Reflections on being slow

 

I know I should have thought of this a long time ago (been using since ver.3) so please don’t make fun of me.

My animations in carrara 6 mostly involve showing some kind of process using my companies CAD models.
I usually set the BACKDROP to cromakey green to later comp in After Effects or Vegas.

I was never much satisfied with the way the reflections turn out.

Most of the models I work on are of machined metal components.

Just last week I realized I could have a reflection map in the BACKGROUND channel and still use the green screen in the BACKDROP, thus getting the nice metal reflections and still render out to a  good key.

DUUUUUUUU