Hi guys, Today i've discovered a little simple method to create simply blurred reflections. Unfortunately it works only with a plane. Simply apply the Blur Object function to a plane, it seems that gaussian drop off function works better than the other method. I hope you find it interesting and useful. -TOXE

VERY usefull! One of those goldies you will use for years to come! Thanks a bunch!

Nice, like the the way you displayed your Carrara interface montage also. Patrick Tuten

Great tip!

Good job TOXE ! Very useful tip. Thanks.

Thanks Toxe! This helps big time!

Oh you sneaky little devil you! Excellent solution to a problem that we've needed for a long time. I'm assuming this only really works for a plan (or an object that it's actual edge doesn't appear in the scene). Is it possible to blur the plane into the objects sitting on it causing a problem? Regardless of my ?'s, it's an excellent tip! -Kix

I'm glad that you find it useful!! Sincerely i was astonished when i've seen that it work:) In some cases the blurred plane eat some little edges, but better than nothing i think! Hey Kix, what do you mean? "Is it possible to blur the plane into the objects sitting on it causing a problem?" -TOXE

Another use of blur but with transaparency, again, unfortunately it work only with a plane and if you create a sort of passepartout around a plane. -TOXE

That is even better!

Brilliant. You can find the passe-partout for the most difficult Carrara problems TOXE! :-) Mark

Here's what I mean by blurring an object into another. For the ball that's partially stuck into the plane, you can see the edge is a little bit disturbed because the plane has been blurred "into" the sphere. The blur effect overlaps the edge of the sphere a little bit. This can be much more obvious when you turn the blur up to large values. For the ball that's just sitting on the plane, the contact point is hidden enough from the viewer so as to not be an issue. Either way, this is a fantastic trick! -Kix