Specular and GI

[mitchino]

I'm looking for something more like the plastic top in this render.

[Katachi]

Is the best way to forget about specular settings and use reflection

In real life it has reflections (specularity IS reflection, but the specular material effect is just a handy "fake"), so the answer is yes use reflection or add the specular pass in post to the image.

[mayajunky]

You could also add a key light, with the light linked to just to the label to help you achieve that sharper specular.

[brasco]

The specular channel is dependant on having cinema lights in the scene to generate.

To get similar highlights to the second image, look into using reflection channel, to make the reflections more diffuse, up the bluriness (and AA to get a smoother blur).

for clartiy:
Specular Reflection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specular_reflection)
Diffuse Reflection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_reflection)

hth

brasc

[mitchino]

aha. I was thinking that I would need c4d lights to get the specular - what I can't figure out is that with the HDRI Lightkit Pro studio scenes, whenever I try to add a light, it appears with a red x and I can't turn it on. The setups have a global lightswitch at the bottom of the object stack that prevents c4d lights from working. Need to read the manual for lightkit pro.

Meanwhile getting somewhere with reflective panels providing a specular.

[lewisrowe]

what I can't figure out is that with the HDRI Lightkit Pro studio scenes, whenever I try to add a light, it appears with a red x and I can't turn it on. The setups have a global lightswitch at the bottom of the object stack that prevents c4d lights from working. Need to read the manual for lightkit pro.
how about copy/paste an existing LightkitPro light and edit that.

[lewisrowe]

I'm looking for something more like the plastic top in this render.
or..
how about put a luminance grad on a fairly big plane. then select that plane, select lighting tool (with mode set to specular placement and 'modify lights only' not ticked), then click on your model where you want the specular highlight to land and lighting tool will position the luminance grad perfectly for you. then adjust the size of plane and style of grad to suit.

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