DarkTree

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DarkTree is an advanced procedural shader authoring tool. Here you will find resources to help you use DarkTree.

Contents 1 General 2 DarkTree Design Tips 3 Shader Technology 4 Third Party Additions

General

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
• Sightings - Where has DarkTree been used?
• Bitmaps - Tips on rendering bitmaps.

DarkTree Design Tips

• Component Speed.
• Warp Loop Wave - use Warp Loop to animate looping waves in specific directions.
• Repeating Patterns - some examples on how to create interesting repeating patterns.
• Image Processing - Edge Detection - how do you find edges so you can outline an image.
• Image Processing - RGB Separation - separate out red, green, and blue channels of a image.
• Image Processing - CMY Separation - separate out cyan, magenta, and yellow channels of a image.

Shader Technology

• Normal Map.
• Refraction.

Third Party Additions

• Cellular Texture Components - Some of Steve Worley's Cellular Texture Basis Functions (CTBF). Source code available.
• Enhance:DT - A set of 143 new components for Darktree 2.5 (commercial).