Forum: Vue

Subject: Papery Material

BenTheArtist opened this issue on Jan 12, 2005 · 6 posts

BenTheArtist posted Wed, 12 January 2005 at 11:49 AM

I was making a lamp and for the shade I need a material that is translucent but not transparent, like paper, that seems to glow when lit from the other side and shadows cast on it are visible from both sides but you can't see though it. I tried numerous things but none of them worked, Does anyone know how to do this with Vue (if it's possible)

Veritas777 posted Wed, 12 January 2005 at 1:57 PM

You should be able to tweak that same effect in the Materials Editor...

DigReal posted Wed, 12 January 2005 at 7:22 PM

I don't think I've ever seen that done with any program without faking it. For ex. make a simple material map that gets darker towards the edges.

h-kana posted Thu, 13 January 2005 at 5:50 AM

How about this? It's my "shoji" material. The points are - 1. Global transparency -- about from 7 to 15% 2. Use "Blurred transparencies" 3. Check "Backlight" option at "Effect" tab 4. Add very low valued bump -- about 0.01 Hope this helps. Hatsumi

Polax posted Thu, 13 January 2005 at 6:01 AM

h-kana was quicker lol yes, the trick is 'backlight' wich is enabled when you choose 'one sided mat'. on the rough image , I just used the 'eggshell' mat from Vue..

BenTheArtist posted Thu, 13 January 2005 at 3:24 PM

Thanks Hatsumi, it worked.