damn caesar stone

[mahorela]

Hi all

 

I'm trying to get a good caesar stone texture happening complete with the glint in some areas etc.......for those who don't know or if it's called something different in other countries, caesar stone is a man made granite like material made from crushed quartz (or so I'm told).

 

I'm using max and vray so if anyone has any ideas they would be much appreciated.

 

thanks

[Tamir]

Try using a glow map in which only the glittering parts of the texture are active, along with a reflection map using the same trick I.E partially active.

 

You can use the original Caesarstone image to produce both this maps in photoshop.

[shaneis]

Sort of agree with Tamir, though I wouldn't use "glow", but instead use a combination of colour/transparency/translucency maps. If you're going to have the camera up close, a specular map would also help. Not sure of the Max/ V-Ray equivalent, but in Maya, I'd be using a layered shader (not layered texture) so you could have more control over each map. To be really accurate, you'd need to plug the reflecting/ refracting maps into the facing angle of the camera/ light source.

 

Note too, that caesar stone doesn't have to be granite - you can choose from a range of "grits", or even supply your own.

[mahorela]

thanks guys

 

I solved the problem using a scatter compound object and a vray light material which gave me great control over the glint but of course added to the poly count ever so slightly. I will still try for a material solution though and if I'm able to I will post the result.

 

thanks again