VRayBlend Material limitation?

[jacksc02]

Just found that the Vrayblend material doesnt like a top/bottom material as the base material.
Is this a limitation? or a bug?

[vlado]

VRayBlendMtl can work only with V-Ray compatible materials, since it uses V-Ray's own internal shading API rather than the 3dsmax one. So it will not work with the Top/Bottom material right away, but you may be able to simulate that with another VRayBlendMtl and a suitable blending map.

Best regards,
Vlado

[stilgarna]

VRayBlendMtl can work only with V-Ray compatible materials, since it uses V-Ray's own internal shading API rather than the 3dsmax one. So it will not work with the Top/Bottom material right away, but you may be able to simulate that with another VRayBlendMtl and a suitable blending map.

Best regards,
Vlado

But VRayBlendMtl doesn't work with VrayLightMtl...

And it's not easy to build some simple mask pass...

any idea

[DaForce]

From spot3d helpfiles

VRayBlendMtl is specifically designed for the V-Ray shading API and can only support V-Ray compatible materials (VRayMtl, VRayFastSSS etc). Additional V-Ray compatible materials can be developed with the V-Ray Shading SDK.

[jacksc02]

smartarse

[DaForce]

[sv]

But VRayBlendMtl doesn't work with VrayLightMtl...

are you sure? I've used the VrayLightMtl in a VrayblendMtl, although not as a base material.
I find it 'quite' a useful way of generating a self illuminating material with vray. Or realy just making it brighter....

[stilgarna]

But VRayBlendMtl doesn't work with VrayLightMtl...

are you sure? I've used the VrayLightMtl in a VrayblendMtl, although not as a base material.
I find it 'quite' a useful way of generating a self illuminating material with vray. Or realy just making it brighter....

I use blend material as a blend max material...
I use it as a sort of maya's layerShader

I prefer using only vray stuff into my renders... instead of max stuff... It's an old habit from maya + MR stand alone...

Here is an example without color correction:

http://www.kdgnet.net/demo3D/Fabien/...stCoupe002.mov

Here is an example with color correction:

http://www.kdgnet.net/demo3D/Fabien/...stCoupe003.mov


I use a vrayBlend for the teeth shader...

And for colour corection I need some mask to calibrate each material separately...

Thats why I override with a max blend to have self illum colours...

Best regards


Edit : Sorry the second link was wrong... Now it's fixed...

[vlado]

But VRayBlendMtl doesn't work with VrayLightMtl...

Well, it does, in newer builds which you can get if you email me to vlado@chaosgroup.com

Best regards,
Vlado