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title: "Generic Thin Film"
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The Thin Film rollout is part of the Generic material's parameters.


## **Overview**

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The Thin Film recreates the effect of thin film interference on a surface making the material iridescent. Some common uses are soap bubbles and reflective car paint layering.

 


## **Thin Film**

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> Macro (anchor)



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### **Example: Thin Film Thickness**

This example shows how the Thickness Min (nm) parameter affects the V-Ray material. The Thin Film IOR is set to 1.4.