airBrushScene2

[kizo]

Hi this is a wip scene, mostly to test various mat. setup.
Lightning is just phys. sun+sky+ phys.camera
I have some problems in creating a good looking plastic material for the plastic glasses.As it is now it misses slight reflections, but when I try to turn them on the translucent/sss effect disappears.
also I haven't been able to setup caustics (both refracted & reflected) so any tips are welcome.
thanks
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4193/airscena4px7.jpg

[marshalartist]

Looks great the lighting looks spot on, some of the materials could do with having a bit more contrast. There is a lot of noise creeping in and poor anti-aliasing, do you have really low settings? Did it take long to render?

[kizo]

yes its only for preview, so settings are quite low and it rendered very fast
should some lights be placed on the openings in scenes like this?
would this speed up the rendering?

as for caustics how can we adjust the sun radius to include the scene?
in max you have to link the camera to the sun and than you can adjust the sun radius in viewport.......I wasnt able to do so in c4d using the infinite light?
also when reflected caustics are turned on some white dots appear in the scene.