maps it looks a bit animated.
So to make it look more like a surface where there is a light behind the screen i used a falloff map with the ilumination map and a gradiant map.
The gradiant map looks like this :
To get this effect, on the ilumination map select falloff map.
Then set the falloff as followed :
Last i added a raytrace on the reflection map to make it look like a glass surface
Then hopefully you will get a result like this :
Starting off with a free image or vector graphics editor i created a diffuse map like this one. (just bigger)
Second i made an ilumination map because there are area's not lit. (if it is the same as the diffuse you can use the diffuse)
Now when i render these 2 maps it looks a bit animated.
So to make it look more like a surface where there is a light behind the screen i used a falloff map with the ilumination map and a gradiant map.
The gradiant map looks like this :
To get this effect, on the ilumination map select falloff map.
Then set the falloff as followed :
Last i added a raytrace on the reflection map to make it look like a glass surface
Then hopefully you will get a result like this :