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    What are the advantages to painting the vertices as opposed to the texture itself? I know that w/r/t lighting, getting ...

    Boris Kachscovsky(jamesbaxter)
    posted to: Map Baking with Blender Render
    What are the advantages to painting the vertices as opposed to the texture itself? I know that w/r/t lighting, getting color on a per-vertex level is essential, like with phong/lambertian reflectance models, but I feel that can easily garnered from a texture...
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    • Kent Trammell replied
      In my experience, I've opted for vertex painting because it doesn't require UVs and it can be good for quickly filling colors based on mesh selection. For example, I used it in this lesson: https://cgcookie.com/lesson/painting-base-colors/ When I was in college they taught us vertex lighting was important in game design. Not sure if that's still relevant in today's game industry...