33 set in the
Surface Editor, the Ball_1 surface looks like a glass ball. Can you see your future?
15. Choose Save All Objects from the Save submenu in the File drop-down. This saves
the surfaces you??™ve just set. Then, choose Save Scene from the same Save submenu
to save the lighting, ray trace settings, and so forth. Now it??™s time for the metal!
Creating Metallic Surfaces
With any object you create, even a few balls, you might think it would be difficult to match
the real-world properties of metal. Believe it or not, this is easy to do within LightWave v9.
The right amount of color, specularity, glossiness, and reflection helps create the visual
effect. You??™ve created the transparent glass surface, so how about something completely
different? In this particular instance, a metal surface could work very well. This same metal
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can be applied to almost any metallic surfaces you create??”from logos, to machines, to fasteners
??”with only minor variations. This section takes you through the steps required to
create a metal surface.
Exercise 3.4 Creating a Metallic Surface
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