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kweechy

01-29-2004, 06:47 PM

Okay, the focus of this critique is of the car paint itself. Well, more specifically, not where I went wrong, but how I can correct it from a technical standpoint. I am looking to develop a very realistic auto paint shader for Maya 5 that can achieve a metal flake effect without the use of traditional lights (so that it can be rendrerd with just straight HDRI). Here is what I have so far but it isn't very realistic and I have no idea on how to go about achieving metal flakes in the paint without using a standard Maya light.

The car is a WIP so no crits on the model or the design itself in this thread please, I'm just focused on real metallic car paint at this point.

http://www.pulpandfiber.com/lorne/Sample%20work/Panther_3%20Vintage.jpg

Here's the color, non aged version:

http://www.pulpandfiber.com/lorne/Sample%20work/Panther_3.jpg

Thanks in advance.

Ckretone

01-30-2004, 08:41 AM

i think ur model for what its worth looks perfect..especially for a work in progress it seems that you have gotten the concpet of iniorganic modeling...good job.. id like to se it with the head and tail lights lit..possiple in a scene even liek a show room or highway or somthing like that....
i think the true test would be if you compositied it next to a real image and match the lighting...
nuph said...

maxmanjake

01-30-2004, 03:35 PM

Great example. I wish the lighting was a little brighter. It would bring out more details.

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