Where to Find Shiny Metalic Coloring?
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Hi,
I'm at the point of wanting to apply a shiny, metallic, aluminum-looking finish to an airplane I'm building. The metallic textures that come with SketchUp are very limited. I've found some nice-looking .igm and .pigm files that I could download from websites. Can they be used in SketchUp? If yes, how is that done? If no, where can I find shiny metal textures?
Thanks,
Bill -
Are you going to render it? You can apply such materials inside rendering app.
Like here:
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=fileinfo&id=98
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=fileinfo&id=20 -
Yes, it's certainly possible to make nice shiny models in SU...but as numbthumb states, you'll need to render them in a 3rd Party renderer.
Native SU output is non-reflective. You can fake this with custom-made textures using painted highlights, but that will require quite a bit of work, a lot of skill and a decent paint program.
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Are there any free rendering programs you would recommend, or, failing that, any low-budget ones?
Bill
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Kerkythea is free, but maybe not that user friendly.
If you´re not going to spend too much money, try Twilight render. There is a demo version, although wuith a limited resolution output, but quite enough for a start.
Anyway, check this out: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=3220 -
Thanks, N.T. Very helpful.
Bill
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No problem. And post your progress
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