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1. Gloss and Fresnel when it comes to Specularity and Reflections

   

   Topic by kodde · Oct 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hey guys, I'm doing some planning on a shader and I cannot decide upon if I should have a separate Gloss/Roughness for the specularity and reflections or if they should use the same value/texture? Same issue if I want to modulate the specularity and reflections with a fresnel term, do I want the same amount of frensel…

2. Re: Gloss and Fresnel when it comes to Specularity and Reflections

   

   Reply by kodde · Oct 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thank you for your feedback. I agree with what you're saying. I'll go for keeping them together unless someone points a good reason not to.

3. Re: Gloss and Fresnel when it comes to Specularity and Reflections

   

   Reply by cman2k · Oct 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Most engines let you tweak these independently. That being said, I prefer to keep them tied together and tweaked/modified so they work as expected. As you said, they influence the same phenomena and when they are separate it's just way easier for a novice to get them out of sync and not understand why things "don't look…