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wassie
02-26-2006, 02:02 PM
Hi all :),

I have this crazy problem with my 3ds max.
I have made this model, its just a firmly easy logo for a clan that i'm in.
But the problem i have is that the Glossiness & specular & reflection aren't rendering.
Here is a screenshot of the materials and the model:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3286/huh23fx.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=huh23fx.jpg)
The text "[DmP]" is golden chrome. And the ring of the round thing, is just chrome.
the inside of the round is just green with some dirt on it. All with reflections and all.
I made a render of it. I added a plane and a skylight.
and this is what i get:
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3633/huh6wq.th.jpg (http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=huh6wq.jpg)
You dont see any contrast or what so ever...
so how can i fix this?

greetings
wassie
xissburg
02-26-2006, 06:15 PM
Try adding a light to your scene. Since the SkyLight has no position it doesn't generates specular lighting. Add a HDRI as your Environment Map is also a good option to get realistic reflections. Ah! Try using a Exposure Control to control the overall lighting of the scene......
GuyBrave
02-27-2006, 10:20 AM
as well as that, try adding some sort of environment, the thing about very reflective surfaces is they dont look like much without anything to reflect....
wassie
03-06-2006, 07:44 PM
poeh, well GuyBrave,
the problem is that i've put a plane under my model,
and i gave it a "Matte/Shadow" material, so it only renders the shadows, and keeps the envoirment as the collor. (it looks cool for models). But i did it for you ;)
i changed the envoirment to a sky, and put a spotlight on it... it looks a bit better, but still not showing the chrome and gold...
here is the render: http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5817/huh6ls.jpg

and xissburg, sorry, but i dont know what you mean by a HDRI map. Can you maybe explain. (i never did that before) And where can i find the exposure controls? i did use them once but i forgot about them :(

thanks!
greetings
wassie
wassie
03-07-2006, 08:57 PM
so can someone please help me here?
i will try to render my model on an other computer tomorrow, so i can see if its the model or something on my configures...
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