Reply To: Can a Fresnel node be plugged into Principled BSDF’s “Specular” slot to use an accurate IOR?

Forum Archive Can a Fresnel node be plugged into Principled BSDF’s “Specular” slot to use an accurate IOR? Reply To: Can a Fresnel node be plugged into Principled BSDF’s “Specular” slot to use an accurate IOR?

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Kyle Blaine
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    Wow thanks for sharing that exact snippet! The part that got me most was “The specular value is not just a Frenel strength slider like you might think.” Busted haha.

    That’s super good to know and I appreciate you clearing that up so well. I’m quickly becoming less afraid of shaders! 😀

    EDIT: For anyone else who sees this, the linked video also shows a node setup for converting IOR to Specular value, and conversion values for a few common example materials. Like it was said in this course though, hovering around 0.5 seems to be the sweet spot give-or-take. 🙂