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Creating realistic glass material in 3DS MAX

by Mike Nuts o n Mar.19 , 20 0 3, under Tuto rials

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Gallery updates New artist: Marko Vuko ta Gallery update Gallery update In this tuto rial yo u will learn ho w to create a realistic glass material and turn o ur chess pawn into a realistic glass o bject. Key terms include reflectio n, refractio n, o pacity, and fall-o ff. This tuto rial is aimed at the beginner, but since there are several ways to create glass, it might be interesting fo r everyo ne else as well. Altho ugh this tuto rial is based o n 3D Studio Max, the same settings apply to many o ther 3D pro ducts.

Not e: Click o n the thumbnail in each step fo r a larger screensho t that includes the viewpo rts and the relevant po rtio n
o f the user interface.

St ep 1 Because this tuto rial co vers o nly ho w to create the glass material yo u need to add an
o bject to yo ur scene yo urself. This can be anything fro m the simple pawn we use (do wnlo ad the chess pawn here) to the so phisticated high detail mo dels yo u create.

St ep 2 Press the M key to o pen the Material Edito r (o r select Material Editor fro m the
Rendering menu) and rename the first material to Glass.

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Drag the material to yo ur o bject in the scene to assign it.

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Set the Ambient and Diffuse co lo r o f the material to black. And set the Specular Level to 275 and Glossiness to 45.

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Click o n the blank square butto n after Opacity and add a Falloff map. Set the Falloff Type to Fresnel (click here fo r an additio nal screen sho t).

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Go up o ne level, back to the Glass material, by cho o sing Glass fro m the dro p do wn menu (where it says Map #3, see the additio nal screen sho t.)

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No w that the main Glass material is select again, scro ll do wn in the Material Editor and add a new Raytrace map in the Refraction slo t. Set the Refraction level to 8 0 .

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To make the reflectio ns and the co lo rs smo o th, instead o f grainy, yo u will have to enable Supersampling fo r the Glass material (just abo ve the Maps ro llo ut. Enable the o ptio n Enable Sampler and cho o se a metho d fro m the list. In mo st cases the Max 2.5 Star will do just fine, but if yo ur machine can handle it, yo u can try o thers that may give better results.

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Yo u can press F9 no w to do a quick render, but it wo nt lo o k much like glass yet. First yo u will need to make so me changes to yo ur scene, the enviro nment. Remember that glass is almo st entirely transparent and can be seen o nly because o f the reflectio ns o f light and o bjects in its surro undings. Lets start with adding a gro und plane. Assign it a wo o d material fro m the Material Library (we used the default Wo o d_Ashen). Make sure the plane is large as sho wn in the screen sho t.

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Next, lets makes so me changes to the enviro nment as the glass will need so mething to reflect. Yo u can add o bject and a sky and such yo urself, but fo r the sake o f this tuto rials an enviro nment map will do . Fro m the Rendering menu, select Environment (o r press 8 ). Click the big empty butto n belo w Environment Map and select Background_Mountains (o r any o ther backgro und) fro m the Mtl Library.

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If yo u render yo ur scene again, yo u will see it will lo o k very different and really glass-like. Ho wever, there are ways to make it mo re realistic. Yo u co uld start by enabling the 2-Sided o ptio n fo r the Glass material. This will allo w us to see the inside o f the mo del. Click the thumb o n the right fo r mo re info . Render again, and no tice the difference, if any. The results wo nt always lo o k go o d, depending o n the mo del.

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Lets try ano ther trick I like to use to make the glass mo re realistic, altho ugh it will make the glass o bject a ho llo w o bject (which is fine fo r many glass o bjects and o ften even desired). Select yo ur o bject and press CTRL-V (select Co py and click OK) to clo ne it. Apply a Push mo difier to the clo ne and set the push value to -0 .5 (try o ther values after rendering to check which wo rks best fo r yo ur mo del).

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In the Material Edito r make a co py o f the Glass material and name it Glass Int. Make sure the o ptio n 2-Sided is enabled fo r the Glass Int material but disabled fo r the Glass material. Assign the Glass Int material to the clo ne and make sure the o riginal Glass material is assigned to the o utside mo del.

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Render again (F9 o r F10 ) and no tice the difference. Yo u sho uld end up with so mething similar as sho wn o n the right. The actual result will depend mo stly o n the geo metry o f yo ur mo del and its enviro nment. Try o ut different backgro und and check o ut the results.

This co ncludes my glass material tuto rial. Thanks fo r reading!

I ho pe yo u enjo yed this tuto rial and that it co ntributed so mething to yo ur skills and kno wledge! This tuto rial is created o riginally fo r 3Dvalley.co m. Yo u are no t allo wed to redistribute this tuto rial in any fo rm.

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40 comments for this entry:

3d don
Fe b ruary 9 th, 20 0 9 o n 10 :25 am

this tuto rial is very very nice.really useful to beginers

Dante Escamilla
Marc h 9 th, 20 0 9 o n 5:11 p m

Pretty co o l and useful tuto rial; co ngrats.

nemiga & co
Marc h 9 th, 20 0 9 o n 7:11 p m

co o l, thanx fo r help no w its mo re lo o ks like glass

sker
Marc h 21s t, 20 0 9 o n 1:30 p m

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Wo w, that is exactly what I was lo o king fo r, thanks a lo t!

hossein3d
Ap ril 25th, 20 0 9 o n 11:34 am

hi,tnx fo r this wo rk

aps126
May 27th, 20 0 9 o n 1:12 am

thank u.thank-u its a very very nice tuto rial and its very helpful to all beginners. I suffered fo r two days to make a fro sty glass fro m o ther tuto rial,but with this ive do ne it in 20 minutes. thank yo u

David Banning
May 28 th, 20 0 9 o n 12:53 p m

Still a go o d tuto rial after all these year. Thanks

kion
J uly 9 th, 20 0 9 o n 12:35 am

is there a reaso n why it lo o ks black then i render its glass im trying to do an animatio n with it but cant please help

Embun
J uly 11th, 20 0 9 o n 11:17 p m

thank yo u so much.. this is very-very helpful. But in the end o f this tuto rial, (cmiiw) it lo o ks like a pawn fro m acrylic than glass perhaps, mo re shinny and clear needed.. ho w?

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genX
J uly 11th, 20 0 9 o n 11:23 p m

bro ur go o dkeep up..thanx

jed
J uly 25th, 20 0 9 o n 6 :25 am

Thank yo u so much fo r this tuto rial. Ive been lo o king fo r a easy but go o d glass tuto rial fo r ages. Yo urs is the best o ne that Ive fo und. Thanks

Ivan
Aug us t 10 th, 20 0 9 o n 8 :33 p m

Omg.. The best o f the best this is the mo st usefull tuto rial fo r beginner that i see in the web. Thank yo u so much fo r share yo ur kno wledges. Thank yo u so much, FROM PERU!

nix
Se p te mb e r 7th, 20 0 9 o n 10 :31 p m

Thank yo u very much, it(o o ps!!) helped a lo t.

Merijn
O c to b e r 1s t, 20 0 9 o n 2:49 am

Excellent tuto rial! Much appreciated!

rommah
O c to b e r 27th, 20 0 9 o n 12:20 am

Aweso me! Co o lness! Thank yo u so much sensei! exactly what im lo o king fo r! really easy and fun!=) the rendering went slo wer tho ugh, bec o f all the refractio n etc(and a inferio r hardware).. but this tuto rial is big big
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help!! thank yo u again! =)

malcr001
No ve mb e r 8 th, 20 0 9 o n 10 :14 am

Hi this is a great tuto rial but o ne thing, I get these sharp blue pixels acro ss the cup fo r so me reaso n can anyo ne help, there mo stly o n o ne side? Other than this it lo o ks great but I need to get rid o f tho se blue lines! Theres no thing in the scene that is blue it is rather o dd. Please help asap! Also what do es the push mo difier do ?

**NiKs**
No ve mb e r 11th, 20 0 9 o n 8 :0 2 am

thats gud

KenDo- RafflesHCM
De c e mb e r 11th, 20 0 9 o n 4:0 1 am

Thank u to o much i go t it fro m u ^^

jack
De c e mb e r 26 th, 20 0 9 o n 12:38 p m

go o d tut! but i do have a questio n. what abo ut shado ws? i used a bo x to design a do o r, and a o mni light fro m the side . but when rendering , i get a shado w like if its no t a glass at all.. what to do ??

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J anuary 17th, 20 10 o n 8 :10 am

Very simple and useful tuto rial and well presented Thanks.

Strat
J anuary 28 th, 20 10 o n 11:0 5 am

Very go o d tuto rial. It lo o ks great but iwas wo ndering if it wo uld be po ssible to change the co lo r I am tring to make o bsidian?

akshay
Fe b ruary 25th, 20 10 o n 4:56 am

hay thanks yar it very vary nice

tina
Ap ril 12th, 20 10 o n 7:36 am

well presented, thanks

Sumit
May 2nd , 20 10 o n 10 :52 am

thanx fo r help its really nice

c,j
May 27th, 20 10 o n 12:36 p m

co o l and useful tuto rialno w its mo re lo o ks like glass

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lol
J une 5th, 20 10 o n 9 :25 am

Thanks a lo t. I was lo o king aro und the net fo r so me useful glass material and I fo und this useful tuto rial. It easy to understand and it really help me alo t in my assignment. =) thx!!!

ravi
J une 21s t, 20 10 o n 9 :18 am

thanks fo r pro viding step wise pro cedure.

jenny
J une 22nd , 20 10 o n 5:30 am

big thanks it helps a lo t

utkarsh
J uly 7th, 20 10 o n 8 :31 am

thanx a lo t dudeit was a great help

sachin
J uly 10 th, 20 10 o n 11:32 p m

thanks thanks its nice and helpful fo r me

Piotr Pisz cz ek
Aug us t 5th, 20 10 o n 4:0 1 am

Why when i am rendering, where are white flash the backgro und o f that po ly beco mes black, o ther surface that are do sent reflecting any light o n surface lo o k very go o d. The light difractio n inside glass lo o k go o d to o . But when i make fo r example a sphere there is a black squares o n to p o f it whit white flash What i am do ing wro ng?

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khusro
Aug us t 7th, 20 10 o n 1:0 4 p m

thanks! fo r teaching a excellent mo del

khusro
Aug us t 7th, 20 10 o n 1:0 6 p m

if u have so me mo re tips o n lights effect, ho w to set alight, pls sho w me

lilia
Aug us t 9 th, 20 10 o n 2:32 p m

thanks fo r these very info rmative and easy to fo llo w tuto rial.Ive searched a lo t, but this is o ne the bestId ever seen keep o n po sting o f different techniques.Thanks!!!

Sneha
Aug us t 11th, 20 10 o n 2:32 am

Thanks U so much! Such nice n easy tuts.

godieboy
Aug us t 24th, 20 10 o n 3:21 am

great is just that im lo king fo r thanks man, yo u are a crack! its a great tuto rial a needed to do a tube fo r chemistry thanks again

buddyharry
Se p te mb e r 6 th, 20 10 o n 3:0 6 am

Aweso me tuto rials fo r beginners..

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Kelly
O c to b e r 5th, 20 10 o n 9 :23 am

THANKS SO MUCH IT WORKED SO WELL IM SO HAPPY I CAN NOW MAKE GLASS VERY WELL YAYZIEEZZ Wo o ps, I fo rgo t caps was o n.. LAWLZ AGAIN THANKZZZ

Josh
O c to b e r 12th, 20 10 o n 7:21 p m

Great, easy to fo llo w tuto rial. Thanks fo r po sting!

Lahiru Aruna
O c to b e r 17th, 20 10 o n 12:0 1 am

Thank yo u very much It,s really go o d and easy as well so keep do ing this aweso me wo rk

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