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I'm trying to make silk material that can be looked through like this (made by Pablo Dobarro) enter image description here

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When I tried to make silk material, there are two answers for this, but both materials were not translucent enough.

enter image description here how to produce a Silk/Satin material I followed this answer, and the result is like this.

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How to make a see through silk material? I followed this answer, and the result is like this.

I really want to make this smooth and translucent silk material.

Could you give me advice how to make this material?

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  • $\begingroup$ Looks like you are using Eevee, what is your render settings? Is Blend mode in material set to Alpha Blend/Hashed/Clip? $\endgroup$
    – MikoCG
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 12:27
  • $\begingroup$ or just provide your blend file so we can check it out... $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 12:28
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    $\begingroup$ First of all I think the silk material should not (only) have a translucent material, if you want to make it slightly transparent. Maybe look up the difference between translucency and transparency. A translucent material lets light pass through, so every object between the light source and the translucent material will only show as a shadow. In your example you can clearly see the skin color of the thighs show through, which is caused by transparency, not translucency. But nevertheless silk is translucent, too. $\endgroup$
    – Gordon Brinkmann
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 12:28

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use this node setup:

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Here you see the different looks depending on your Fac value in your mix shader:

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For eevee you need to choose alpha blend or alpha hashed mode for your blend mode in your material.

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Here the comparison with fresnel node, thank to Robin and Gordon:

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with HDRI

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  • $\begingroup$ Maybe use a Fresnel node for the Mix factor instead of a constant value, because the silk will be less transparent when viewed from a shallow angle. Or even better, use the fresnel (maybe in combination with a Color Ramp) for the Transmission value of the Principled BSDF and no Transparent BSDF. At least that's how I would do it in Cycles (I never use Eevee, sorry). $\endgroup$
    – Gordon Brinkmann
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 12:39
  • $\begingroup$ + @Gordon maybe Sheen? This could be the place for it.. but that's just a tweak. $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 12:45
  • $\begingroup$ @RobinBetts Sheen is good for silk as a surface quality, but doesn't give any transparency. Or I misunderstood what you meant. $\endgroup$
    – Gordon Brinkmann
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 12:47
  • $\begingroup$ @Gordon Guess you're right.. just thinking of it as an and/or for Fresnel, for reflection/opacity at raking angles. $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 12:50
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    $\begingroup$ @GordonBrinkmann: Nice! Thank you! $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Commented Nov 12, 2021 at 14:56

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