# A good chrome - metal texture
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 12, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448 "2002-12-12T00:12:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@farseer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/farseer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/1 "2002-12-12T00:12:12Z")
Hey everyone, I recently got Swift v3, and I think is quite a good renderer. However, I want a good chrome-metal texture that can give a simple object a realistic feel, such as that one found in this Swift 3dv3 made lightsaber you can find --\> [http://www.daviesinteractive.com/lightsaber.html](http://www.daviesinteractive.com/lightsaber.html)
Please help me around:) I know it is simple, but I cannot quite find the right way to find a cool realistic chrome look… Thanks.
-farseer
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/2 "2002-12-12T00:20:09Z")
Here you go, try this. =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/3 "2002-12-12T00:48:20Z")
Whoa, that is some real cool stuff. Anyways, the color of that chrome, however is bluish, I just need a normal, metalish chrome:rambo:
Thanks!
PS I want to know how you do that, though :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/4 "2002-12-12T01:09:19Z")
That chrome was given to me by Andy from Daviesinteractive so I wouldnt know how it was done, but if you contact him then he’ll be more than happy to tell you. =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/5 "2002-12-15T02:38:49Z")
How can I contact him? Can I have his email please?
Thanks
-farseer
Please help me if you know, it is for a school project.:\*(
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/6 "2002-12-15T03:03:02Z")
I don’t know his email address, but I’m sure you can get it off of his site. [www.daviesinteractive.com](http://www.daviesinteractive.com)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/7 "2003-01-07T21:51:42Z")
I told to him in another forum…his AT Walker is sweet!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/8 "2003-01-08T03:24:15Z")
> \*Originally posted by dan4885 \*
> \*\*I told to him in another forum…his AT Walker is sweet! \*\*
ok so i think you meant you talked to him, i luv destroying those AT Walkers in Jedi Outcast…bwhahahahahahaha
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/9 "2003-01-08T20:18:47Z")
If you still do not understand how it works, I understand…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/10 "2003-03-27T23:55:41Z")
In fact, now that I know more swift and stuff, how can I get that picture they used as background to make the metal reflect? Can I extract it from the swift .t3d file? How can I save it to my hard drive for future projects…?
-far
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/11 "2003-03-29T18:17:32Z")
You don’t need that picture they used. You can use your own as well, or you search a picture on the internet.
If you wait a few moments I’ll post one for you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/12 "2003-04-01T00:04:13Z")
Alright! I’ll be more than thankful!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/13 "2003-04-01T19:03:29Z")
Ok, here we go…
Here you have a picture of a possible background
Then you make sure the settings are looking like this
Then you just add the metal color to the object and render it…
Get it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/14 "2003-04-06T17:28:17Z")
Whoops, wait. Is chrome the texture for a metal object? Like the metal in that lightsaber?
Thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/15 "2003-04-07T13:01:20Z")
Lightsaber? Lightsaber?, where?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/16 "2003-04-07T22:39:26Z")
The Swift 3d Lightsaber at [www.daviesinteractive.com](http://www.daviesinteractive.com)
Hey, one thing: How can I get the same texture as he did in the handle grip? I can’t seem to get it right… ☹
Thanks! 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/17 "2003-04-08T16:08:24Z")
he has a tutorial for it from the erain site [www.erain.com](http://www.erain.com) then go to the tuts section. Swift takes alot of tweaking since they do not have numeric settings for tweaks. So there is no easy way to tell you ho to do it. BUt if you play with it I think you will get it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-good-chrome-metal-texture/9448/18 "2003-04-09T06:58:28Z")
Hey everyone,
Didn’t knew about this topic so now i can help everyone with the chrome and texture problem.
This is what i did with the handle grip:
[http://www.daviesinteractive.com/tutorial/step11.html](http://www.daviesinteractive.com/tutorial/step11.html)
## I use a raster holes texture and made it black. Scale the texture a little in the options menu. That’s it 🙂
The chrome effect:
Use a metal texture for the objects and
select from the environment (leftmenu) - bitmap - image.
That bitmap image will reflect on your saber so it will look like chrome.
What kind of image i use? Look at this image carefully
[http://www.daviesinteractive.com/tutorial/step15.html](http://www.daviesinteractive.com/tutorial/step15.html)
…you will see the same lightsaber reflected. swwweeeeetttt
:beam:
For those who want to learn how to mak the saber, you can always have a look at this tutorial:
[http://www.daviesinteractive.com/tutorial/](http://www.daviesinteractive.com/tutorial/)
Good luck !
Cheers
Andy Davies
[www.daviesinteractive.com](http://www.daviesinteractive.com)