metal look on clothes

I'm trying to get that shiny metal look on clothes textures but once uploaded
they look muddy and greyish..

What else can I do other than bumb up the curves to get that shiny metal look on textures in-world?

Hi Pompo!

If you have a photo to share, that would really help to point you in the right direction.

Sight unseen, I suggest that if you are working on a dark back ground, try using a very light gray on Overlay, then build up your layers for optimal effect.

For example...Overlay blending option, a soft brush, then a large dose of Gaussian blur. New layer: blending option Overlay, soft brush, medium dose of Gaussian blur...etc. On the very top layer try pure white instead of the very light gray.

Also try Color Dodge instead of Overlay to see if that effect works best for the look you're going for.

Play with the opacity as well on each layer.

Best,
~Ari

If its for a prim part on clothes you could raise the "shininess" to like high or something, it doesn't look amazing but it works.
Hope that helps.

Thanks I'll try that..I don't have a pic of it yet...the actual psd files does look shiny, so it would not make sense to upload and show that.

LOL good point! I was thinking of a shot of you wearing the clothing item...but hopefully you'll get it worked out without having to spend the lindens on upload fees



~Ari

Could use Zbrush to creat cool steel texture then export to Photoshop, might work if your a dab hand!