ok thanks..
so you suggest to start from a specular-material?
or just a diffuse material?

thanks

Alberto

Hello everybody,
I'm trying to create a transparent material to simulate windows curtain fabric...
for now I have no succesfuly results..
does anybody have some suggestions?

thanks

Alberto

yes yes... I understand that, I was thinking that environmental texture will override sun settings.... but not
it works!

thanks again

Alberto

ok thanks!...
so with a textured environment sunlight will be active as usual?

Alberto

Hello to all....
I have a question concerning backplate/background images
before using Octane I use to put a panel outside windows with a panorama image projected into.
then I switch off "cast shadows" to permits light bounce inside my room.

there's a way to do the same thing in Octane? otherwise ...

Yes I know my GPU is very slow..
but for now
compared to Vray or maxwell I've got professional results 10x faster... so I'm OK....

in this post you can see my first images it's around 4min. rendering each.

for me are fine.

thanks...
softshadows are fine
and displacement works now...

about IOR I will make some tests...

Alberto

Hello, I'm a new Octane for lightwave user.
very happy to be an Octane user...

well, I have 2 questions, and one problem to ask for...I have found no answer around this forum:
1) IOR index is related to real world materials IOR index?
2) is there a way to get soft shadows from the sun?

then

using ...