"Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote in message 
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> upper border of the cup makes it look like it is too flat. see a little 
> the edge highlight, suggesting some thickness.

I noticed that, too, wondering if it could be the lesser clarity of the 
photo but it definitely looks like the lines there are thicker on the real 
one.

It's really fantastic now, anyhow, Jim! Could only get more perfect from 
here on, if at all possible. Before reading I had thought the second picture 
was this thing placed into a more realistic setting.

Something I couldn't stop thinking about is reflection 'exponent' and 
whether or not that might be plausible to use for the metal if you hadn't 
already done so. Maybe it would help dull the metal some by reflecting less 
of the darkness around it. Not sure if you would want to go on tweaking on 
that texture, though, since it looks pretty amazing already. Which makes me 
ask, are your render times for this reasonable (hours not days)?

-- 
Bob H  www.3digitaleyes.com
http://3digitaleyes.com/imagery/

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