What are Surface Imperfection Maps?

in the real world straight lines don't exist clean surfaces don't exist because everything around us has an element of randomness it in the 3d world it's the exact opposite Computers create these perfectly clean perfectly straight surfaces by default and this is often why renders feel so fake you don't know specifically what it is about it but something just feels off because we're so used to seeing the dust scratches or finger prints on all the objects around us that we ignore them yet when they're missing from a digital render we notice it immediately so that's a really easy way to get more realistic 3d renders you add in that level of imperfection that you're so used to seeing in the real world sadly though most grunge textures you find online look something like this which if you've ever worked with 3d materials before you'll know isn't very helpful and you'll have a really hard time trying to separate the imperfection from the material so since none existed we created our ideal library of imperfections that we'd want to use ourselves as 3d artists so scratches fingerprints liquid dust and more captured in studio or recreated digitally which allowed us to create the white-on-black high-definition images that are really easy to use in your 3d software so for example you want glass that looks realistic simply add a fingerprint texture and connect it to the glass roughness Channel want to create a realistic looking kitchen countertop use our custom countertop texture to drive the glassy roughness Channel they're really easy to use if they add this extra layer of detail to your renders that you're so used to seeing in the real world the textures are available to all members of polygon simply log in click surface imperfections and then browse through the growing library of a hundred and forty-five made imperfection maps for 3d artists you'll find a new texture release like this every month so join polygon calm now to start making better renders

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Published: Tue May 02 2017