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Last post 02-06-2010 4:24 PM by mousek. 3 replies.
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  • 02-01-2010 4:18 PM

    • mousek
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    Pearl material

    Hi ..

    Will somebody have pearl material ?

    For exampe : http://splutterfish.com/sf/WebContent/Materials/Details/138?sort=newest&search=pearl&navTags=&page=1

     

    Thx,

    mousek

  • 02-02-2010 9:04 AM In reply to

    Re: Pearl material

    Hi Mousek,

    Here's an attempt to match the material you referenced...

    http://brazil.mcneel.com/photos/materials/picture3338.aspx

    Hope it helps!

    Brian James

    Brazil for Rhino / Technical Support
    Robert McNeel & Associates
    www.mcneel.com
    www.rhino3d.com
  • 02-02-2010 9:13 AM In reply to

    Re: Pearl material

    hah - beat me to it!
    looks very close, good job :)

    Ideally - but you're going to incur a rendertime hit like you wouldn't believe - you'd clone your surfaces a few times (2-5), offset each of them just very slightly inward from the original, so that you form actual 'layers'.  Then make a copy of the material which is slightly transparent, and apply that to all but the innermost layer.  Play with the transparency so that you get a smooth transition to that innermost layer.  Rendertimes increase because you end up reflecting back and forth a lot between layers (include/exclude lists help a bit here) - though you can disable/lower the quality of the glossy reflections to regain a bit of speed here - but if this is for a close-up of a pearl in jewelry, it might be worth a shot; especially since you can just save the file and re-use it later.

    Richard Annema
    Director of Client Relations
    SplutterFish
    www.splutterfish.com

    Caustic Graphics
    www.caustic.com
    twitter.com/causticgraphics
  • 02-06-2010 4:24 PM In reply to

    • mousek
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    • Joined on 04-10-2009
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    Re: Pearl material

    Very thx brian ... is pretty.
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