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This feels like the texturing version of spinning around my model. Playing with carve groups in @marmoset3d.bsky.social to get grey metalness values through intermediate oxidation.

Jordan Cain

@oddenough.art

This is what you'd get without those oxidation layers, which is a common problem in metalness workflows, and is the result of strictly sticking to 0 or 1 metal values. It's also wrong, which is why you should be using grey values in your metal maps.

4/2/26, 12:16 am1 repost15 likes

brynlea 🛠️

@brynleabuilds.itch.io

4 Feb

Idk if it's my eyes or the screen, but i cant tell the difference. Am i looking at the range of wear?

Jordan Cain

@oddenough.art

4 Feb

Here it is side by side in the same image. Left is with oxides filling in grey values, and right is just a rust to steel transition without the intermediate steps.

brynlea 🛠️

@brynleabuilds.itch.io

4 Feb

Ah okay! I see the halo another person mentioned. Thank you!

Alen Lapidis

@alapidis.bsky.social

4 Feb

100%. Had to deal with that halo effect allot when converting dielectric workflows to PBR metallic

Jordan Cain

@oddenough.art

4 Feb

Yup! Transitions from metallic to non metallic are rarely ever binary unless you're dealing with something like chipped paint. But faded paint, dust, oils, oxidation, etc should all have grey transitional values

Alen Lapidis

@alapidis.bsky.social

4 Feb

It becomes worse when it’s in a compressed dds too. Compression artifacts from subtle value blends are more apparent so hard edge transitions are preferable.