https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/fresnel/m-p/6609826#M20688 <P>I made a basic fresnel type shader by plugging an sampler info node's facing ratio into a ramp into the color and transparency of a blinn shader.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In the example, I want one sphere to show from behind the other sphere with both using this new shader. Unfortunately when I render, it looks like the spheres are still opaque, and I'm not getting the X-ray type effect I want where the spheres overlap.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>question 1: how can I get the fresnel effect here with only that effect rendered and letting anything behind the sphere show through?</P><P>question 2: afterwards, how can i make the material glow?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.23 AM.JPG" style="width: 553px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279996iCB8762D246E15220/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.23 AM.JPG" alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.23 AM.JPG" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.47 AM.JPG" style="width: 705px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279998i05587FAA026246BF/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.47 AM.JPG" alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.47 AM.JPG" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.56 AM.JPG" style="width: 705px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279999i2C27D8E935302266/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.56 AM.JPG" alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.56 AM.JPG" /></span></P> Sat, 08 Oct 2016 09:34:35 GMT Anonymous 2016-10-08T09:34:35Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/fresnel/m-p/6609826#M20688 <P>I made a basic fresnel type shader by plugging an sampler info node's facing ratio into a ramp into the color and transparency of a blinn shader.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In the example, I want one sphere to show from behind the other sphere with both using this new shader. Unfortunately when I render, it looks like the spheres are still opaque, and I'm not getting the X-ray type effect I want where the spheres overlap.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>question 1: how can I get the fresnel effect here with only that effect rendered and letting anything behind the sphere show through?</P><P>question 2: afterwards, how can i make the material glow?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.23 AM.JPG" style="width: 553px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279996iCB8762D246E15220/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.23 AM.JPG" alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.23 AM.JPG" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.47 AM.JPG" style="width: 705px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279998i05587FAA026246BF/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.47 AM.JPG" alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.47 AM.JPG" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.56 AM.JPG" style="width: 705px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/279999i2C27D8E935302266/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.56 AM.JPG" alt="Screen Shot 2016-10-08 at 2.24.56 AM.JPG" /></span></P> Sat, 08 Oct 2016 09:34:35 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling-forum/fresnel/m-p/6609826#M20688 Anonymous 2016-10-08T09:34:35Z