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Hi, i'm building this pieces and i wanted to look like this (see image) I'm thinking I need somehow two materials (glass and mirror) that fade into each other. any help will be much apreciated.

Use a gradient map to blend between a Chrome material and a glass material...

here's what I used. Hope it helps.

Hi Bubs, thanks for the reply. I cant open your scene. i get this message
Error: Failed to parse material: Found unexpected element 'max_extinction_coeff'. (In element 'basic', around line 6, column 9)

I'm afraid I've no idea what that means... It works for me OK.
Here's the blend map I used. Just use the preset 'Glass' or 'Tinted Glass' as Material A and the NK data preset for Chrome as Material B.

Thanks, I'm far from being a pro, so I don't really know how to create a blend material from scratch ( I tried with no luck)
I do have my ways around it though. I used this material and modified the image to yours, which works fine. but what if that non translucent material to be mirror?
So when it comes to blend materials you have a material A and B , what does the blend number below do? and how can i add a new material to the blend?

Create new material.
In Property editor choose 'Blend' from drop down menu.
Under the 'General' section choose 'texture' from the drop down menu and put in the texture I posted.
For Material A choose 'specular' and click the + to add medium.
For Material B choose 'phong' and choose cr.nk from the 'Nk data' drop down menu.

That's it!

elDiego wrote:Hi Bubs, thanks for the reply. I cant open your scene. i get this message
Error: Failed to parse material: Found unexpected element 'max_extinction_coeff'. (In element 'basic', around line 6, column 9)

Update Indigo to the latest version!
http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/vie ... =1&t=13163

I think I'm getting there, what do you think? just wish the fading was a bit more drastic.
thanks for the help!
ps. it doesn't let me attach the material

elDiego wrote:just wish the fading was a bit more drastic.

Just change the gradient map to fit your needs, it controls the fading. Double check that you use gama 2.2 for the texture in Indigo!

elDiego wrote:ps. it doesn't let me attach the material

Yes, maximum attachment size is 0.5 MB, that sucks!

Zom-B wrote:

elDiego wrote:just wish the fading was a bit more drastic.

Just change the gradient map to fit your needs, it controls the fading. Double check that you use gama 2.2 for the texture in Indigo!


hmmm..., what is the gama 2.2 for the texture. sorry if you find this obvius

See below

For a blend map, I'm not sure a gamma of 2.2 is always the best choice. If your gradient varies linearly from 0 to 255, a gamma of 1 will ensure that materials are blended linearly.

A gamma of 2.2 will unbalance towards material A.

galinette, when it comes to ANYTHING to do with textures I will bow to your knowledge!

galinette wrote:For a blend map, I'm not sure a gamma of 2.2 is always the best choice. If your gradient varies linearly from 0 to 255, a gamma of 1 will ensure that materials are blended linearly.
A gamma of 2.2 will unbalance towards material A.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a gradient created in PS or GIMP, saved as a RGB texture with gamma 2.2 (per default!) needs to be set in Indigo to have gamma 2.2 too, otherwise you get a shift in gradient strength.

I would really like some automated gamma extraction from textures and setting it correctly by default, so such "mistakes" are prevented from the start.

***EDIT***

Actually it seems I'm wrong here, did some test using that map for displacement, since its the best way to actually SEE whats going on: