Renderosity Forums / Poser - OFFICIAL
Welcome to the Poser - OFFICIAL Forum
Forum Coordinators: RedPhantom
Poser - OFFICIAL F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Nov 21 6:06 am)
Subject: Getting mirrors to work
Assuming the material is set up to do reflection already, you don't need to go in there.
Probably what is happening is you forgot to enable raytracing or you have bounces = 0 - you need to enable raytracing and have at least one bounce.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)
Y
It's lookin' pretty good, though. :) Maybe you could screenshot your render settings and the advanced material room setup for the vase - we could tweak it. I'd try giving it transparency falloff of 0.6 and set transparency edge to about 0.15
I have some wine bottles which would work well - just delete/hide the wine.
A jade tumblehome mug (delete the coffee/tea, and try to give it some light from behind to exploit subsurface scattering.
The silver (mithril?) ewer from Galdriel's mirror would look nice as glass.
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
Oh wow, thank you for those links, and for putting up such fun freestuff; and especially for the settings suggestions because I'm at the WTF?!!! stage with them.... I'll need to install the screenshot software on the computer I use for graphics, hadn't thought of it! I'm faffing around in the dark here, I'll have to print some pages of the manual out I guess! Can't assimilate information I read on screen, too old I suppose...
Reflections and refractions must be used (not transparency and specular) and they must obey the Fresnel equations. (Which you don't need to know - it's in the Fresnel_Blend node.)
On the left, the abomination as it loads without modification.
On the right, the way it should look.
I'm going away for the weekend so I'm not going to be able to post, but others should be able to help you find the dozens of threads I've written on this kind of material.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)
Privacy Notice
This site uses cookies to deliver the best experience. Our own cookies make user accounts and other features possible. Third-party cookies are used to display relevant ads and to analyze how Renderosity is used. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Terms of Service, including our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy.
I've been playing with the Montespan room, and one of the walls is supposed to contain a mirror, but all I get in renders is black. Am I supposed to do something to it to make it reflective, and if so, what? if it's in the advanced part of the materials room can anyone who knows please use simple language as all the fancy jargon in it frightens the bejazus out of me. Thanks!