Stainless Steel

[dondedominic]

Hi@ all

can anyone share some settings how to make a good looking stainless steel?
this is so f%§*°" hard do create a photorealistic one.

screenshots of your settings would be very helpfull.

regards, Donde

[dalomar_cg]

Re: Stainless Steel

Any reflections, especially for materials that are highly reflective, are going to depend on the environment that is around them. Its not so much about your material being correct (cause I imagine that you've probably got the material 80-90% there), its about having something to reflect. With out that I could have the best material in the world, but it will look like dog----.

So with that in mind, I'd say to look at you're environment settings and post those. If all you have is a simple color in the background, then you'll need some work. There are a number of places to get free hdrs, and if you put an image in just the reflection slot, then it may not even matter that the image is anything specific, as long as it looks good in the final.