I am working on a piece that has a wood floor... a chair with shiny metal legs sits in the scene... the polished metal looks like the wood... I noticed in C4D and 3DS Max when the metal is metal it shines like 'metal' regardless of what it is reflecting... Is this a function of reducing the reflection and increasing the refraction (as drawbridgep suggested)? A function of Radiosity and the lack thereof? Thoughts? -Susan