MATERIAL: Over bright reflection in car paint material

[Brute Guy]

Hello,

 

Just a quick question here I hope, I have this carpaint material which gives reflections of which I am not too happy with.

 

I am pleased with the reflections (grain effect) at point 'c' although the reflection of the floor appears to overide the grain effect leaving the base of the circle 'b' pretty lifeless. Also the base of the circle 'a' appears to be quite undershaddowed.

 

The top right image is what I am aiming for, but I was wondering if there is anything I am missing in tweeking this material.

 

Cheers

 

BG

[Stephen Thomas]

I think your basic material is fine, it's more the scene that is causing your 'problems'. The specks will only show up where it is reflecting a light source, since all your lights are above the ball then you won't get this showing up on the underside. And since your ground plane is quite light it is reflecting a lot of light back onto the ball which is why you don't have such strong shadows. I think the material is looking good.