composite materials wtih 2 or more materials

[pmcf1981]

hi guys

is possible to make a composite having two or more materials ? I am trying to create a glass over has some chrome strips ..
the possibility of making composite of several materials in layers ?

something like the image attached ...

[maru]

I was curious if it's possible to create such material and this is what I came up with. Not a very elegant solution but I think it works.

[artmaknev]

You can also use blend material to achieve this, one material is chrome and and is glass and mask is the black and white stripes.

[maru]

You can also use blend material to achieve this, one material is chrome and and is glass and mask is the black and white stripes.

I thought this should be avoided as blend material + refraction = trouble, but it seems to work fine (or even better?) unless you enable refraction for the second material. Thanks for the idea. :)

[pmcf1981]

maru can you show us how do you make the material or you use blend?


thks for the tip:)

[twoheads]

I guess Maru has created blend material containing glass material, metal material and mask?

[artmaknev]

Its really simple, make blend material there are only two slots available for two corona materials, and 3rd slot is the mask to mix the two materials.  I use blend material all the time when I need simple mix between two materials.

In this case I used gradient ramp (switched linear to solid so it has solid lines).

[maru]

Its really simple, make blend material there are only two slots available for two corona materials, and 3rd slot is the mask to mix the two materials.  I use blend material all the time when I need simple mix between two materials.

In this case I used gradient ramp (switched linear to solid so it has solid lines).

Yes, this is exactly how I did this.

[pmcf1981]

ok realized ... and if we need a more complex material we can use blend within blend giving the possibility to use several layers mask materials

very cool :) thks

[mtanasiewicz]

You mean like standard blend material?

[maru]

We have CoronaLayeredMtl for this now. ;)

[Torsten]

Hi Maru,

I would also like to use the  CoronaLayeredMtl but can't seem to find it in the Material Browser. Is this function only implemented in the daily builds? I use the v1.2 hotfix 1.

[PROH]

Yes, it's only in daily builds for now.

[andrak]

Does anyone know, is the new CoronaLayeredMtl faster than the standard Blend material?

I have a number of materials that are using blend from an older version of Corona and there would be no benefit to me putting these into a CoronaLayeredMtl, as it's just 2 different materials blending, no more than that... unless it is faster.

[Ondra]

2 materials will be the same speed, 3+ is better in layered mtl instead of chaining blend mtls.