Image upload and exterior window help

[mresailor]

Hello everyone. I am sorta new here - been "lurking" in the forum for about a year now. Too intimidated to post just yet. But I really need some help on my windows for an exterior shot. Hoever, I cant figure out how to post the image - if anyone can tell me how, I will gladly post it.

I've found this thread:
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...ighlight=glass

Thats what I am using now. But, the model is just a shell and I don't want the windows to be so transparent, rather relfect a bit map of a sky or even an HDRI map (I still don't really understand those yet.. but I am reading.. and reading.. still reading.) Any help would be great.

Thanks Natty for getting me access to this awesome, vast rabbit hole of information!

[mresailor]

Ok, replying to my own message - found out how to upload images - need suggestions on what web service you all use to sign up and start uploading. Thanks.

[Clifton Santiago]

Without seeing an image to evaluate I'm not sure what problems you're having, but I can share with you the glass settings I've found work best.

For clear window glass with a slightly blue/green tint I use the following settings:

Damn websense is blocking me from posting my cap on imageshack. I'll have to describe it...

Okay, in a Vray material, set Diffuse color to a dark blue-green, like 23,77,73

Then set Reflect color to pure white and enable Fresnel reflections. Uncheck the little "L" next to it and change the Fresnel IOR to 2.0 or a bit higher for nice reflections.

Copy the Diffuse color swatch into the Refraction color. Then adjust the whiteness slider to make it a very light blue-green like 225,232,231

Be sure and check Affect shadows so light will pass through your glass properly, especially if using standard lights.

I normally leave the fog settings at default for architectural glass. I only use colored fog for for glass objects such as vases or whatever.

Hope this helps. Cheers

[DaForce]

if its just for uploading images then imageshack.us is a decent place.

[mresailor]

Clifton - thanks for the great advice. I will play with those setting soon. For now, I just put a "raytrace" reflection in the window setting (standard) and then turned it into a VrayMaterial Wrapper. I sorta got the look I was going for.

DaForce - I will check that out and upload images tonight!

Thanks again! Look for the images in the image upload section!

[DaForce]

Dont use the standard max raytrace shader... no matter what.
It causes render problems... like splotches... etc

Just use a vraymaterial