hi.

i am somewhat lost ... i remembered doing it - making a reflection on a prop - like a square box - using the material room in poser 5. probably was a quirk...

anyway - could someone help me with it? i have been trying to figure how to set the prop to be a mirror with nice lil reflections and all. i tried several tutorials but nothing is working right...

um. .. thanks for reading :) and reply (if applicable)

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are you setting up a reflection node? Stefan Klein has produced a very good FAQ on the Tempest renderer (what Poser calls "Firefly") and addresses your question.

i tried that. ended with patches of dull lines and patches of mirror lines.... very interesting but i never own a mirror like that so that patches are kinda moot.

" i tried that. ended with patches of dull lines and patches of mirror lines.... very interesting but i never own a mirror like that so that patches are kinda moot." This sounds like the raytracer isn't getting enough samples. Try: --Increasing the bucket size --increasing the pixel samples --decrease the shading rate post an example of what you're getting, along with the parameters you're using. Raytrace reflection is, as you know, a very compute expensive proposition. A cheap "fake", when you don't need to simulate reality perfectly is to do a panoramic render of the room, without raytracing on. Then take that image and fisheye distort it in Photoshop (or whatever). . . Now use this distorted image as the environment map for your reflective surface. This will always need a little tweeking, but works well for un-demanding scenarios (if your character is going to reach out and touch the mirror in an animation, obviously this approach won't do. . .but for a still life its fine)

ok ... got a sample to post... without those :

--Increasing the bucket size
--increasing the pixel samples
--decrease the shading rate

why i didnt do that? well .. i was hoping i dont have to, ya see. i dont recall doing any changes on them when i did a good mirror image last time (this time i have to keep a note what i do or i ended up asking the same stuff again)

it's a still life image since i dont think i wanna waste doing animation using poser :)

and yes - there's a glossy thingo there ... i was following another tut somewhere... O_o

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Use the single sided square prop as mirror, the double-sided one causes these artifacts. Or you apply a slight displacement to the square, see the link. It should render fine then.

okie dokie.. will do. will post how it looks like later (at work and well my collegues raise eyebrows when there's even a hint of nudies! plus i dont have poser on this work puter)