dkirk opened this issue on Apr 02, 2000 ยท 8 posts
mosca1 posted Mon, 03 April 2000 at 12:23 AM
I've never been able to get a reflection map to actually reflect anything--they seem to create more of an enhanced highlighting effect, good for metallic surfaces. The only way I know to create a mirror effect (and there's a lot I don't know, so I'm sure there are many other solutions) is to render your posed figure in front of your "mirror," then render the same pose, reversed and rotated 180 degrees, against whatever background would have been behind your figure in the first render (still with me?). Then in Photoshop or equivalent, paste the appropriately cropped render B into the mirror frame. You'll make your life a lot easier by setting the figure in render A at a slightly oblique angle to the mirror, so they're not obscuring any part of it with arms, legs, etc.--that way you can do a single, easy crop/paste, instead of having to cut odd shapes around body parts (you'll get what I mean the moment you try this). Good luck-- Mosca