Florian Smolka
@smou.bsky.social
Senior Vfx/Tech
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Ha I did something similar recently. With reduced shapes and material =)
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I'm currently holding a lecture at the university of applied sciences Darmstadt. So I thought why not post some of the effects I created for this.
Task: Create an effect only made out of cubes and a basic material. Inspired by this amazing cubes study artstation.com/artwork/zP8Vdq
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Task: Create an effect only made out of cubes and a basic material. Inspired by this amazing cubes study artstation.com/artwork/zP8Vdq
#rtvfx #gamedev
May 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ha I did something similar recently. With reduced shapes and material =)
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Absolutely! I just goes against intuition when you just think of it as "getting rid of the whole number".
May 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Absolutely! I just goes against intuition when you just think of it as "getting rid of the whole number".
There are a couple different ways to get the expected result. The clamp approach dosen't work if max<min though.
My Remap Range (Safe) material function is basically what UE uses in Niagara.
My Remap Range (Safe) material function is basically what UE uses in Niagara.
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
There are a couple different ways to get the expected result. The clamp approach dosen't work if max<min though.
My Remap Range (Safe) material function is basically what UE uses in Niagara.
My Remap Range (Safe) material function is basically what UE uses in Niagara.
Why this is happening is pretty straight forward. Because the input range isn't clamped to the desired old range it gives you values outside that range.
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Why this is happening is pretty straight forward. Because the input range isn't clamped to the desired old range it gives you values outside that range.
I'm olschool I do distance(texcoord, (0.5,0.5)) *2 =D
March 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I'm olschool I do distance(texcoord, (0.5,0.5)) *2 =D
Woahhh * _ * love your interpretation!
February 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Woahhh * _ * love your interpretation!
Ohhh this might help with Niagara recompile when you scrub a value too!
December 10, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Ohhh this might help with Niagara recompile when you scrub a value too!
Nice one! The animation is baked tho or am I mistaken?
November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Nice one! The animation is baked tho or am I mistaken?
They also come in big walls that willll zap you real good ⚡💀⚡
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
They also come in big walls that willll zap you real good ⚡💀⚡
It might need MOAR CHAINZ!
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November 19, 2024 at 8:49 AM
It might need MOAR CHAINZ!
The dot product has a special place in my heart. So versatile! Really love the channel selection/mixer "trick". Wanna select channels of a texture dynamically for example? Just dot(tex sample, float4 parameter)<3
November 4, 2024 at 11:05 PM
The dot product has a special place in my heart. So versatile! Really love the channel selection/mixer "trick". Wanna select channels of a texture dynamically for example? Just dot(tex sample, float4 parameter)<3
Also christmas cookie backing has some strong uv island packing vibes =D
December 25, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Also christmas cookie backing has some strong uv island packing vibes =D
Also updated me reel accordingly =P
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Showreel 2023 (+post credit scene)
Showreel 2023 but with a little extra after the end card =)
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December 7, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Also updated me reel accordingly =P
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I honestly think the older you get the less you care. There is not really a whole lot less confusion just more fuck it attitude =D hope the being lost gets better for you though. I always found it claiming to just let yourself drift but I know for others it's very uncomfortable.
November 15, 2023 at 9:15 PM
I honestly think the older you get the less you care. There is not really a whole lot less confusion just more fuck it attitude =D hope the being lost gets better for you though. I always found it claiming to just let yourself drift but I know for others it's very uncomfortable.