Okay... So.. Here we go... Materials (for both the glass, and LEM attached - see image). Also, breakdown for the post production (I am detail-obsessed so for those not experienced, please forgive my long-winded nature), actually if you're familiar at all with photoshop, the entire post-pro takes about 2 minutes. Anyone with questions please feel free to PM or post
I've attached the modified component as well for anyone to play with that wishes to. It is 100% to scale as the original post here. It appears "large" because the model you see it rendered in is actually a Spherical Sky (a render that I made from a model that I recently built). I use these spherical renders each time a build a relatively detailed model so that when I build a component, I can test its individual rendering speed to optimize it before placing it in large groups of components into a model I'm going to render (kind of like a "studio" for testing my components)... Since most of my renders take 24-60 hours, I've found that using these "test backgrounds" to render individual components (especially those with metals / and or LEMs / lights) for their speed in KT with NO other geometry is invaluable in optimizing my render time on large models (where I use these components)... Damn, I'm being long-winded again.
But to that end consider this, the original settings for this component rendered at about 3 passes per minute (not bad), but once I optimized it (changes in LEM, Glass settings, shinyness etc...), I'm getting 8+ passes per minute! Worth the time to save all my "room" models as Spherical renders to test components... Anyway... Probably pointless drivel..
Enjoy.
