Re: Some help with dielectric node

Eric von Horst wrote:
> On Sep 21, 3:26 am, Hn <H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Eric von Horst wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I just started using node based surfacing (which I find really
>>> amazing).
>>> I made simple sphere and choose a dielectric material node.
>>> The result is that the sphere looks really black (evil looking
>>> black:).
>>> It does not really seem transparent (I put the absoption factor to 5)
>>> I use ImageWorld to in my scene and 2 area lights (set a 60 and 40%)
>>> I would expect to see a nicely rendered glass sphere in stead of the
>>> black sphere from hell.
>>> any ideas what I am doing wrong
>>> With kind regards,
>>> Kris
>> You using 9.2 or 9.3?
>>
>> 9.2 requires a complex backface/air polygon setup. 9.3 doesn't. If you
>> are using 9.2 and haven't set up backface/air polygons your absorption
>> will be far higher than you expect and your object will appear black.
>>
>> Just a guess, but if you're using 9.3 that won't happen...
> 
> I am using 9.3.
> I also add a 'conductor' sphere and that looks fine
> 

What if you set absorption to 0? Is it still black? Can you post 
object+renders in the binaries group?

H.