Sky reflection

thomthom

Add a 360 environment texture map in the Background slot in the Environment section of your Options. If you don't want it visible in the render, but only want to see it in the reflection, put it in the reflection slow.

dizain

Hi Thom,
where reflaction slow?
Thanks

thomthom

What?

dizain

I would like to get the effect of having a reflection on the glass with a map bitmap
I do not want to see the background image.
Looks like it works very well
Are these settings?
Thanks

thomthom

Yes - that is where you'd put the reflection map.

What do you mean by "Slow?"? Is that another question? You find it affecting render times?

Rich O Brien

Thom in a previous post you typed slow instead of slot!

solo

thomthom

It wasn't me! It was the forum gnome! It roams about shuffling things around!

dizain

Ahhh ahhh ahhh, the gnome of the forum ... hopefully not mix things again!
In your experience, what are the minimum dimensions for the spherical reflection map?
Beware the gnome!
David

thomthom

That would depend on the resolution you render in.
Fro background they need to be quite big - but in reflection maps I usually find that you can get away with smaller maps - but it depends on the scene.

Rich O Brien

What the hell is 'fro'?

This is a fro....

thomthom

zowza

I want to reflect ladscape image in the mirrored elevation to get such an effect:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8Lufw3c2g4I/TPU5VqvLXlI/AAAAAAAAXoM/KW_HWDIT2Zs/s1600/Territorial+Agency.+The+Horizon+House+.+Ordos+39+%25281%2529.jpg

however when i put GI as sky no backgroung image just black color and reflection with bitmap texture nothing happens.
please help me!!!

thomthom

@zowza said:

I want to reflect ladscape image in the mirrored elevation to get such an effect:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8Lufw3c2g4I/TPU5VqvLXlI/AAAAAAAAXoM/KW_HWDIT2Zs/s1600/Territorial+Agency.+The+Horizon+House+.+Ordos+39+%25281%2529.jpg

however when i put GI as sky no backgroung image just black color and reflection with bitmap texture nothing happens.
please help me!!!

Increase the multipler for your map.

zowza

and if the reflection is still a bit hazy and blury and mirror material is too dark?