Silverwing Quick Tip: Octane Attribute Node (For Easy Vertex Color / Vertex Map Handling) @SilverwingVFX

Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Hello everyone.
In this weeks Quick tip I talk about Vertex Maps and a neat trick to avoid some problems in using them in Octane.

P.s. leave a comment if you have any good Idea for a future quicktip / tut.

youtube.com/watch?v=rRoo1Z489YI&list=PLbpr6yHvNGdN6jTQ4Yu1jzjkDZOEqYLuO&index=10

00:00 Intro
00:15 What are Vertex Maps
00:43 Going over the Vertex Map Scene
02:50 Standard Vertex Map Workflow
04:20 Disadvantages of the old Workflow
05:20 Using the Attribute Texture Node
06:26 Advantages of the Attribute Texture Method
07:40 Showcase on the Gameboy Model
07:55 Outro

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