Aluminium reflections

[drvox]

Hi all

 

I've been haing difficulties on getting a real brushed aluminium.. any ideias? Reflection Gloss. under 0,75 seems unreal, and more than 0,75 ir reflects all around..in reality, the brushed aluminum have a shiny aspect, but doesn't relflect as musch as I'm getting.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks a lot

[boncerouge]

it might be cheating a bit - but check out http://www.vray-materials.de - you can download the materials free - you don't have to use a brushed aluminum texture off there - but you can compare yours to what's there!

[drvox]

I've tryed that materials too but get the same problem

 

thanks anyway for the tip!

[BrianKitts]

Hi all

Reflection Gloss. under 0,75 seems unreal.....

 

why does it have to be "real"?..... all it needs to do is to look right. I checked the material I use for brushed alum. and it's down @ 6 w/ a brushed bump map to break it up even more.

[Joseph Petrino]

I've had luck with

 

setting the BRDF to "ward"

using a scratch map in the reflection slot

setting refl glossy to .9 with "use interpolation" checked.

 

Sometimes I set the Fresnel IOR very low 1 or 2 also.

 

Hope that helps.