Shiney material

[Krisztian Gulyas]

Hi.

I used a preset for this material (brushed steel) and never got this result. Do you have any idea what could be the problem? Im using Max and Vray

Thanks

[Stanislav Orekhov]

The answer can be produced after you show the material information that you use, wire of model, uvw-map modifier settings. Show printscreens.

[Krisztian Gulyas]

I dont know what happened, but I read somewhere that if I turn off the sun visibility, those white dots will disappear and it worked.

[Corey Beaulieu]

That material is still jacked though. You shouldn't have to make the sun invisible to get a brushed metal to work.

 

What is the material setting you are using? It looks like a bump map set really high and then a chrome like material. This would not be correct. Are you using fresnel? highlight glossiness? a diffuse or reflection map? A good brushed metal will likely be fairly subtle and not very reflective.

 

Also, are you clamping your results in your color mapping?

 

I know you have your desired results, but if you can, screen capture your material settings, I think you might find an alternative method better than hiding your sun.

[Krisztian Gulyas]

[Corey Beaulieu]

There is no exact answer but a couple of things that i would change are:

 

Turn on fresnel. As the chaos group says in their short, "everything has fresnel." And brushed metal, a material that has a blurry kind of reflection, especially has fresnel. 1.6 will likely do just fine.

 

A cellular map is not likely your best choice. If you want to use a procedural map, try a noise on turbulence and tile it in one direction only. Use 1 in the U and 50 in the V. Or vice versa. You could also just use the anisotropy to emulate the blur.

 

Lastly, try using the reflection value you have but add a highlight glossiness. Unlock it and try a 0.7.

 

Using maps for each category is usually good for a nice subtle material, but you may want to start simple and jazz it up from there.

 

Good luck and turn your sun back to visible.