Some people said it looks good. Made in 3DS Max 9, using VRay renderer. It took my PC 2 hours to render (Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 @ 2,8 GHz (<yea, 2,8. Not 1,8. It's overclocked))
What do you think of it?

I didn't use caustics. I have no idea how they work... I'd like to know how, but I only tried it once. But it didn't work.

Looks great to me, although I'm not familiar with most of the terms you used in your post...

zet er eens een paar langs elkaar en laat ze elkaar reflecteren

Dan is z'n pc RIP
It's nice though

nah, duurt alleen wat langer met renderen. die C2D's zijn krachtige beestjes.

heheh... Was op 1 core... Omdat ik ook nog normaal wilde computeren (ff klooie met affinity enzo. 3DS op core 0, en explorer.exe op core 1).
But let's keep it english.
'zet er eens een paar langs elkaar en laat ze elkaar reflecteren tongue.gif'
Uhmm... Why should I do that? I first want to get caustics working... I'll experiment with cylinders... I'll see. Maybe.
If I got caustics working, I'll try to put 3 in a single scene. I also want to make a movie of it, with a rotating camera. Of course not with that sick resolution. I'll keep it at 640x480 or something.

The bottle itself looks swell, but the shadow could use some work...

I'd say the shadow looks like that ('simple') because the surface isn't detailed at all

I have to say, the image makes me thirsty. Add some waterdrops (condens..)

Technically, if it's glass, shouldn't the light pass through without making a shadow?


Just playing devil's advocate here, don't mind me. =P

Glass will leave a shadow, even though it may be hard to see. Try and put a glass in the sun. You will notice a shadow
Anyways, I suggest reducing the intensity of the glass shadow. The shadow of the paper is good though...

glass doesn't only throws a shadow it also breaks the light.
Add a slight mirror effect to the glas texture.
and also a slight refraction map.(i assume 25% intensity on both should be enough)

Those 2 should give it a much better/realistic look.

I've only got two problems with this:

1) The shadow is too dark
2) It's Coke (Pepsi is better)

Good work!

thats really good! (anyone know where i can find a free 3d imaging program type thing)

In reality, a total black shadow is created, and the light refracts, because the bottle act as a lens. The only thing you see are the caustics.
Well, now I'm talking in 3DS terms, but still, they are quite close to reality. We have a crystal candle holder, and it 'creates' a dark grey shadow, with some light spots in and outside the shadow. Maybe I don't explain it well, but I hope it's a bit clear

EDIT
@ShDwBoRn, GMAX is free, does look much like 3DS. Google Sketch Up, free as well... Blender, believe that's free too...

Nice bottle.

thank you