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I'm trying to make silk material that can be looked through like this (made by Pablo Dobarro) enter image description here

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When I tried to make silk material, there are two answers for this, but both materials were not translucent enough.

enter image description here how to produce a Silk/Satin material I followed this answer, and the result is like this.

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How to make a see through silk material? I followed this answer, and the result is like this.

I really want to make this smooth and translucent silk material.

Could you give me advice how to make this material?

smurfysmurf
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  • Looks like you are using Eevee, what is your render settings? Is Blend mode in material set to Alpha Blend/Hashed/Clip? – MikoCG Nov 12 '21 at 12:27
  • or just provide your blend file so we can check it out... – Chris Nov 12 '21 at 12:28
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    First of all I think the silk material should not (only) have a translucent material, if you want to make it slightly transparent. Maybe look up the difference between translucency and transparency. A translucent material lets light pass through, so every object between the light source and the translucent material will only show as a shadow. In your example you can clearly see the skin color of the thighs show through, which is caused by transparency, not translucency. But nevertheless silk is translucent, too. – Gordon Brinkmann Nov 12 '21 at 12:28

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use this node setup:

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Here you see the different looks depending on your Fac value in your mix shader:

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For eevee you need to choose alpha blend or alpha hashed mode for your blend mode in your material.

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Here the comparison with fresnel node, thank to Robin and Gordon:

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with HDRI

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  • Maybe use a Fresnel node for the Mix factor instead of a constant value, because the silk will be less transparent when viewed from a shallow angle. Or even better, use the fresnel (maybe in combination with a Color Ramp) for the Transmission value of the Principled BSDF and no Transparent BSDF. At least that's how I would do it in Cycles (I never use Eevee, sorry). – Gordon Brinkmann Nov 12 '21 at 12:39
  • @Gordon maybe Sheen? This could be the place for it.. but that's just a tweak.
    • – Robin Betts Nov 12 '21 at 12:45
  • @RobinBetts Sheen is good for silk as a surface quality, but doesn't give any transparency. Or I misunderstood what you meant. – Gordon Brinkmann Nov 12 '21 at 12:47
  • @Gordon Guess you're right.. just thinking of it as an and/or for Fresnel, for reflection/opacity at raking angles. – Robin Betts Nov 12 '21 at 12:50
  • thank you guys, i updated my answer – Chris Nov 12 '21 at 12:55
  • Hm, I just use Fresnel with a value of 1.45 and adjust it a little with the Color Ramp... but okay, if it works. And you're right taking transparency, my suggestion to use transmission is nonsense. – Gordon Brinkmann Nov 12 '21 at 12:59
  • @GordonBrinkmann: are my eyes so bad or why am i not seeing that much difference between using Fresnel or not? or have i to move the camera to see that? or have i to use cycles? – Chris Nov 12 '21 at 13:22
  • @Chris The Fresnel works the same in Cycles and Eevee. You can't see a difference because your Fresnel values are way too high. They should be between 1 and 2, and then you have to switch black and white to get the edges more opaque and the center more transparent. – Gordon Brinkmann Nov 12 '21 at 14:25
  • Ok, thanks for the explanation – Chris Nov 12 '21 at 14:27
  • @Chris I've made a comparison between different mix methods, here's an example image: Different mixing methods – Gordon Brinkmann Nov 12 '21 at 14:44
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    @GordonBrinkmann: Nice! Thank you! – Chris Nov 12 '21 at 14:56
  • I connect Fresnel, Principled BSDF, and Transparent BSDF to the mix shader. Then, changing blend mod to Alpha blend make perfect thin silk material, Thank you so much for your help! – smurfysmurf Nov 13 '21 at 03:41
  • You are welcome – Chris Nov 13 '21 at 06:50