Problems with photo quality rendering of materials

[kevinwatts]

Hi Colin,

I am having a hard time to get the photo quality that I am after and need in my shots and need your  assistance.

My main exterior appearance material is a White Plastic (glossy). I have tried a transparent acrylic and that material looks very real. I have tried rendering local in Fusion and through the A360 cloud. Can you please suggest what I can do to achieve a photo smooth gloss white plastic finished look within Fusion?

Perhaps a different material or settings as discussed in your article: Making it Look Good: Apply and Edit materials in Fusion360?

Much appreciated,

Kevin

[colin.smith]

Hi Kevin, 

Just a heads up, I moved this message out to it's own thread so that it wasn't part of your other question.

Is it the rendering results of the material Plastic > Opaque > Plastic >Glossy (White) in particular?  Or the rendering engine (cloud or local) you are using?

Can you show a screen shot of the issue?

I was running some tests on that material and I'm not seeing issues in cloud or local renders.

[cekuhnen]

can you show a rendering you did?

[cekuhnen]

Colin I think the struggle here is the lack of scene design abilities.
White materials are very hard to do in a white environment because the white plastic will show white reflections on a white part 😉

Kevin could you try this out: put up some reflection walls (black dark gray color) into your scene till they show up in the reflection?

[colin.smith]

Good point, 

Other options could be to change the backgroun colour or to create light objects with emitting materials.

We will be providing actual light objects in a future release but this can help in the short term.

[kevinwatts]

Hi Colin & Claas,

I appreciate, will try your sugestions and post back.

Kevin

[kevinwatts]

Hi Colin,

Thank you for moving this message out to it's own thread.

I am rending with the appearance material of: Plastic > Glossy (White). And I have tried rendering both local and cloud.

From the comments and you picture, I think that part of the problem is that I am shooting white on white. I am trying to convey a very "cleantech" appearance to the product. A contrast and reflections are needed to add depth and a reflective perception.

Due to the confidential IP of the project during development, I can not post a view. I can add you to the project if you would be so kind a take a fast look. I think that it would be best if you could see what I am doing and then be in a better position to recommend some options.

Kevin

[bob_holland]

@kevinwatts,

Can you create the same effect that you are seeing with some simple unrelated geometry that you can share with us?

Thank you.

[kevinwatts]

Here are some fast local renders on a sphire. The contrast and reflective qualities are what addes to the realism.

Plastic Glossy White Render Test 1 - Style:Rim Highlights, Exp:0.0, Rotation:0.0, Background:Environment, Quality:Normal, Time:120 sec.

Plastic Glossy White Render Test 2 - Style:Rim Highlights, Exp:0.0, Rotation:0.0, Background:Black, Quality:Normal, Time:120 sec.

Plastic Glossy White Render Test 3 - Style:Warm Light, Exp:0.0, Rotation:0.0, Background:Black, Quality:Normal, Reflect:Ground, Time:120 sec.

Plastic Glossy White Render Test 4 - Style:Warm Light, Exp:0.0, Rotation:0.0, Background:Black, Quality:Normal, Time:120 sec.