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by pdwyer
Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:24 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Transparent shadow problem
Replies: 9
Views: 9978

Re: Transparent shadow problem

Thanks for this, I usually always check that my face normals are correct (not blue) I don't how how that slipped by me, thanks for that. I'm going to play with your settings a bit more to understand them better. One thing I am noticing though, changing the alpha level by 10-20% seems to have no effe...
by pdwyer
Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:27 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Transparent shadow problem
Replies: 9
Views: 9978

Re: Transparent shadow problem

I've been doing some more tests on this which have raised a few more questions I tried architechual glass which is good for all the shadows but there is no IOR. I seem to rememeber reading that these are "fake" and so to be expected I tried the libraries since the manual suggest times like...
by pdwyer
Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:50 am
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Transparent shadow problem
Replies: 9
Views: 9978

Re: Transparent shadow problem

Cheers! :) Actually I think the shadows are there just not very visible. You can see a bit near the "9" on the clock but in places where the clock face is obscured by both the tinted glass and the glass shadow the hand shadows are not visible any more. This makes me wonder if it's a materi...
by pdwyer
Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:31 am
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Transparent shadow problem
Replies: 9
Views: 9978

Re: Transparent shadow problem

:) Thanks for the offer to look at it, it's not a big industry secret! http://www.dwyer-family.net/download/Clock1.skp It's about 3mb. The progressive render tool about 9hrs on my quad core (left it overnight while I went to bed) but even with my limited experience with twilight I can tell that the ...
by pdwyer
Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:00 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Transparent shadow problem
Replies: 9
Views: 9978

Transparent shadow problem

It's probably just me since I'm a noob but I can't figure out how to get this right. In the two pics below, the first is a Progressive "04. Metropolis Light Transport (BPT)", it's almost what I want but the clock hands show no shadows. This is a real clock on my dining room wall so I know ...