Car Paint Material V-Ray for SketchUp

August 9, 2011

Here are the settings that Jonathan Ignas uses in V-Ray for SketchUp, to achieve a really convincing car paint material for all your  automotive renders.

1. ‘Reflection Layer’ with the settings shown below and you then duplicate it so you have a second layer called ‘Reflection 1 Layer’.

Reflection Layer then Duplicate Reflection Layer

2. In the image below are the settings for ‘Reflection1 Layer’ and the ‘Diffuse Layer’.

Diffuse Layer and Reflection1 Layer Settings

And a final render using the car paint material.

Final Render

An example of one of the many car renders Jonathan has done.

Car Render

You can enjoy more of Jonathan’s work and tips on his personal blog here.

Green Glass Material V-Ray for SketchUp

August 3, 2011

You know sometimes when you look at glass it has a nice slight green tint to it. This is the iron oxide content in it. The more iron oxide in it the greener the glass, or the thicker the glass the same effect occurs. Looking at the end of a piece of glass you can see the same effect too, because you are looking at inches of it. In this tip, Jonathan Pagaduan Ignas shows us his settings for achieving this green tint you often see.

This my green glass material. These are the settings I usually use it in my interior rendering. It gives the glass a nice realistic green tint to it.

Green Glass V-Ray Settings

Here are some sample renders showing these glass settings.

Daytime Render

Night Time Render

I hope you found this tip useful!

Jonathan

Jonathan is based in San Vicente, Victoria, Tarlac in the Philippines. His areas of expertise include architectural planning and designing, 3D modeling and 3D visualization. He is skilled in Photoshop, Autocad, SketchUp, V-Ray for SketchUp and Photoscape. You can see more of Jonathan’s work here on his website.

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NewTutorial – Glass Reflection Effect – SketchUp and V-Ray

August 3, 2011

3rd August 2011 @ 3:30pm

Our latest tutorial by Jonathan Ignas, takes you through some basic steps on how to get a great reflection onto your glass, for added realism, using SketchUp and V-ray for SketchUp.

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