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Re: Zenith
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lugnet.cad.ray
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Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:47:30 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Travis Kunce wrote:
   1st off why does the windscreen look like its frosted.

I’ve noticed this effect too, and I wonder if this doesn’t have something to do with the Ldraw parts not being modeled as solids, so with transparent pieces you get some artifacts from the reflectivity of the inner and outer surfaces of the part. Have you tried using the windscreen part from Anton Raves’ library? (See here for a compatibility wrapper by Steve Bliss: http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/parts/?n=4794) The renders on Anton’s site have very natural-looking trans windscreens.

   2nd what can I do to keep the whites from washing out.

What are your lighting settings? I find the lights need to be set very low if not completely off (when using radiosity) to avoid that overexposed look.

Nice render overall.

Tom



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(...) As additional follow-up, both of these issues may be improved a bit if you use the lugnet color files, assuming you were not already doing so. There's an option for this in the latest radiosity include file at www.digitalbricks.nl -- the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)

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  Zenith
 
Hey guys I'm still at it and I think you'll like what i've done... (URL) off why does the windscreen look like its frosted. 2nd what can I do to keep the whites from washing out. else I'm in love with rendering... I"m going to uprage the processor (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)

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