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Subject: Poser 5 reflection map question

solofalcon459 opened this issue on Feb 15, 2004 ยท 27 posts

solofalcon459 posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 12:02 PM

I'm trying to use reflection maps in the material room and don't seem to be putting them in the right place. Is it the reflection color node? This is to make shiny latex with a strong reflecion. Thanks, solofalcon459

Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:10 PM

yes you can put the reflection node under the Alternate diffuse color (white) set the reflection node color to black, you will get black latex effect with strong reflection of the object around.. if there is nothing else you don't get any reflections as only the light..

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:16 PM

the yellow balls "reflect" on the black surfaces

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:22 PM

here for the latex effect using the specular node

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:27 PM

and here are the 2 nodes mixed on one surface, you get the nice light reflections and the object reflection on the surface..

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:36 PM

:) I hope this help you as well

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solofalcon459 posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:45 PM

wow, that's great, thanks. Where would you plug in an image for it to reflect? I do pin-ups with white backgrounds and I want to use an image for a reflection. solo

Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:53 PM

you know what you can do? create your scene, put inside a square the cloth high resolution, plug in the image and your model will reflect it in a very natural way.. if you plug the photo into the surface it will not so natural

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:56 PM

something as this then change the view so the square will not visible in the scene

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 1:58 PM

close up

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solofalcon459 posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:07 PM

Well, I figured out how to make her look like chrome! solo

solofalcon459 posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:08 PM

Ok, I see..use a image in the render....hmm...let me work on that.. Thanks, solo

Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:10 PM

nah but that is not black latex :) but well ok next time put the nudity flag when you post niples LOL you can put a square above the scene and let reflect the model the image you pluged into.. also cool effect

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solofalcon459 posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:17 PM

cool...I'm working on that method you showed, plus I inverted the image I was plugging in and got this: More like latex I think?

Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:21 PM

now it looks better but still looks as a polished dark metal to me, if you use the specular node it will looks more as plastic.. but well you get in good way..

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solofalcon459 posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:25 PM

One more time... I will test the specular node also. Thanks a million! solo

Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:29 PM

can you try with this one/ this is not tilled but well used for black latex.. plug this as you did with the chrome and much success :)

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:38 PM

and here you can plug in under the specular node as image map and scale down if needed..

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solofalcon459 posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 2:48 PM

thanks for all the help! You'll no doubt see the result soon in the gallery. solo

Coleman posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 3:48 PM

Thanks Cath! This was very informative!

Bruce_ posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 5:42 PM

Mec4d, It would be a very valuable rescorce if you could upload a tutorial to renderosity's tutorial section on this and your fur tech. I for one have been hopeing that you would do this:)

Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 5:50 PM

is there any tutorial section? excuse me but I don't saw any :) I play at weekend so next weekend I will upload something if this is really interesting for the members. Thanks :) Cath

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SamTherapy posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 6:52 PM

Cath, the banner at the top of the page, "Poser Back Room" is where the tutorials go. I'd love to see some in depth stuff on the shaders and other material nodes.

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Mec4D posted Sun, 15 February 2004 at 7:20 PM

Oh thanks! usually I read always the tutorials from the FrontPage when something is new and interesting.. I was thinking to make just a graphic that show you how to set for all materials, from glass to fur etc.. with settings for the shades .. this will a good idea I think.. will working on this and finish next weekend as well.. Cath

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TrekkieGrrrl posted Mon, 16 February 2004 at 2:00 AM

Oh yes PLEASE do, Cath! That would be AWESOME!!

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shogakusha posted Mon, 16 February 2004 at 8:47 AM

Cath, that would be wonderful! You have such good advice on textures and the shader nodes! Thanks!

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