The latest articles on VJ UNION by Paweł Łuciuk (@pawelluciuk). https://vjun.io/pawelluciuk https://vjun.io/uploads/user/profile_image/294/093eb274-1836-4af6-8a5e-dc5739027f60.jpeg https://vjun.io/pawelluciuk en Paweł Łuciuk Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:51:02 +0000 https://vjun.io/pawelluciuk/mesh2pointcloud-v01-pa4 https://vjun.io/pawelluciuk/mesh2pointcloud-v01-pa4 <p>Hello world.<br> I've recently released <strong>Mesh2Pointcloud</strong> - Blender template file that converts mesh to pointcloud textures for <a href="//cables.gl">cables.gl</a></p> <p><iframe width="710" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JKp5_O5o4xs"> </iframe> </p> <p>The Blender file comes with free cables template ready to remix.</p> <p>Check out interactive <strong><a href="https://cables.gl/p/dS5BSk">cables.gl template</a></strong><br> Download the <strong><a href="https://kolektyw.gumroad.com/l/Mesh2Pointcloud">Blender template</a></strong> on Gumroad (free)</p> <p>This workflow saves 300k points as 4 textures. Total size 3,1 MB compared to 40 MB glb <a href="https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/christmas-diorama-decoration-8d55ad0c89cd4ca798090f65c41c561e">Sketchfab</a><br> <a href="https://vjun.io/uploads/articles/b7ykih1mtajkjso3nqhz.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://vjun.io/uploads/articles/b7ykih1mtajkjso3nqhz.png" alt="Pointcloud textures"></a></p> <p>The technique is also capable of saving meshes and baking animations - liquid sims, volumes etc.</p> <p>Next Steps:</p> <ul> <li>Audioreactive cables template</li> <li>Indexing and transforming separate objects</li> <li>PBR support</li> </ul> <p>Later:</p> <ul> <li>Baking animation</li> <li>Release of Blender addon</li> <li>Exporting meshes</li> <li>(?)Blender-cables link </li> </ul> <p><a href="https://cables.gl/user/KOLEKTYW">cables.gl patches</a></p> <p><a href="https://discord.gg/hwFTjD6Gvz">Discord</a></p> cables blender pointcloud