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Subject: making ice in vue

bigdave1960 opened this issue on Feb 03, 2009 · 10 posts
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bigdave1960 ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 11:09 AM · edited Mon, 11 November 2024 at 12:08 PM

can any one tell me how to make an ice texture in vue not totally clear like an ice cube or opaque like an ice berg but some where in between .which material would be a good a starting point? many thanks in advance

chudo121 ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 11:59 AM

You can download some free ones here and dissect them, or you can play with bump,specular, reflection/refraction and transparency  till you get the one you want(;

There is an ice material in the SSS section of Vue 6+ but its really terrible.

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Cherryman ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 1:58 PM

I made some last month...  Not perfect, but suitable for my needs.  Maybe they are usefull or a good startpoint.
I see if i can upload them.

Rutra ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 2:03 PM

Try this:
Create a normal size sphere, apply the standard water material to it and then go to the translucency tab and tick translucency. Change the depth in this tab to 10 meters. Do a test render and you'll see a fairly nice (but not perfect) sphere of ice. This is a good starting point. Experiment several things until you're satisfied. For example, if you move the backward/forward slider a bit to the left (try -0.5) it'll be a bit better, IMO.

Hint: the light angle is also important to get a good result.

Cherryman ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 2:16 PM · edited Tue, 03 February 2009 at 2:18 PM

Simple ice, Vue6 .

Try different lighting  to improve the looks.

Edit: I tried to attach the file that doens't work..  Send me a mail and i will mail it to you if you like. I have a simple one and a SSS one.

ArtPearl ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 2:22 PM

Cherryman,
I've seen people attach files by changing the extension to .txt . The person that downloads it can change it back to mat or vob or whatever it's supposed to be.

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Cherryman ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 2:29 PM · edited Tue, 03 February 2009 at 2:30 PM

file_423345.txt

Simpel ice materiaal

Change .txt to .mat   ;-)

edit: Tnx ArtPearl ;-)

Cherryman ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 2:31 PM

file_423349.txt

This one can be used with or without SubSurfaceScattering.

bigdave1960 ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 3:32 PM

thank you will give it a try

gillbrooks ( ) posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 5:48 PM

You could just try changing the refraction index of ordinary water mats.  I find it works quite well

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