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Looking for Transparent plastic shaders for iray?

Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
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Is there any set that includes transparent plastic shaders. I've seen regular solid plastic and glass but looking to make some transparent tubing... That isn't shiny like glass.

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    Use the slid glass, if the tubing is modeled with 'thickness' and change the Refraction Index to between 1.46 and 1.50 and cut back a bit on the reflection.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    I'd have to double check, but I think one of Mec4D's shader sets came with somewhat transparent looking rubber and latex shaders that look plastic in her Vol. 2 set.  I can look and do a quick render in a bit when my current render is done if you don't have it.  What type of object are you trying to put it on?  If I have something similar, I can use that for a render so you can see what it looks like.

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,763
    edited December 2016

    I've used the gummi bear shaders from that MECH4D set and they look plastic but what mjc1016 said works too

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175

    I have some transparent colored PVC latex shaders up on ShareCG. If you remove the color ya should be good to go :). They do look like plastic and not glass.

    Laurie

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    Thanks! I'm looking for shaders to use on tubes that conduct fluid and air  And tubes with ribbing.  So I want them to look plastic and rubbery, for iray. renders

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    Okay, so I don't have a lot of tubing in my library, apparently.  The best I could do was either the Steampunk Vents or the Tree of Life.  I kind of liked the idea of updating that Tree so I went with that.  It's kind of cool looking.  I might have to play with it some more.  I didn't swap out everything.  I left a few metal parts in there, but most of this is done with different colors of the Plastic (and it is a plastic shader) shaders in Mec4D's Vol. 2 Shaders.  They are semi-transparent and they look pretty good.  You can see right through them.  I didn't play with any settings these are just how they come with the set.  It would have taken a lot longer on my system to render this out fully.  This took about 20 minutes in CPU only on my system.

    I would have linked it, but the store is messed up again.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    Neato! Thanks! I will check out that set. I like your man in the tree of life. That is a cool look.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    Yeah, I'm definitely going to have to play with that some more.  I'd like to see what I can do with that.  :)

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited December 2016

    Here's mine....a clear version of the PVC latex shaders I made (on ShareCG - link in my sig). It's not a full cook, but you get the idea I hope ;). If you like it I'll upload the recipe tomorrow. Naturally, it's going to look its best on a mesh with thickness like the tubes in the attached pic....

     

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited December 2016

    Well, here it is anyway...maybe someone can use it. There are no settings to change past the end of the second row of uber shader. This is the soft, somewhat rubbery kind of clear tubing, like maybe you'd get with a fishtank or something ;)

     

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  • gunnar10gunnar10 Posts: 7

    Serene Night, Are you looking at medical type tubing? I.E. Infusion lines, syringes? 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,280
    AllenArt said:

    Well, here it is anyway...maybe someone can use it. There are no settings to change past the end of the second row of uber shader. This is the soft, somewhat rubbery kind of clear tubing, like maybe you'd get with a fishtank or something ;)

     

    That looks good to me.

  • MattymanxMattymanx Posts: 6,997

    Either of these two from my experiance

     

    Mec4d PBS Shaders vol.2

    http://www.daz3d.com/mec4d-pbs-shaders-vol-2-for-iray

     

    E1 Fantastic Plastic

    http://www.daz3d.com/e1-fantastic-plastic-iray-synthetic-shader-presets-for-daz-studio

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
    gunnar10 said:

    Serene Night, Are you looking at medical type tubing? I.E. Infusion lines, syringes? 

    That would be nice and similar to what I want. In sci-fi you can never have enough of tubes hoses and wires. Attach to various parts.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
    Mattymanx said:

     

    E1 Fantastic Plastic

    http://www.daz3d.com/e1-fantastic-plastic-iray-synthetic-shader-presets-for-daz-studio

    These look awesome! I must've missed these

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
    AllenArt said:

    thWell, here it is anyway...maybe someone can use it. There are no settings to change past the end of the second row of uber shader. This is the soft, somewhat rubbery kind of clear tubing, like maybe you'd get with a fishtank or something ;)

     

    Nice job! Thanks!

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,088

    That tubing is great. I find 'custom curve' stuff to be like space magic at this point...

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175

    This is a better one. I wasn't happy with the blurred edges ;). Had to upload it since there was an extra step required that couldn't be shown on a picture of the uber shader sliders.

    Laurie

     

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited December 2016

     

    timmins.william said:

    That tubing is great. I find 'custom curve' stuff to be like space magic at this point...

    Yes, it can be. LOL

    Laurie

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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    Mattymanx said:

    Either of these two from my experiance

     

    Mec4d PBS Shaders vol.2

    http://www.daz3d.com/mec4d-pbs-shaders-vol-2-for-iray

     

    E1 Fantastic Plastic

    http://www.daz3d.com/e1-fantastic-plastic-iray-synthetic-shader-presets-for-daz-studio

    Oh, forgot about the second one.  I have those, too!  I'll have to take them out and play.

  • grinch2901grinch2901 Posts: 1,247
    AllenArt said:

    This is a better one. I wasn't happy with the blurred edges ;). Had to upload it since there was an extra step required that couldn't be shown on a picture of the uber shader sliders.

    Laurie

     

    Excelent shader work, looks incredible. Thanks, I'll defimnitely use this for some things!

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited December 2016
    timmins.william said:

    That tubing is great. I find 'custom curve' stuff to be like space magic at this point...

    Was great for the tubing and shiny latex pvc because both are shiny but not necessarily reflective. You can control that with custom curves, but not with weighted top coat, which is what I see most people using for shiny latex. It's too reflective for that and no way to tone down the reflections. That's where the custom curve comes in ;).

    Laurie

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  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,296
    AllenArt said:

    This is a better one. I wasn't happy with the blurred edges ;). Had to upload it since there was an extra step required that couldn't be shown on a picture of the uber shader sliders.

    Laurie

     

    Nice!  Thank you!

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,280

    What is this thing called "Custom Cureve"?

  • nobody1954nobody1954 Posts: 933
    barbult said:

    What is this thing called "Custom Cureve"?

    I'm not sure, but it sounds fancy and expensive.

  • nobody1954nobody1954 Posts: 933

    E1 Fantastic Plastic

    Oh, and thank you Mattymanx. Something to use my PC coupon on this month.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175

    It's one of the specular settings on the Top Coat on the Iray Uber shader. Ya have Reflective, Fresnel, Weighted and Custom Curve.

    Laurie

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,088

    Custom curve seems to be the core of whatever magic powers makes Anagenessis look so good. No idea why or how.

    But it DOES

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