automotive paint

[Clifton Santiago]

Being an architectural visualizer I don't normally have close-ups of automobiles so I don't know if there are any tricks for making a vray material automotive paint...

I tried making a material like an opaque glass, i.e. the diffuse color is set at the desired car color, and the reflect color is white with Fresnel checked, and with a Fresnel IOR at 2 or 3.

It looks okay, but it doesn't have the reflective "depth" that you would expect in automotive paint. Is there a better way? Maybe a shellac material?

Thanks in advance. Cheers.

[chicoone]

Some of the best car threads are on this forum. Look for author "suurland".

http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...243&highlight=

Ismael

PS.

Check this too: http://www.3d-palace.com/xenomorphic...earlescant.htm

Describes the effect of "car paint"...

[timmatron]

Just download the EGZ Vray materials at vray.info. The carpaint material is great.

[Clifton Santiago]

@chicoone: I really like your second link, thanks. I think I could make a vray equivalent with Shellac with 2 different reflective vray materials.

@timmatron: yes, I forgot about those. I download his latest updates every year or so, but never seem to use them. I will check it out.