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Using Gloss Coats to Stimulate Specularity
Using Gloss Coats to Stimulate Specularity

            

Using Gloss Coats to Stimulate Specularity
Description: Here I demonstrate the use of Gloss Coats to boost specular response. A gloss coat layer is just a duplicate of whatever you want to add gloss to, made larger by 0.01 bryce units, and the "Standard Glass" material applied. All of the inner/main spheres have the SAME metal texture applied.

From left to right:

#1: Sphere with gloss coat shell. Negative and positive booleans to create a hollow gloss coat.

#2: Original metal material. No gloss coat.

#3: Sphere with gloss coat.

#4: Sphere with gloss coat. Gloss coat has no specularity.

Which one do you think looks more real???
Added by: icecreamman
Keywords: icecreamman, gloss, coat, s, stimulate, specular, ity
Date: 08.08.2007 00:46
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LitoNico
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Join Date: 05.07.2004
Comments: 242
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This is an excellent test, and one I've been wondering about... turns out that specularity doesn't actually happen, it's just a by-product of reflection, what you've illustrated here. Then again, Bryce specularity is really useful by any standards, so I think this technique should be reserved for making, well, a glossy effect.

Could we see some render times for specularity vs. glossiness, to get an idea of the time involved?
08.08.2007 01:42 Offline LitoNico LitoNico at aol.com
rashadcarter1
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Join Date: 06.04.2006
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Working in layers has many benefits. Myself, I'm not sure I can tell the difference between example 1 and 3. What do you mean by "hollow?" As an added test, could you produce these specular bright spots without the layering? It seems to me that the blue ball itself could be made to "shine" exactly as the water ball. The thing to keep in mind about transparent water materials is bryce is that the render engine automatically calculates a certain amount of reflection when transparency and refraction are both engaged.
08.08.2007 02:43 Offline rashadcarter1 rashadcarter1 at aol.com
icecreamman
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Join Date: 05.18.2007
Comments: 130
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Gloss doesn't add much to the render time, but exact times I'm not sure. I'll let you know.

By hollow, I mean 1 positive sphere with "Standard Glass" that is 0.01 times larger than the metal sphere, grouped with a negative sphere, "Standard Glass", that is the same size of the metal sphere. Essentially, a the gloss coat is a hollowed out sphere instead of a solid sphere. I don't really think 1 and 3 are much different. But I thought I'd try it out just to see.

Yes I could use transparency and refraction, etc., but that would involve caustics and possibly longer renders, so I think a gloss coat would be easier. Especially since it doesn't boost the render time that much.
08.08.2007 12:16 Offline icecreamman jtemple032 at yahoo.com
richter
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Join Date: 04.15.2004
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This one reminds me of something I did awhile ago, when Bryce 6 still wasn't released.

Here #1 and #3 I like the most. Maybe because they are equals, since the negative #1sphere has the same blue-metal material as #3, so it seems to me all the same whether you use negative-cut or just 2 neutrals/positive objs to present the Gloss Coats. By the way, you can try to put something specular and bumpy at the same time for the inner sphere. Also this example you're showing here can simulate very successfully a car paint texture.
08.08.2007 13:52 Offline richter richter at cold-may.com


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