How to do the glass

[Tex3D]

Can't you do a Sky map in the reflection channel???

Am I missing the question??:shrug:

-Dave

[MFreywald]

first off, you need some sort of environment to reflect. It's usually been my experience that HDRI's dont make good backgrounds normally (due to the increase/decrease of exposure). I'm not sure if Max supports HDRI maps even with blur's plugin since I use Vray. But here's the link to Blur's free HDRI bitmap plugin

http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/downloads/max/hdri/HDRI_v1.0.1.zip

[Khepri]

just a little FYI:

the HDRI import/export plugin isnt made by Blur but by Splutterfish. Splutterfish is not owned/setup by Blur.

:)

[tuya]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

http://www.tuya3d.com/aboutme/works/005.jpg

[Stroker]

I've faked it with a sphere before.
Make it big, flip the normals, and make it non-renderable.
I don't know the pros and cons, but it seems decent enough for some applications.

[MFreywald]

Hmm.. is it just me, or does there seem to be no difference in the glass between the two images?

[Tex3D]

I was kinda thinking the same thing!!:eek:

I was worried that I was missing something:shrug:

-Dave

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