[wimver]

The 'frost' in frosted glass is gone. no matter how high I put the roughness, it always shines through clearly. how can I get it back? I used to use AGS for this, and just crank the roughness up in both layers, 15 to 20 % was enough.

thanks
wim

[mashium123]

try this:
set roughnes value as you wish.
refresh preview. if nothing changes:
go to preview->options in mxed.
when the window appears, just click ok (should benough)
refresh preview.
should refresh correctly now.

edit: oh, sorry... i misunderstood... i thought, you are having problems in 1.7

[tom]

wimver, can you share the MXM?

[wimver]

yes Tom, I could, but all I do is create a standard AGS with all default values, and add 15% roughness to it.
this seems not to have a visual effect, like it did with 1.7.
I did not bother to load the 1.7 versions, since Mihai told me to rebuild especially the glass materials from scratch.

but hey, I think I just found what went wrong: When I create a new material with the AGS wizard, the opacity mask is set to 12.5 % by default. I compared it to an imported frosted glass material, and there it was set to 100 %. so I changed it and bingo!

thanks!

Wim

[tom]

Btw, I'm not sure what kind of look you're after but a frosted glass and a low opacity rough mirror (derived from AGS) are completely different worlds.

[Bubbaloo]

True. Frosted glass gets it's unique look from the way the refracted light is scattered by the roughness on the surface (entry and exit). AGS is just a reflective component. If your frosted glass is used in an interior window (no sunlight), try the real frosted glass.

[Richard]

The same thing for me worked fine as you suggested with the AGS! Funny my first test with V2 incorporated this.

ND 20, weight (reflection) 80, roughness 65

Though I was trying to actually use semi translucent glass so I have two planes, roughened behind and clear reflective in front.

Actually works much better in V2 than 1.7.1

[wimver]

Tom,

this is the effect I am after. I use AGS while the sun is part of the deal.

wkr
wim

[tom]

Sure, but it's not something you can truly achieve with a rough AGS. You can only fake it that way because it will not blur the background.

[wimver]

But I just did! the image above is made with the AGS, it blurs the BG as you can see...

wim

[tom]

Curious to see the material setup you call "AGS"...

[Richard]

Works darn well, even the shadow behind is blurred!

[wimver]

Curious to see the material setup you call "AGS"...

sorry I have no time to search for a place to upload a zipfile, so I'll give a quick description:

1. create new material
2. in wizards, select AGS
3. amount of reflection 100
4. type normal
5. color white 255 x 3
6. set roughness to 20

done!

cheers
wim

[wimver]

sorry I have no time to search for a place to upload a zipfile, so I'll give a quick description:

is there a simple way to quickly upload files other than images actually?

thanks
wim

[mashium123]

http://www.zshare.net/