bathroom help!

[evanmister]

so im having some trouble with the reflections. they are clearly out of control. Im using vray and hrd to illuminate, but i can get control of the ceramic and ceramic tile materials so they dont blow out, but still have gloss, highlights and some reflection.

 

any advice?

 

thanks so much

[Trevor Tizard]

I may be wrong here..............but I was under the impression that if you have the HDR image in the environment slot of Vray you don't then need to place it in all those map slots in the material.

[evanmister]

ive tried turning it off, but it didnt seem to work... maybe ill try it again..?

 

any other suggestions?

 

thanks

[Fran]

First, set your Linear Color Mapping to 1/1. Second, you don't need all those HDR maps in your VrayMTL slots. Just control shinyness with the reflection color and fresnel falloff.

[evanmister]

Thank you so much for replying.

 

Could you explain more clearly what you mean when you say, "Just control shinyness with the reflection color and fresnel falloff."

 

Does that mean i should use only a fresnel falloff in the reflection slot?

 

thanks so much in advance. im excited this is going to be my best render yet!

[Fran]

You can either use fresnel falloff in the reflection slot or enable fresnel in the little check box in the reflection settings. Reflection color controls reflection strength.

[evanmister]

thanks so much your suggestion were right on! as long as im on a role any other suggestions?

 

i think the towel needs a better texture. i tried to use the rug tutorial, but when i set the vraydisplacement type to 2d, the geometry just dissappears.

 

Thanks again