I’m creating an ocean water texture using texture displacement map. One of the parameters is the IOR setting, which defaults at 1.33. Could someone help me understand what changing this number actually does? Thanks!!!

Question about rendering: how to understand IOR?

Micha August 22, 2018, 4:52am 8

I would set default 1.5, it’s good for plastic/wood and needed a lot more often than water.

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