Good neutral background for testing materials

FutureMan · 06-05-2003, 04:31 AM

I'm trying to tweak my glass and water materials, however I need a background\plane for it to cast caustics onto.

In this case I'm just using an oversized box with flipped normals and a solid color, however it's kind of hard to tell how good the materials actually look. In the end if I use black, grey, or white it is hard to tell with the clear materials. Other colors make it even worse and can affect how colored glass/water looks.

So what's the best background to test against? A solid color, if so what color? Maybe some kind of image? What image?

Torlok2002 · 06-05-2003, 05:49 AM

with glass, try a checkerboard material. You can see how it refracts the image.

FutureMan · 06-05-2003, 07:44 AM

It kind of works but not really. Actually the cellular gives a much better effect if you turn the size and spread up.

I guess I'll just have to try a variety and see how it looks with each one.

06-05-2003, 04:31 AM	#1
FutureMan Feels Good Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 477 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Good neutral background for testing materials I'm trying to tweak my glass and water materials, however I need a background\plane for it to cast caustics onto. In this case I'm just using an oversized box with flipped normals and a solid color, however it's kind of hard to tell how good the materials actually look. In the end if I use black, grey, or white it is hard to tell with the clear materials. Other colors make it even worse and can affect how colored glass/water looks. So what's the best background to test against? A solid color, if so what color? Maybe some kind of image? What image? __________________ Are you a member of the Feelgoods? Last edited by FutureMan; 06-05-2003 at 04:43 AM..

06-05-2003, 05:49 AM	#2
Torlok2002 Insanity at its best. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 530 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	with glass, try a checkerboard material. You can see how it refracts the image. __________________ www.perfected-insanity.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------- There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who can read binary and those who cannot. ------------------------------------------- Windows has detected that your mouse has been moved. Please reboot for changes to take effect.

06-05-2003, 07:44 AM	#3
FutureMan Feels Good Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 477 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It kind of works but not really. Actually the cellular gives a much better effect if you turn the size and spread up. I guess I'll just have to try a variety and see how it looks with each one. __________________ Are you a member of the Feelgoods? Last edited by FutureMan; 06-05-2003 at 07:48 AM..

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