[Bf-funboard] blur on reflections

[alex]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Serialsiner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wish I could find a blur option in the reflection panel, that would be
> useful to simulate brushed-aluminium-like metals or materials that don't
> need sharp reflections ... I'm not a coder and I have no idea whether it
> would be hard to implement but I think this feature is lacking in Blender.
>
> Regards,
>
> Serialsiner

Another thing: Did you try to use Nor textures to imitate the effect? In
actual metal, it in fact _is_ the rough surface that gives the blurry effect,
so why not try to mimic it, especially with the improved OSA.

I don't know if that gives usable results, though.


alex@schnittenparadies.de