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Any tutorials for making sparkly materials.

WilmapWilmap Posts: 2,917
edited December 1969 in New Users

Are there any good tutorials to help me make a sparkly texture for an item of clothing I'm making, please?

I think I need to use specular, but not too sure on how to go about this.

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  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,572
    edited December 1969

    I would use a specular maps and a reflection maps with small spots of white on almost black.

    I just have to give it a try...

    sparkletest.jpg
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    sparklemap.jpg
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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    I must admit for my textures I very often make a dedicated reflection map, but then I use Poser, not sure if this would work in DS.

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,572
    edited December 1969

    You can use environment maps for reflections in DS, but I tend to dislike that as they reflections often comes out unnaturally bright, specially in darker renders. I like raytraced reflections, I know it's much slower but the results are so much better. Hang on, example coming up..

  • TotteTotte Posts: 13,572
    edited December 1969

    Raytrace vs. Reflectionmap. The only changes to the one on the left is that all reflectionmaps were removed.

    refmap.jpg
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  • WilmapWilmap Posts: 2,917
    edited December 1969

    Thank you both for the info.

    I'm trying to make something that looks like sparkly ice, but for fabric, if you know what I mean.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,328
    edited December 1969

    Have u tried the AOA SSS shader it has a sugar setting which kind of sparkles.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,328
    edited December 1969

    Is this the sort of thing you are looking to get.

    sparkle1_copy.jpg
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  • WilmapWilmap Posts: 2,917
    edited December 1969

    Yes something similar to that.:-)

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,328
    edited December 1969

    wilmap said:
    Yes something similar to that.:-)

    Sorry didn't get any notifications.
    That's done using AoA SSS Shader, with sugar setting and ambient set. I also set the SSS Material Type to Spectralon.
    Theres a map on the skirt in the diffuse and reflection strength but it works with out one.

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