velvet material in vray for maya

[andersjohannesson]

Im trying to create a velvet material in v-ray for maya and need help.

 

I now have it set up with a sampler info node with facing ratio connected to a ramp. The ramp then has two textures applied, one dark and one light. This ramp then connects to the color of the Vraymtrl.

 

So far everything works fine and i get a nice rim effect.

 

But then i add a bump map to the material and thats when it goes wrong. I get the bump but the nice rim effect dissapears and the whole surface gets almost as light as the rim should be.

 

How can i get around this?

[Scott Schroeder]

http://jamiecardoso-mentalray.blogspot.com/2012/12/creating-velvetsuede-finish-with-v-ray.html

 

Can you post a screencap of what you are getting? Your bump might be too strong.

[andersjohannesson]

It doesnt seem to matter if i turn down the bump multiplier either. Its like the entire surface get only the light version of the texture, as soon as i plug a bump into the material.

 

I Will post a capture of the issue in monday when i get back home.

[andersjohannesson]

I actually managed to solve this issue. I used a vray bump mtrl, plugged in the vraymtrl as base material and that did it.

[Rich O]

Interesting... Might be worth reporting this on the Chaos group forums?