I am trying to render this scene and the glass obviously looks fake and like it’s just a thin film of plastic. [untitled3] I tried a different setup and it still looks the same: [untitled] Here is the node setup: [image] [image] I do have the “transparent” and “transparent glass” checked …

I said I would say. I rendered this with VMATS and VSHADE . Is this realistic enough? [Liquid Test]

I am not sure honestly. from my understanding, it should look like the liquid is actually touching the outside edge of the glass (while in reality it is not) [714TSOKFnDL.SL1500]

To me what is happening here is we’ve got a different apparent exposure between the 3D elements and the plate. The plate is overexposed in some parts (bright castle walls) whereas the brightest parts on the bottle and glass are much more dull. I think brightening the HDRI would help. There’s also t…

Because of refraction looks like this. This is basic math and physics info. In real world distance never be 0. Must surfaces too close as possible as, but never touch each others.

Did you try the default glass shader? In node editor: Add>>Shader>>Glass. Plug it directly into the output, bypassing the principled BSDF.

Wait, are you compositing the render over these backgrounds? or are they rendered as world material?

The transparent glass will throw off the effect. that disables the refraction and flattens the effect of the glass.

Compositing the render over the background. Otherwise the glass gives very different refractions. @SterlingRoth but shouldn’t it take reflections and refractions info from the HDRI?

It gives a weird result. Here is with both the glass and liquid intersecting: [image] And here is with the liquid just very close to the inner wall of the glass: [image]

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Glass looks like a thin film of transparent plastic sheet

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