Blured or diffuse reflections

[should_be_shot]

Hi, everybody,

i want to have a blured oder diffuse reflection of an object
on the floor. How can i get this effect?

Thanks,

Mikel

[fredc]

Mike,
I have had some success with the following method:

1. Render a single pass of just your object (no environment).

2. Replace the floor with a grid. Make the material "constant" , black and 100% reflective.

3. Select the object and go to Information/Selection/RenderSetup. Turn off primary rays. When rendering with mental ray, you will see only secondary rays or reflection of the object.

4. Render object on black reflective grid. You should only see the reflection, but you won

[should_be_shot]

Thanks, Urp,

thats what i did basically. I thought there were some
adjustments with metal ray. But this solution is ok, too.

Mikel

[richard-sher]

There is another way. See if you can get your hands on the Speedrender shaders. (they have a great shader for doing just what you want, in one pass)

Imagica, used to have them as a free download, but it looks like they are gone now. Maybe some one still has them and could forward them to you? I've got them somewhere, if I find them, I'll let you know.

[should_be_shot]

That would be nice, thanks.

I will try to get them.

Mikel

[richard-sher]

I think I know where they are. (Think I found them on the server today) If you can't find them, let me know and I'll send them to you.

[should_be_shot]

I cannot find them on the internet and at imagica i coudn't
find a download, too.
If you have them, it would be great if you can send them to my
e-mail.

thanks.

Mikel

[richard-sher]

I'll send them your way as soon as I can. (Hopefully Today)

[sonne]

Why don't you just use the Frosty shader??
It works perfectly and is already there.

Regards,
Peter