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help with chrome plz :)

hi can someone show me how to make smooth shiney chrome for cinema 4d release 8 plz thx

Go into the material's settings and turn off everything apart from Reflection. For a brushed look you could also set the dispersion to around 60-80%. Dispersion can slow down render times though so you might not want to use too much.

Last edited by Aleks, August 29th, 2004 08:37 AM (Edited 1 times)

whats dispersion srry i dont know plz explain thx:confused:

You wont need it anyway since you're wanting a smooth chrome look. But dispersion simulates tiny bumps on the surface to give the reflection a blurred look as the reflection is scattered. This is like giving the material a very fine bumpmap and turning up the anti-aliasing.

In the attached image, the left sphere has no dispersion and the right sphere has a dispersion of 65%.

thats cool thx bro but do i have to have a bagckground for the the chrome to look like that?

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Originally posted by silent-
thats cool thx bro but do i have to have a bagckground for the the chrome to look like that?

yes, you're going to need to learn how to use HDRI - http://www.rain.org/~msavard/hdri/Articles/UsingHDRIs.html