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pixnpoly
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May 28, 2024
Question

Lighting and transparent materials in Adobe Aero

  • May 28, 2024
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Hi I'm Andi, a 3D-artist based in Munich. I recently started experimenting with Adobe Aero and imported some assets from Cinema 4D. So far I haven't found a way to make transparent materials like glass to appear correctly in Aero. Is there a way to make this work? Most of the other Redshift materials I've used work great so far, unless there are some more complicated nodes involved.

Another question that came up if there is a way to add lighting in Aero or does it just work with baked lighting? Would be great if there is a way so that the model catches the light and reflections of the environment. Is that something that's on the roadmap?

Thanks for any kind of help. 

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    AndresSeedorf
    Participant
    January 24, 2025

    Just wanted to check is there was any progress on this matter. Did the Discord Channel help out?

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    pixnpolyAuthor
    Participant
    January 25, 2025

    Hey Andres, not that I know. I haven't been following this topic for a while as I couldn't find any solution. 

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    F10r3
    Participating Frequently
    April 10, 2025

    Hi, I just used a basic material with its alpha set to .5, and the object shows up transparent. I exported a .glb file from Blender, and it works. Does it look like glass? Nope, it looks like a ghost material. I will attempt a map in the alpha channel to see if that works. 

     

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    julia_gmail
    Inspiring
    July 13, 2024

    There is currently no way to add lights/lighting in AERO. So baking it in is the only option.   Re: glass texture.  I agree this is a challenge in aero. If you are on the AERO discord channel you may want to pose your question there.  Some folks have had success with glass/transparency. 

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      pixnpolyAuthor
      Participant
      July 13, 2024

      Thanks Julia, good to know that there is Discord Channel!

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      Lucy Lynette Poker
      Participant
      July 13, 2024

      Thank you for sharing this. I just looked everywhere to find out why the glas texture from cinema 4d  didn't work in aero. You just saved me from spending even more hours on this. Now I know it's not a me problem I guess. 

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      pixnpolyAuthor
      Participant
      July 13, 2024

      Hey Lucy, sure you're welcome! Glad I could help... at least a little bit 😉

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      MarkCordes
      Participant
      May 29, 2024

      I just came here with these exact same questions. Glass texture is what I exclusively use 3D for at work, and the lighting just doesn't look right. Very dull, like translucent gray plastic. Does anyone have tips to get nice clear glass with good light reflections? Thanks kindly

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      pixnpolyAuthor
      Participant
      June 5, 2024

      Hey Mark, happy to hear that I'm not the only one struggling. Not sure if this question will ever be answere here though 😉

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