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Metallic surface and "screening" rgb graphic.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:53 pm
by jvanmetre
I've got a 2 layer metallic (light furniture chrome) surface and I'm trying to add a color graphic to part of the metallic surface...I've had limited success where I've tried to use a clip method -- adding a 3rd layer and putting the graphic in the reflectance and transmittance channels.
Is there a more effective way of screening an image onto a metallic surface?
Suggestions much appreciated.
jvm
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:03 pm
by zoppo
did you use a weight map?
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:21 pm
by jvanmetre
Zoppo
I tried a weight map...should it have its own layer or should it go in the 2 existing layers?
jvm
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:35 pm
by KurtS
If you have one ot two layers for your metal surface then add a layer for the
color graphic.
Each layer murst have the weightmap, and the weightmap for the color graphic should be the inverted weightmap of the metal surface.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:18 pm
by zoppo
KurtS wrote:If you have one ot two layers for your metal surface then add a layer for the color graphic.
Each layer murst have the weightmap, and the weightmap for the color graphic should be the inverted weightmap of the metal surface.
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:43 pm
by jvanmetre
KurtS and Zoppo--
Much thanks...will give it a try.
jvm
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:43 am
by simmsimaging
One thing I would suggest: if you want your screened-on graphic to have a metallic quality as well you might want to have a look at multi-layering that part as well, and in at least one duplicate the diffuse map in the reflectance 90 and 0 slots. That will help you get the metallic reflectance colouring happening in the graphic.
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