[osuire]

**Maxwell Newbie alert**
Hi ! New kid on the block, and first post in the WIP section.
I'd really appreciate comments and suggestions on how to improve my presentation of these types of designs :
http://www.box.net/shared/34mek73yv9
The illumination is realistic sky with sun, and the ground / background is a big bent surface with very basic material.
A bigger one here : http://www.box.net/shared/vzajdd6xvg
Amongst other things, I am struggling with the PVC membrane material which is typically applied to single surface objects, and has a white shinny reflectance and somewhat beige translucence.

Thanks !

[JTB]

Well, I would use a better material for the ground and probably a more interested camera angle.... I can only imagine the sky and the sun... It would be nice to see the sky...
Also, depending on the kind of the material you could try with some SSS

[osuire]

Hi JTB,

Thanks for the answer.
I chose to go for a "Studio-like" setup because if I start trying to do a realistic environment, I have more chances to mess up and produce something unconvincing.
Where can I find advice on studio setups ?

The material I use for the membrane does have SSS, but I'm not sure how to tweak the parameters since they relate to thick objects, and my object is single-layer...

Cheers

[kami]

SSS materials only work with solid objects, not single surfaced ones.
But you could use rhinos _OffsetSrf to create a thickness.

[osuire]

Hi Kami,

Well, I based my attempts on a curtain material I found in the Maxwell MXM gallery, and it does make use of SSS.
Of course I could thicken the membrane object, but the Rhino mesher being what it is, I might get self-intersecting meshes.
These membranes can be quite big, and the thickness is less than 2mm !