how to get real glass?

[Baldo]

even it should be a faq:

i love this IMAGE.. but how to get these effects?

http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/tutorials/fullprecision/images/elements-02.jpg

[murdoch]

search for some tutorials on caustics.

[Baldo]

caustic... thanks :)

[Petrik]

The topic says
"how to get real glass?"

In which case don't forget your air poly's.

[Baldo]

Originally posted by Petrik
The topic says
"how to get real glass?"

In which case don't forget your air poly's.

tell me more about "AIR POLY's"..
..what to search on google? :D

[Petrik]

Here's one of many explanations out there.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/9315/lw/tip4.htm

[Baldo]

tnx 4 the link...

...but it seems that i have some problems with configuring a good render in lightwave (caustic light is never activated in rendering overview, even i added a light with caustic ON).

[Laral]

check this out:

http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/LightwaveTuts/LWTutSet.html

not about caustics...but how to do good and correct glass in LW generally...also the topic with air-polys is well explained

there are another great tutorials on UV mapping

[richpr]

Turn Caustics on in Render Options and be prepared to wait... ;-)

Also check out info on the Fresnel shader and the Fresnel effect in general...