Modifying the appearance of rendered materials.

[hyposmurf]

When I render,the renders apear to be patchy,how do you modify the appearance of a rendered material?I understand that lighting can an effect,but ,most the time the rendered image just doesnt look that life like.

[Mr T]

When I render,the renders apear to be patchy,how do you modify the appearance of a rendered material?I understand that lighting can an effect,but ,most the time the rendered image just doesnt look that life like.

In 2000i.

1) Type RMAT (render materials) look in the lib for a material such as
APE.

2) Then 'add it' with the add button.

3) Click OK

4) Now select the ape material on the left hand list and click the MODIFY
button

5) Now tweak away. Make sure to reapply the material after it's modified.

Transparency is cool and Reflection/Roughness is cool for reflections.

See my tutorial on Mirror materials here sorry it's 3.3mb
http://www.eezylearn.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tutorials/cad/mirrormaterial.zip

A file with a Mirror material made up is here 2000i dwg (I think)http://www.eezylearn.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tutorials/cad/mirrormaterial.dwg

Nick

[gcp310]

make sure under render type its photoreal and then under the
rendering options>more options, the anti alasing option is set to high.

Hope this helps.


G