>> I'm trying to get that hyper-shiny look that all Apple Mac stuff has. 
>> But so far I'm nowhere near...
> 
> No, you're getting somewhere, as far as a useful logo goes. Just 
> remember those Apple icons rely on sort of a subsurface scattering 
> effect, like a translucent gemstone. Some scattering/absorption media in 
> the circle would help with that. You would have to specify photon 
> interaction with the media, of course. The finish would have to be 
> reflective (with fresnel or falloff), and there would have to be a 
> sharp, white reflective texture or surface in the sky somewhere.

Just remember that Apple's stuff is all hand-drawn vector graphics, not 
raytraced. There's probably quite a bit of artistic license in there.

(Unfortunately, I massively lack skill in that direction.)

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