#reflections on my windo
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Hi to all!
I`m making a architectural scene in this days and I have a problem (I have a
wish and this is my problem <g>)
I have a lot of windows in my building and I want to see the real-world
environment reflecting on the windows while I fly with my camera around the
house.
I thought I can use reflection maps to get exact what I want. I use
photographs of the environment as reflection maps. But the reflection is a huge
blow up of a part of my photograph!!!
My photograph shows a few buildings, some trees and a UPS car.
My window wall (with the photograph as a reflection map) shows only the car.
But in such a great size that I can read the producer of the tires <g>.
What can I do to solve the problem?
BTW: I don`t want to use RayMan because we have to render a animation of more
than 2 minutes and that would take a few days with RayMan… <g>.
Michael
>> What can I do to solve the problem?
Set your windows to use Flat Mirror Auto Reflection. Map your photograph onto
a cylinder surrounding the building. (Be sure to remove the top and bottom of
the cylinder and flip the normals to the inside.)
– Dave
Hi Dave,
thanks for the tip. But doesn`t that pump up my rendering time extreme? Isn`t
there an other way?
Michael
>> But doesn`t that pump up my rendering time extreme?
Automatic Reflections do boost your render time, but you could tell it to
calculate the reflection for only the first frame. You could also try to
create a custom .CUB for better control of your reflection map.
The problem you will run into is that flat surfaces don't work well with
reflection maps. As you discovered, they only reflect a small piece of the
map. I think a "Flat Mirror" is your best solution.
– Dave
Hi Dave,
I made several test renderings yesterday and I found out exactly what you
said: reflection maps doesn`t work in the way I want. I tried to use my
reflection photographs as a texture map but that lost the reality look as soon
as I move my camera. Now I`ll try out the flat reflection map (automatic)…
Thank you for your help…