HOW CAN I recreate the new Jet black Iphone look?

Jet Black is the latest look for the iphone family. They’re saying that it’s blacker than black in some way and there’s a complicated process that an iphone goes through to get the Jet Black look. We’re not going to go into any of that; I’m just simply going to show you how you can achieve that same supershiny, jet-black look. I’ll be using Maya to demonstrate how to do this. There’s nothing complicated in this tutorial, and you could use any 3D application to create this, since all applications have the same features that I’ll be using. Most people think that a look is just about the material that’s applied to the model, but it’s not just that. It’s the geometry of the model, it’s the lighting setup, it’s about thinking about the reflections, how and where will they fall.

For this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a product shot that might be used for advertising purposes: I’m going to create a studio setup rather than an outdoor environment, but you could choose to do either. If you do choose to set up the scene outdoors, remember that the lighting will be less than ideal: having colorful reflections is not recommended to get this particular look.

Realistic lighting and texturing is the key to photorealism in creating a shot like this: The lights should be kept big and at a distance to properly light the scene and capture some of those great reflections. Sometimes, you can also apply a noise texture to the reflectors – remember to experiment with this as the results can be varied and its use depends on what you’re trying to make.

You could use HDRI Studio Map, or a software like this, to design an environment

map which you can use for both lights and reflections, and which is a bit lighter on the rendering time and can also be used in a PBR type situation. I used V-ray for this tutorial, but you can use any rendering engine you like, it’s a fairly simple process.

Something else, I wanted to draw your attention to is the falloff-softbox-type effect in the video. You should certainly try that as well. Using softboxes can really change the overall feel of the product as you see the reflections fade off, rather than end abruptly. Again, experiment, to see if that’s the look you want.