coffee help

[jawee]

Hi, i have made a cup with coffee in it, bur i don´t know how to do a nice coffe? can somebody give me some tips or show me how u have done it? i´m using vray as render

[paranormal]

hi,
first u must fine your modeling.
second move this jpeg from the surface put some vray met.
good luck.
i need some help with liquids 2.

[jawee]

what shud i do with my model?

[natty]

Hi jawee

your model is very faceted... and doesnt ahve enough poly's ...
i would imagine this is what your mesh looks like...
and the same with the saucer.
your wood mat is very bad ... look on the net for a high res one or i can send you one.. your shadow's are too dark and sharp also ....

[jawee]

i have fixed the cup, the shadows shud i fix, bt do you have a nice looking coffe material that you could share?

[natty]

nope sorry ... never had the need to make it .. bye using hdri as reflections will help.

[yage]

hey, maybe you upload your scene and we gonna have a look.
a coffee material isn't that hard i think.

[jawee]

here is the scene : http://jawee.net/3dsmax/kopp.rar

[yage]

i'll have a look at it tonight.

[natty]

Hi ...

First of all you need to get rid of raytrace max mats.... first rule of thumb.
Secondary ... get rid of all those omni's ...
you can light this scene very effectively with an HDRI Map ... the Kitchen one would be perfect.. !... please use a good quality wood texture for you table.. and dont forget to use glossy's for this !

ok ....a rough coffee mat...

not perfect but hey ...thats down to you..


Mat setting's



Render settings..



A little mesh Noise ..




and image..



Rendered with Max7 and Vray 1.46.02

[percydaman]

perfect image for coffee with cream, but I dont like cream in my coffee...

[pengo]

Natty great image well lighted good materials except for the cream maybe is too reflective the cream is not reflective here in my country
I like it anyway
bye and as always great works

U area always ready to help anyone

U are A FRIEND

AND KINDLY PERSON

[Konquest]

Could you post the scene natty? Very interested in how you setup the lighting to get it that way. Awesome job.

[percydaman]

lighting setup? haha Ill bet youd be surprised how simple it is...

[Mark David]

Man, im having fun tonight...

Natty you are a monster...congrats buddy..