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Apple coatings

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:57 am
by ivox3
This just started off as simple coating tests and then it got silly.

Using a single layer BSDF with Ref(0) and Transmittance set to 255 and Ref(90) set to 0 [roughness obviously at 0]

I just plugged in different coating thicknesses starting off at 20 nm (the lowest it will go) and did successive renders by adding 10 to the coating thickness each time.
It turns out that 10 is a good number between major color changes.

All of this means ......... nothing. :) ...just a little interesting. I'm sure there are those who know this, ..... I didn't. :roll:

I did a few renders with some of the thickness settings that I liked and got silly by adding the viewport wireframe as a background. ...that is all.



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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:05 am
by 4 HeRo
:shock: Holy cow :shock:

Loving em!!! :D

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:30 am
by Cadhorn
i don't care what it is, or what it's for. it's beautiful!

especially love the screenshot/wireframe background, it adds another layer of representational depth... there's this obviously artificial background with (what looks like) real objects (metallic apples), and then there's the monitors that we're all viewing this on...

like, woah dude!
hot!!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:29 am
by Hervé
very wonderful !!! 8)

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:39 am
by Fernando Tella
Cool colors and mood. :shock:

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:28 am
by NicoR44
SWEEEEEEEET, show us more of your work Chris 8)

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:19 pm
by w i l l
Thats excellent. Wish I could get HDRI's to work.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:06 pm
by iker
WOW! really beautiful materials and renders :shock:

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:22 pm
by -Adrian
Tasty, i wish there was food that looked like this, i'd love to try metallic chocolate.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:25 pm
by sandykoufax
Nice tests.

If you can animate the coating thickness, it'll be fantastic. :D

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:59 pm
by ivox3
Very nice comments all ------ very appreciated. ;)

@ Sandy ..... I'm ahead of you, ...I have an animated gif, ....post soon.

@ Nico .... we'll see. :)

@ Hervé ......hey, ..nice bananas!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:17 pm
by Frances
Way cool. :)

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:32 pm
by mverta
Um.. Transmittance set to 255? Fully transparent? :D

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest it was R(0) at 255, R(90) at 0, and Transmittance at (0).

_Mike

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:47 pm
by Maximus3D
Great looking apples Chris :shock: wowiee! materials and lighting looks sweet.

Nice work mate.

/ Max

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:25 pm
by glebe digital
Really liking those 'depressed' ball bearings..........very seductive object you've got going there. :)