I love the satin finish illumination settings in 2009, butthey tend to make the final material too dark. I've tweakedeverything that can be tweaked and they still end up too dark whencompared to my other materials in the same scene. If I bump up thelighting to compensate, all the other materials are washed out.

While I'm waiting for SW to add a "diffuse" and/or "ambient" sliderto the satin finish settings, does anyone know of a backdoor way totweak these? Or has anyone had any luck simulating satin metalfinishes using other settings?

ThanksSolidworksPhotoworks