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eliseu gouveia

08-24-2002, 02:31 AM

Hello,there,

I wonder if you could hlep me on this one, I´d like to have a (relativelly believable) magnifying glass in Max3.1 and I have no idea of where to stark; applying a distorted AVI to the lense just doesn´t strike me,I want something more organic in functionality, what do you think would be the best solution?!

A raytraced material of some kind is what I´m looking for, though I know raytrace materials don´t do this....

... do they?!

Marcel

08-24-2002, 08:34 AM

Yes they do...you can set the index of refraction somewhere in a rollout...(and turn on raytrace antialiasing, it's somewhere in the global parameters)

You could also you the map 'thin wall refraction' which is ideal for this situation. Crank up the map size a bit , else the image will be a bit blurry

eliseu gouveia

08-24-2002, 01:41 PM

Thanks, Marcel, I think that might be the way to go ;

<- not really a texturing expert

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