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In dire need of an accurate plastic-like material. Please help.
Hello all. I am in need of assistance with a material. I
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can you post the close attempt?
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If it looks like aluminum, I’d guess you have specular turned on. Turn that off and you should get what you’re looking for. But, it’s a guess based on theory; try posting an image like Brian suggested.
Amish Ed
“Shoot ’em all and let the Editor sort ’em out!”Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD
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It’s not so much the sheen or reflective quality that look odd, but instead the texture. It looks like pitted metal with a very low level of reflective and specular surface qualities. If I move the shader features too much, it looks exactly like metal, and too much the other way looks like a sheet of paper. By dropping all of the specularity I am able to get close, but the size of the dimple pattern looks like a sandblasted sheet of metal instead of plastic.
Do you know of any libraries that I could purchase for a realistic plastic look? Is there a resource that might have shader samples online at no charge?
Thanks,
Michael Munkittrick
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The size of the texture? I assume you dropped the global scale of the texture shader. Only shader sites I know of had the links in a recent post on this forum. Sorry I can’t help more, but I’ve got tons to learn. I know enough to be dangerous and thats about it.
A great site that’s dedicated to C4d is https://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php
Amish Ed
“Shoot ’em all and let the Editor sort ’em out!”Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB, running 10.3.6 w/QT 6.5.2, Black Majic DeckLink, AE Pro 6.5 w/BCC and Invig. 3D, PS CS2, AI CS2, FCP HD
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Thanks man. I chatted with 3D Kiwi from the C4D Cafe and he sent me to a library that had exactly what I was looking for. I’m out a few hundred for the set of textures, but at least I can get this piece finished and get a nice deposit to my retirement fund. Much appreciated!
Michael Munkittrick
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which library was that Michael?
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It’s called “Total Textures”. One of the disks has about 30 different synthetic plastic-like textures that worked well. There are 15 different collections which are organized by the type of texture, IE wood, trees and earth is one disk whereas plastic, polyurethane and rubber would be on another. The whole set cost less than $700 and it looks like this project will pay for the entire thing.
Here’s a link:
https://www.3dtotal.com/services/shop/texturecd_shop.asp#Later…
Michael Munkittrick
Gainesville, Florida USA
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