Matte reflective/ ABS/Plastic material

[rugrat]

HI folks

Any idea how I can get the kind of texture in the link below? I would like to use it for my stage decks (black and white) but I haven't been able to get the look right yet.

Or does it have more to do with lighting than material finish??

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mx1gzqqtc35fvk/Screen%20Shot%202016-08-08%20at%204.40.36%20PM.png?dl=0

Edited August 8, 2016 by rugrat

[zoomer]

It is a material with (nearly) black diffuse color and some (very) blurry reflections.

Because the whole appearance is done by the reflections, there has to be

a suitable environment and lights that will be reflected.

[rugrat]

Do you have an example of the settings for this material? I have been trying and trying but I just cannot get it right.

How would a person get a white version of this as well?

[zoomer]

Less blurry than I initially thought.

You have to play with blurry values according to Lighting and Environment.

Probably also for the brighter color of the glass shader in reflection to

dim reflections if necessary.

[rugrat]

Ah, the image isn't loading. I will have to play around when I have more time then I guess.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

[zoomer]

They got lost with Forum Upgrade.

There is also the file :

SPOTLIGHT-TEST.vwx.zip

Edited September 6, 2016 by zoomer

[rugrat]

That is exactly what I am looking for!

I just can't download the zip file, it says it doesn't exist. What is going on with this new forum?! 

Is there another way for me to get it??

[PVA - Admin]

The web team is still working to restore the old attachments, they're working with the file storage system heavily right now. It may come and go as they work. In the meantime Google Drive/Dropbox/Box and the like links should work unaffected.

[rugrat]

Yay for the hardworking back-end team that no one really knows about! Thanks for the feedback Jim, much appreciated.

Waiting in anticipation for the links to be restored 

[zoomer]

1 hour ago, JimW said:

The web team is still working to restore the old attachments, they're working with the file storage system heavily right now. It may come and go as they work. In the meantime Google Drive/Dropbox/Box and the like links should work unaffected.

I attached both files new to the (new) forum.

 

I'll try again ....

 

SPOTLIGHT-TEST.vwx.zip

[PVA - Admin]

Not your fault at all, the second one is working just fine.

[zoomer]

For me too.

But I see some problems with the "upload Manager" disappearing partly
when editing a post. Sometimes even when quoting or just for no reasons (?)

(Safari) Completely reloading the Thread helps at some point.

Nice that the text already entered got stored.

Little tedious or strange to try to delete an accidentally quote.
 

[PVA - Admin]

6 minutes ago, zoomer said:

For me too.

But I see some problems with the "upload Manager" disappearing partly
when editing a post. Sometimes even when quoting or just for no reasons (?)

(Safari) Completely reloading the Thread helps at some point.

Nice that the text already entered got stored.

Little tedious or strange to try to delete an accidentally quote.
 

Yeah it's holding the cache too long sometimes, the behavior is different on various browsers but I notice the problem more if I have multiple tabs to the forum open concurrently. We're going to get a list of repeatable issues with it and see if they can be ironed out.

[rugrat]

 Okay, seriously, this is not meant be. I can see the file in VW2016 viewer, but there is no resource browser for me to check the materials out on and the OpenGL view is just grey. If it isn't too much trouble, could you save it down to 2015 for me PLEASE?? Or is there a secret to opening a 2016 file without VW 2016 that I don't know about.

 

PS - I know it has bugs, but I like the new forum, more user-friendly too. 

[PVA - Admin]

The Viewer can not do anything related to Renderworks. Here's the file converted to 2015:

SPOTLIGHT-TEST_v2015.vwx

[zoomer]

Sorry, have overseen your signature.

And while I was thinking about having used anything 2016 only (?)
I saw that Jim did the job already

You will find a Render Style in Ressource Browser, Should also appear in the render dropdown.
As I used only self illuminated surfaces for lighting, Global Illumination is needed to see something.

Maybe the Render Settings will not work very well in VW 2015 and need some tweeking.

[rugrat]

Just for your interest, this is how it turns out in 2015. No changes/tweaking needed.

Thanks again for your help, I will be adding these to my default collection! 

[zoomer]

Strange, why don't the glowing object light the Wall ?
Did I build them that way and or used a 2016 feature camera bloom effect ?

Thanks that you like these.
You can duplicate these and play a bit with blurry settings and such,
to get a feel for it and adapt them that they look as you like in your projects.
 

[RitchieTheBrit]

On 06/09/2016 at 1:10 PM, zoomer said:

They got lost with Forum Upgrade.

There is also the file :

SPOTLIGHT-TEST.vwx.zip

 

I've spent most of the day trying to figure out how to get this effect on Renderworks Textures with glow enabled. We're trying to create lightboxes on an exhibition stand, but the boss isn't happy with them simply being a set illumination, and I can't find a way of creating this glowing halo around the lightsource.

 

Does anyone have a copy of this file they could upload, or a way of duplicating this effect? Spotlight & Renderworks 2017.

 

Thanks in advance!

[rugrat]

Ritchie, I think you will have this camera feature in v2017? I don't have it in 2015.

 

Here's how Zoomer said he made the glowing effect:

used a 2016 feature camera bloom effect

 

You can also try downloading the 2016 version of the file that zoomed sent and checking out the settings etc that he used, then adjust as you need.

[zoomer]

Im not sure if I set any "Bloom" effect in the camera settings (new in 2016)

I doubt.

 

I think it is just that the self illuminated faces are either extruded and their sides light the wall

or just simply have a little distance to the Wall and their back side illuminates the wall ....

Edited November 17, 2016 by zoomer

[PVA - Admin]

I recommend trying the Bloom method as well as altering the Glow portion of the lit textures to see which gives you the look you prefer as well as which is faster. I suspect one might be speedier than the other and if you're going to be rendering it a lot or in multiple views, knowing which is faster is useful.