Creating frosted glass?

[Macca23]

Hi,

 

I wasnt sure which section to post this in, as it doesnt let me post in the technical section. Im creating a bathroom scene and i want to have frosted glass on the window. Does anyone know any good ways to do this?

 

Cheers

[MrCAD]

Which rendering engine do you use ?

 

Meher

[Macca23]

Im using 3ds max 9 and rendering using vray.

[MrCAD]

Well download this script and put it your toolbar..its got frosted glass preset for vray

 

http://www.siger.lt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=38&lang=en

 

Meher

[BrianKitts]

Scroll down the following page to where it has the tutorial for acid glass. This is by far the best frosting of glass I've ever used. I'll warn you though it doesn't exactly go easy on the render times.

 

http://www.alzhem.com/sub1/tutorials.htm

 

There's a handful of other useful materials on there as well.

[JonasEm]

Glossiness in refraction.

Or http://www.vray-materials.de/all_materials.php?q=frosted+glass&Submit=Search

[Andres del Castillo]

Use the glossiness level in "Reflection" (Vray material). For more detail increase the subdivs. This reduces the noise.

Good luck

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Don't be afraid to render your frosted glass in a separate pass, or depending on your needs, render a mask, and create it in Photoshop.

[bijoy]

uhhh...i think a smoke or noise material in the bump map would be more than enough. just adjust the size of the smoke/noise material and it should do the trick. if u want something specific you can use an alpha/greyscale map in the bump slot as well. then just adjust the refraction or the level of bump you want to get the desired 'clarity' for the glass. hope this helps.