set up glass logo in 9.3

[JJShantell]

so 9.3 has the dielectric material in the Node Editor....great

anyone have any tips on how I can apply that to a object and make the Object appear to be photo realistic glass?

Ive been reading alot of posts here that say say "it has to reflect something" , "it all in the lighting" ect so I know that lighting and the Scene the object are in is critical....but I don't know how to construct the Scene.

This is for a print image, not animation.

It would be cool if I could have the effect of it being in a space with adequate reflections to create the glass effect but not a distracting scene. Like if it were on a photographers "product table" ---or is that impossible?

[Sarford]

Hi JJShantell,

That is very good possible. You can model a studio scene and place your object in it, using luminous polies as softboxes.
Another methode is using a reflection map. At Dosch design they have a multitude of dvd's with that stuff: DoschDesignStuff (http://www.doschdesign.com/products/hdri/?PHPSESSID=b42fd4161f3f5038126a5b59e9d056af)
The HDR images can also be used for lighting but you can also use them soly on the reflection.
I've even seen some studio-set-up HDR images somewhere but couldn't find them so quickly.

[Mr Maze]

This thread has some free material presets, tested times, and *a scene set up to light the object in the way you want*

http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72846&highlight=surface+presets

:)

[Docsimps]

Viper

[JJShantell]

This thread has--- *a scene set up to light the object in the way you want*

http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72846&highlight=surface+presets

:)


If I try to use that scene and load my object into it my object comes in so small I cant see it. How to increase size of my object in that Scene?

[Mr Maze]

Select the object and then press Shift h. this is the resize tool. drag to resize your object until it is appropriate...

Also check out your object's scale in modeler - when using nodes such as dielectric that use real-world physical properties, scale is important.

[JJShantell]

where do you check the scale in Modeler

[Cougar12dk]

It'll be shown in the lower left corner, where the position XYZ, HPR data normally is.