Geometry detail vs. Texture detail

- [Instructor] There are of course, … many considerations that need to be taken into account, … when creating Real-Time assets. … One of the more important being the choice of whether we … are to create detail in our scene … at the geometry or texture level. … In other words, we will need to decide what … will actually be modeled into the Static Mesh now, … with DCC application, and what will be added … or faked as part of the material creation process. … Now, the decision as to which way we actually go, … will of course, vary greatly from project to project, … and probably also from mesh to mesh inside a given project. … Here though, are just a few points that we … need to keep in mind that can on occasion, … help us decide which way we ought to go. … The first being a consideration … of just how important the object under discussion … is to the success of either the shot … or projects that we are working on. … If it is a focal point in the scene, … our level for instance then, we … may want to spend more of our polygon resources …