Glass Panes

Glass Panes seals every picture behind a thick slab of real glass. The glass refracts the room behind it, catches the scene's lights and carries a slight tint, so the pictures read as objects in a showroom rather than flat images.

How it works

The panes stand in a row that slides on a damped spring. The pane at the front steps forward toward the viewer; the others stand back in depth and are dimmer. Everything is lit by the lights of your scene, so moving or colouring the lights changes how the glass shines. With Pointer mode set to Tilt, the panes near the cursor lean toward it.

Settings

• Thickness: how thick the glass slab is.
• Roughness: frosting. Low is clear glass, higher frosts the picture behind it.
• Ior: the index of refraction, how strongly the glass bends what is behind it.
• Tint: the colour of the glass.
• Focus lift: how far the front pane steps forward.
• Depth and Dim: how far back and how dark the other panes sit.
• Layout: Row by default, or Wave, Ring, Helix, Tunnel, Stack, Fan or Constellation.

Use it for

Architecture and interiors, luxury goods, product lines and corporate showcases. The look depends on what the glass can refract, so give the scene an HDR environment or a few lights. For glass on any object, see the glass materials.