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[-] apprehentice@lemmy.enchanted.social 53 points 3 months ago

The trick is vertex colors

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Plus: Rare were the absolute masters of vertex colors on the N64. The ground in Banjo Kazooie was AFAIK textured gray with only vertex colors making it green for grass, etc.

[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 months ago

Can you explain what vertex coloring does? Like does it create a color gradient between vertecies? And how does this help with making... "things" round?

[-] blargerer@kbin.melroy.org 37 points 3 months ago

They aren't actually round. Look at the edges on her right breast against the dark background compared to how round her left breast looks. The mesh itself is quite angular still (though perhaps not as bad as Lora Croft), but the shader is using the colour's attached to each vertex to create a gradient that gives the impression of a smooth surface.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 11 points 3 months ago

There's a maxim in computer graphics: if it looks right, it is right. This is a pretty good example. Lots more angles here than initially appears, but the overall effect looks rounded.