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Technical discussions => General discussion => Topic started by: lukemcgonnell on June 11, 2014, 05:21:04 AM

Title: Advanced materials_cloudy plastics
Post by: lukemcgonnell on June 11, 2014, 05:21:04 AM
Hi guys,

Hoping one of you will be able to help me with this one. I am a pretty regular user of keyshot but am having difficulty getting the desired result when using the advanced material setting. I have played with all of the settings in realtime and render output tabs and still have no luck.

I am looking to create a cloudy plastic but with a shiney surface. I know the advanced material setting should work for this. glass/solid glass/dielectric materials aren't an option for me as they have too much refraction and look to glassy (surprisingly!).

I have attached 2 images to show the result I keep on getting: plastic appearance 1, plastic appearance 2 (apologies for the resolution).

I have also attached screenshots of all my settings tabs for reference.

Any help would be much appreciated, look forward to hearing any feedback.

Title: Re: Advanced materials_cloudy plastics
Post by: thomasteger on June 11, 2014, 05:41:27 AM
Are you on KeyShot 5? There are cloudy plastics in the KeyShot Cloud.
Title: Re: Advanced materials_cloudy plastics
Post by: lukemcgonnell on June 11, 2014, 05:43:58 AM
Not yet on keyshot 5, running version 4.3 atm. Will be upgrading soon. Will I need KS5 to use these materials?
Title: Re: Advanced materials_cloudy plastics
Post by: thomasteger on June 11, 2014, 05:46:14 AM
Yes.

I believe there are some posts on the forum that have cloudy plastic materials attached. Also, the KeyShot library provides some. And of course there is our quick tip: https://youtu.be/Gm3vaJH6qgo