Post your Simple Render here.

[aufifillah alwi]

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waaah thx very much

[stefanq]

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[Mugenick]

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Hi Stefanq,

is that possible to re-update the link?... your sharing link is not working

you help would be greatly appreciated

[40th]

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Nice work Stefan,
I think that if you'll add interior lights it will look even better (illumination and highlight reflections).

[stefanq]

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thanks for comment guys!

[stefanq]

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[Jebimasta]

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A render I did of a model I made when I first saw the Zune HD teaser images
Not happy with the metal yet, I really can't nail the brushed metal look, even with downloaded materials that look fine on other peoples models :P

[40th]

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Hi Jebimasta,
As long as you don't have a background/Environment for the metal to reflect, you won't get any satisfying result.
Now you have only black color surrounding the object.
Check those "studio setup" tutorials, they're for VfMax but the principal is the same:
Tutorial 1 / Tutorial 2

[Jebimasta]

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Thanks 40th,

I had tried it with enviromental HDRI's but the brushed metal seemed a bit grainy rather than linear, if you know what I mean.
I'm Trying the studio set up now, I really wasnt sure how to go about lighting a studio enviroment, so thanks for the links.

[40th]

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No problem

The graininess or noise that you see can be smoothed by increasing the subdivs. If you want a specific brushed metal, you will need a bump map for that.

[Jebimasta]

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Metal's still not quite right, but its certainly looking better

[stevebo]

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An old image. My first attempt at a studio scene.

The table is a replica of a table I saw at Dwell. The glass and water, I follow Ande's tutorial (thanks!). I know the cylindrical bit is very faceted, but this was done before I knew how to make it smooth.

[Jebimasta]

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That is one FUNKY table, I like the look of that render a lot, all the subtle reflections and shading underneath.

The last time I spam this Zune about, I promise :P I think its looking pretty good now.

[stevebo]

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Looking good! Needs a better anti-aliasing to get rid of the moire (I think) on the edges. The metal looks a bit too grainy?

[Jebimasta]

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That graininess is what I'm finding it hard to avoid, if the bump map is the right size i just get this noise rather than brushed look. both studio renders use the same bump map but the latter has downloaded metal material settings ("steel brushed light" if I remember correctly, using the brushed bump map in the zip of materials posted on this forum).
So I either have a good brushed look, or a good metallic look. cant seem to combine them :P