Diamond material

#1

ive been putzing around with a diamond tutorial for a bit now and i cant seem to get this to look right, ive seen many peices on this site that have diamonds and they look great i cant seem to get it to look right im using the tutorial

http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=3860

and trying to get the material to work and im not having much success even with the planes in the backgoround with the self iluminated material

anyway anyhelp on how to create the spartkling diamond look would be awsome

#2

I’m not sure exactly how he did it (he mentions some hidden MR shaders). but, Jeff Patton made a really great diamond shader, and the file he used to make it is availible free to download and study Here . … http://www.jeffpatton.net/Max7/index.html

#3

From that last post - it seems that the diamond looks good because of the dispersed colours being reflected and refracted around and through the cut stones.

My only experience with sucessful dispersion was with finalRender (though it’s not good for much else) but sounds like something mentalray should do.

#4

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