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seth0x2b
09-09-2006, 07:36 PM
I've spent the past few years learning : 3DS MAX, then Maya, then Blender, went back to Maya, and for about 2 days I am using/learning. Cinema4D.
I am NOT an expert in any of this packages...since I only do 3D work occasionally.After only 2 days, I have found Cinema4D to be the best choice for me.
What I just wrote has nothing to do with my problem, but I figure I'll get less flames for this post if I explain that I'm not a total newb and I know I should do a search before I ask questions.
So..that beeing said..I want to do a simple icecube / glass scene.
In Maya I would use the LGlass v2 shader, which is by far the best glass shader I've ever seen. For the ice cubes I would use the same shader, and with some tweeking(set IOR to clear ice IOR etc..) I would make it look something like an icecube.
But I can't seem to find a similar material for Cinema4D.
I've spent the last 5 hours browsing through search results and I still can't find a downloadable scene / material setup for some nice looking glass.

Any help / hint is very welcomed.Thanks alot.
Cheers
stevester1
09-09-2006, 07:55 PM
Hum I had downloaded a really good ice shader from the cg forums a while back, can't seem to find them but gimme a few mins more of searching, the banzi shader wasnt good?

**EDIT**

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20722

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28013&highlight=glass

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=54657&highlight=glass
seth0x2b
09-09-2006, 08:03 PM
Actually, it's "banji" :).
I just found it. Thanks alot.
If you find that old download, feel free to pm me or reply to the post.I'll give banji a try now :).
Cheers
EDIT:Hmm..I didn't find those links when I searched..It seems I should have searched better. Thanks alot!
Cheers
vid2k2
09-10-2006, 12:30 AM
Actually, there are many glass recipe shaders out there.
Here's a site with quite a few:

http://www.maxon.net/~deepshade/shader/shaders/mineral/ix_min3.html

Also, SLA shaders were used heavily a while back and can be mixed
with the improved material settings in the recent Cinema releases.

Hope this helps you on your way ......
stevester1
09-10-2006, 02:09 AM
I think in the first or second link i posted its a post about a glass shader, that's the one, worked really good (with a few tweaks obviously) for a project of mine. hope it does good to you
Darter
09-10-2006, 02:41 AM
A good ice example, with scene included, can be found here:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=272340&page=2&pp=15&highlight=ice

It's the one by guillaum.
seth0x2b
09-10-2006, 08:14 AM
Actually, there are many glass recipe shaders out there.
Here's a site with quite a few:

http://www.maxon.net/~deepshade/shader/shaders/mineral/ix_min3.html (http://www.maxon.net/%7Edeepshade/shader/shaders/mineral/ix_min3.html)

Also, SLA shaders were used heavily a while back and can be mixed
with the improved material settings in the recent Cinema releases.

Hope this helps you on your way ......
Thanks.I've already saved the deepshade clear glass material, but it's a ".sit"(I'm assuming MAC archive), and I use Windows.I'll ask some of my friends to extract the contents and I'll have a look at it.
A good ice example, with scene included, can be found here:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=272340&page=2&pp=15&highlight=ice

It's the one by guillaum.

Thanks alot!..Read the post and even got a complete scene setup for some amasing ice.

One think's for certain..I'm sticking with Cinema4D :)

Thanks alot guys! You've been very helpful
Cheers
Aries
09-10-2006, 12:37 PM
And that's for extracting *.sit archives on win...
http://www.stuffit.com/win/expander/
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