max's "shellac" material...compatible?

[Richard7666]

Quick question; I notice Evermotion use this material on some of their HD cars collection; wondering if it is likely to slow down renders, and if so, what a preferable V-ray native method would be of recreating something similar?
They use it to give the look of clear-coat

[vlado]

Yes, it is likely to slow down your renders. The better approach is to use a VRayBlendMtl material (maybe in "Additive" mode, although I don't recommend that one either).

Best regards,
Vlado

[Richard7666]

thanks
Bad form that they're using it in their products, I'd have thought they'd know better!

[Macker]

Agreed. It really bugs me that people still use incompatible maps and sell their products as "Vray Ready".

[thomes]

there is also much of "normal bump" used...don´t know exactly evermotion or itrees....but there were much of default 3dsmaxmaterials used in the past, that , as i know, were not definitely defined as "NOT" vray compatible... also for ex. maxblend

[Richard7666]

while we're on this topic; VizPeople plants often don't have 'none' on the filtering of their opacity maps. Is that still a problem like it used to be?

[vlado]

while we're on this topic; VizPeople plants often don't have 'none' on the filtering of their opacity maps. Is that still a problem like it used to be?

It's fine, it's not a problem.

Best regards,
Vlado