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Transmission

Real-looking glass for any 3D object: the scene behind it bends through the shape, clear or frosted, with color fringing and animated distortion.

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glass
product
luxury
crystal
minimal

Settings and defaults

Color: #ffffff
Opacity: 1
Transmission: 1
Thickness: 0.2
Roughness: 0
Chromatic Aberration: 0
Anisotropy: 0
Anisotropic Blur: 0
Distortion: 0
Distortion Scale: 0
Temporal Distortion: 1
Transmission Sampler: On
Backside: Off
Backside Thickness: 0
Backside Env Map Intensity: 1
Resolution: 256
Backside Resolution: 256
Samples: 10
Side: 2

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