Forum: Carrara

Subject: Glass Table

jk69 opened this issue on Jan 09, 2003 · 9 posts

jk69 posted Thu, 09 January 2003 at 1:18 PM

I am trying to render a table with glass table top in Carrara 2.1 (Mac). Anyone who can advise me on how to create a good glass-shader for that purpose (transparent but with the typical green-edge refraction). The shaders provided with the software so far did not produce satisfying results. Thank you!!

Nicholas86 posted Thu, 09 January 2003 at 2:57 PM

The one tip I have is make sure that the table has thickness or the glass won't look much like glass and my other tips is.... Check out these links: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=451993 http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=328448 http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=740688

MarkBremmer posted Fri, 10 January 2003 at 12:34 AM

Hi JK, Here's the glass table tutorial we spoke of. Cheers! Mark

Kixum posted Fri, 10 January 2003 at 2:10 AM

I'm unclear about what/where the rectangular layer does here? -Kix

-Kix

MarkBremmer posted Fri, 10 January 2003 at 6:00 AM

Hi Kix, It simply makes the edge darker than the bevel. Otherwise the edge is as bright as the bevel and becomes lost. Mark

MarkBremmer posted Fri, 10 January 2003 at 6:06 AM

Here's a close up... Mark

Kixum posted Fri, 10 January 2003 at 11:09 AM

Aha! Thanks, -Kix

-Kix

cckens posted Fri, 10 January 2003 at 6:52 PM

Well, If you're like my folks you go for the Kinda Translucent glass. This works well on an angle, but not so straight on. I used this one for the "Coffee and Donut" Contest a while back. Try it for shower doors, too. Ken ![dork.gif](http://market.renderosity.com/~carrara/emoticons/dork.gif)

Kixum posted Sat, 11 January 2003 at 2:29 PM

Throwing in a cellular in the refraction channel is another idea. -Kix

-Kix