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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: Gamemaner1234 on May 21, 2008, 01:09:56 am

Title: Reflections?(Like a mirror)
Post by: Gamemaner1234 on May 21, 2008, 01:09:56 am

Ok, I have Anim8or V0.95 How do i create an object that reflects Like a mirror? I know it can be done, i've seen renders that have it.(An example would be the "Full House" Creation in the Finished Creations Area. Notice the Red Table Reflects objects above it?) How do i do this with having any tricks like photoshop?  :-\

Title: Re: Reflections?(Like a mirror)
Post by: hihosilver on May 21, 2008, 01:52:33 am

You have to use the latest version, v0.97.  You can find it here: http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/index.html (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/index.html)
You use the ART raytracer which you can read about here: http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/art_raytracer.html (http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/art_raytracer.html)

Title: Re: Reflections?(Like a mirror)
Post by: ENSONIQ5 on May 21, 2008, 04:34:20 am

Warning:  version 0.97 is not a fully stable version of Anim8or, and does not contain some of the features of V0.95, such as panoramic backgrounds for example.  I strongly recommend continuing to work with 0.95 for modelling and rigging, for its stability.  You can open 0.95 files in 0.97 (and 0.96 incidentally) and render using the (seriously cool) ART renderer, but be aware that some features will not function.

Title: Re: Reflections?(Like a mirror)
Post by: mcheccyb on May 21, 2008, 12:13:02 pm

apart from the new shadow bug, i think 0.97 works better for me. it crashes less.

Title: Re: Reflections?(Like a mirror)
Post by: hihosilver on May 21, 2008, 04:49:33 pm

I have to agree with mcheccyb here.  I haven't come across any of the modeling bugs in v0.97 that I have in v0.95.  I find it a much more stable version.  The only thing that's more unstable than v0.95 in v0.97 is the ART raytracer which isn't even included in v0.95.