Material and shader tips

Canden Picard · Nov 2009

So, I have gotten the same statement like 3 times "Your stuff looks like early 90's. Which I dont really take as an insult because I dont know a whole lot about shaders / render plugins / Material techniques. SO what are some must have tools for a modeller like me. If I want to go for that sci-fi photorealistic look. Also I can never seem to get my materials right. ANy good resources?

eld · Nov 2009

people can do some really sick realistic stuff with just the diffuse/normal/spec combo, without any fancy rendering techniques.

post an example and then people can tell you exactly where you need to go with it

Canden Picard · Nov 2009

Well, This model inparticular is just basic materials. I can never seem to get the gun metal look right. Just as an example.

Xoliul · Nov 2009

I'd forget software rendering if I were you. Just go realtime, I think it's easier and fatser if you use the right tools.
For that gun specifically, this might help you:
http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/create-beautiful-realtime-renders-using-the-xoliul-viewport-shader-in-3ds-max/

Keep in mind it depends on the quality of your textures as well.

Material and shader tips

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