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[d971uga]

I downlaoded some shaders from the web and all I can see is black. I'm doing rather nicely with the new material option
Here's a novice first work, following a number of tuts.
What to do in order to be able to see the shader (gold, chrome, etc)?
Tnx

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[Scythar]

cant really reply without seeing the file, or even better you post the C4D file and i'll take a look at the shader myself,

but as a general rule: those shaders you mention HAVE black color (r at least a dark brown)applied, since usually they take the color from the objects they reflect, so usually they need a environment to start shining. Even gold needs a lot of light to start reflection his shiny color.

Off course lighning, is equal important.

For 1 use a sky element in you scene and a light setup.

Here is an example shader:

 MotoMaterials1.jpg   45.81K   66 downloads
 MotoColor.jpg   33.89K   70 downloads
 MotoEnvironment.jpg   42.04K   61 downloads
 MotoIllumination.jpg   52.69K   65 downloads
 MotoSpecular.jpg   31.25K   67 downloads

Hope this helped a little.

[Scythar]

maybe you could show the result and tell me if it worked? ...