Crystal

[Master chief]

was wondering if any one had any idea about making crystals and crystal formations

[zandoriastudios]

Doesn't seem like it would be harder than gems...

[petokosun]

full cool, how did u do ths.

[John Bigboote]

Great sample, Will.

 

Peto- He pretty much gives all the settings for how he did it right in the image.

[Master chief]

no i think he means how did he turn them into crystal , as i would like to know myself

[Eric2575]

I tried and came out with something less than pleasing. I used the radiosity settings above, but had no idea about light setup, how many lights, spot, klieg, AO, etc, or what properties to assign the gem. BTW, when I set the radiosity intensity to 1% I got almost no effect from it. I used 100% in the render below.

[petokosun]

i think your diamond needs some advancement Eric, but its cool

[John Bigboote]

I think Will did his sample back several versions of A:M ago... so you will need to test and adjust and use his settings as a starting-point as A:M has 'evolved' for the better since he created his image.

[Eric2575]

This is with 50% radiosity intensity and a light direction change. Worse than before

[Master chief]

while the reflection is poor you have the look i was looking for what material did you use or what setting did you sent to give it that look

[Eric2575]

Look at the material settings I posted above.

[largento]

Eric, try upping the Photon Samples and Sample Area. I did one with 500 for both and it smoothed things out a great deal.

 

[Eric2575]

Mark,

 

you hit the nail on the head. Here is the result with 500/500.

 

Thanks for the tip

[largento]

You are welcome. That really looks cool!

[Eric2575]

One more for the road

[Eric2575]

MC, have you got the hang of it? Lets see your render.