I have tried several Photoshop tutorials to create a "satin texture", however, they looke like crinkled Christmas wrapping paper. i am trying to think of how I can get the silkyness of satin with just enough shine, so it doesn't look like plastic. Does anyone have a clue as to how to piece this together? Thanks, -Starkdog

If you have Poser5 or Poser6 you can try the free satin materials for Poser5 and Poser6 at Runtimedna.

I was going to suggest the same.

I love those. They have a nice set of velvet ones also.

I love RDNA's velvet materials!! They're P5 rusty materials too!!! On topic, I've never found a good satin material though... even rdna's!! G

I'm making something for sale, so I cannot use RDNA's materials. Thanks, -Starkdog

But you do have Poser 5/6?

Attached Link: http://www.4blueyes.com/freebies.php?id=m1

Have you checked out 4blueyes' shiney materials? She has some great ones. You can PM her and ask about commercial use. Here is the link to where you can download them. Also check out her metal materials. She has some "satin metals" that could pass as satin fabric. You can see 3 examples of her shiney material in the following thread: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2404701

Cool!! Thanks for the heads up! I figured out a way with a couple of nodes, and it looks cool. -Starkdog

I got quite interested in this so gave it a go. What do people think? Is this much like satin?

I can post the material room settings if anyone's interested.

That looks pretty good. At least it doesn't look like "wrinkled Christmas paper" :) Satin seems to be one of the harder materials to replicate because of the sheen and texture I imagine. You should submit that to free stuff. I'm sure there will be people interested in it.

You may be forbidden from using the RDNA satin materials in a commercial project, but there's nothing to prevent you from studying how they were done and using that as a starting point for creating your own from scratch. Satin is one of the easiest fabrics to simulate using the Materials Room. Try experimenting with the alternate specularity channel for sheen effects, and the edge blend node to enhance fold/drape effects.

Spedler, that looks AWESOME!!! Do you mind posting the node settings? i use the clay and anisotropic nodes, and can get really close to satin and silk. Xoconostle: Yup, I know that it is verboten, hence, I am attempting to create my own shaders. i am trying your recommendations, and I like what I see. Thanks guys! -Starkdog

Suggestion: You may want to try playing with the "edge blend" node in the mat room.

I had a satin shirt (a long time ago, when I was a hippie), and it generally looked sort-of "gold-ish" in direct light, but veered towards green in the less lit areas....

I've just tried to recreate that effect (using a hi-res square over a sphere), and got fairly close on 1st go, but it needs more work on specular ...

Settings (such as they are) follow in next post..
Edited to add: this was with my default light set-up; One main light + 4 fill-in lights (around the "equator"), which I use to check for cloth "poke-throughs" for the cloth room. Not what you'd normally use, so it might look entirely different under a diffeerent light set-up..

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And the setting...

Cheers,
Diolma
(Yeah, I know it's not anything superb, but it might be a starting point...) :-))

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Starkdog,
No problem - settings below. Sorry about the delay, been a long day today.

Please feel free to use these however you wish. I'm sure it could stand some tweaking to improve the result.