Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Glass Nodding

Robo2010 opened this issue on Sep 23, 2005 ยท 13 posts

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 6:48 PM

Ok, I never realized glass was a problem until a few days ago. Since then, been struggling. This image shows, glass material that comes with Poser(6)

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 6:49 PM

Rotating the prop (X-90 degress). And this is the result. No change in the material room. Top corner of glass Prop, appears not be glass at all. Then lower part of the glass prop, a problem.

Message edited on: 09/23/2005 18:53

xantor posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 6:58 PM

You could try making the raytrace bounces higher in the render settings.

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 7:00 PM

Then reading (Seach: Glass), the past threads and realizing. Why would anyone put a reflect nod attached to reflect color, value. Refract nod attached to Refract color, value. That kills the CPU and their is already Reflect and Refract with values. I put a reflect nod on reflect color, value nod value to 1.000. Although 0.2 is the default. I had to stop the render. Was hard on my computer. Even on value 0.2.

xantor posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 7:04 PM

Shouldn`t he be using a reflect node to make the reflection work properly?

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 7:19 PM

Using the Reflection Nod on Reflection, confuses me. Why put one? Same with Refraction, with a Refraction Nod. Using Reflection as a example in image in Post #4. What is the difference with "Quality values", from "Reflection Values"

Little_Dragon posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 7:31 PM

Reflection_Value is strength or intensity, Quality is more like accuracy or precision.


Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 8:06 PM

Still not convinced. What is the nod reflecting for accuracy? It seems like a no no to put a reflect nod on reflect when something else can be used. Here is a image with nothing reflecting. Transparency value at 1.0000.

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 10:47 PM

Doing more tests now. Using the "Reflect" nod on alternate difuse instead of Reflect. Now I am starting to see reflections and faster rendering. You can now see reflections on the spheres, also on the glass top. Adjusting em.

Message edited on: 09/23/2005 22:50

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 10:59 PM

Adjusted glass, also the spheres.

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 11:00 PM

This is the actual render. The gold sphere does great. Moved Reflection nod (Gold Sphere), to diffuse color. Still struggling on a perfect glass top. You can see, I have a long ways to go.

Message edited on: 09/23/2005 23:07

xantor posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 11:10 PM

Try making the specular colour black for the glass.

Robo2010 posted Fri, 23 September 2005 at 11:39 PM

k...changed the specular colour to black for the glass.

Also the floor was not helping, so I lighten up a bit. Also realized after rendering, floor is not reflecting. Wanting a perfect glass top, so that didn't matter for now. Looking for some light bounce on the glass top. My Raytrace bounces are at 6 for render setting.

Message edited on: 09/23/2005 23:41