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    Grasshopper lamp

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    • StinkieS Offline
      Stinkie
      last edited by

      Thanks, Massimo. πŸ˜„

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      • massimoM Offline
        massimo Moderator
        last edited by

        Thank you very much for the kind words guys. πŸ˜„
        Tom it's a pretty simple mat. The diffuse map is a painted wood texture I made by mixing some photos. Also was a bit desaturated in Thea. In the roughness slot I inverted the specular map.
        Cattura.JPG

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        • olisheaO Offline
          olishea
          last edited by

          so white = rough, black = smooth? For roughness slot?

          Lovely work. Liking the wood block!

          oli

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          • unrealVizU Offline
            unrealViz
            last edited by

            Beautiful scene. And I love this lamp.

            @frederik said:

            You're a master in making fairly simple scenes look stunning...! πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

            Agree. The mastery in materials is responsible for this. Probably. Partly at least. πŸ˜„

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            • N Offline
              notareal
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              @olishea said:

              so white = rough, black = smooth? For roughness slot?

              yes.

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              • massimoM Offline
                massimo Moderator
                last edited by

                Thanks guys. πŸ˜„
                Oli it's a free sample by Bertrand Benoit. A bit low res though. πŸ˜„

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                • allanxA Offline
                  allanx
                  last edited by

                  Wow! love the render...

                  allanx

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                  • massimoM Offline
                    massimo Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Glad you like it Allan. πŸ˜„

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                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      In the More Settings I see saturation -50 but no inversion?

                      Really nice btw. Such a gifted talent for material setup.

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                      • massimoM Offline
                        massimo Moderator
                        last edited by

                        That -50 in saturation is for the diffuse map and that "more settings" panel shows the settings of the tone mapping for the diffuse map. In the screenshot you can see to which map is related the "more settings" panel by checking the coloured "texture" button near to the texture in the main mat panel. The inverted spec map is in the roughness slot.
                        If you do left click on the "texture" button in solid mode view you can see how that texture is applied on the model. If you do right click then the "more settings" panel will appear.
                        Anyway here you have the ss for the spec & rough maps.
                        Hope I understood your question. πŸ˜„
                        spec.JPG
                        rough.JPG

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                        • hellnbakH Offline
                          hellnbak
                          last edited by

                          Very nice render, very realistic (although all this render-jargon stuff goes right over my head)

                          Curious tho - why is it called a Grasshopper lamp? Did Caine have one when he was training on "Kung Foo"?

                          "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                          • massimoM Offline
                            massimo Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Thanks Steve. πŸ˜„

                            @unknownuser said:

                            Curious tho - why is it called a Grasshopper lamp?

                            Perhaps because it reminds a grasshopper? πŸ˜›

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                            • hellnbakH Offline
                              hellnbak
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                              @massimo said:

                              Thanks Steve. πŸ˜„

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Curious tho - why is it called a Grasshopper lamp?

                              Perhaps because it reminds a grasshopper? πŸ˜›

                              Well, that was my first thought. But I looked and looked at it and I just don't see a grasshopper there. Maybe a praying mantis?

                              Well, anyhow, really nice work.

                              "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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