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Subject: Surface reflections in Poser 4 Pro


JerseyG ( ) posted Thu, 02 May 2002 at 5:22 PM ยท edited Wed, 14 August 2024 at 3:00 AM

First I want to thank everyone on this site. Everyone here has inspired me to pick up this hobby and possibly move further into it in the future.Its the most enjoyable hobby I have ever had. I thank you.

My question. I am trying to get surfaces to reflect an object in Poser 4 Pro.

Example: If I have a boat set in water. I would like the reflection of the boat to appear in the water.

Or,

If I have a paerson standing on a shiny marble floor. I would like the marble to appear shiny and reflect the image of that person standing on the floor.

How would I go about doing this?

I appreciate any help and replies.


Little_Dragon ( ) posted Thu, 02 May 2002 at 5:46 PM

Poser doesn't do reflections, so the only way to accomplish this effect is through trickery or postwork.

If the scene isn't too complex, you could create a duplicate, flip it vertically, and place it under the floor/water. If you make the surface partially transparent, it'll look like a reflection. This sort of trick is sometimes used in computer games.

Another approach is to make the floor invisible, then position the camera beneath the floor, and render the reflection separately. You'll have to use a paint program to flip the reflection. Then you can render your image and somehow composite the reflection into the scene. Or you can make the floor transparent and import the reflection as a background image.

The latter technique (rendering the reflections separately, and importing them as backgrounds) is how I created my reflection animations in Poser, although I was importing videos rather than still images.

Look here for an example of this technique.



JerseyG ( ) posted Thu, 02 May 2002 at 6:14 PM

Altho I dont like the answer,,haha. No realy, thank you for your help.


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