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If you are working with mirrors facing each other, it may be wise to limit the number of times a reflection bounces, to reduce render time of this already more resource intensive option. As you can see, the reflection is of higher quality compared to the Flat Mirror material, properly reflecting the light in the glass for example.Īnother benefit of using a Raytrace material as Reflection is the ability to reflect the reflection of another mirror, something the Flat Mirror material cannot do. If you click on the Background button in the Material Editor, you can immediately see the material is now reflecting the colored checkered background entirely. Open the Map section, tap the Reflection slot, and choose Raytrace from the Material/Map Browser that opens. Drag the material to the MirrorPlane object in the scene to assign it.Ĭlick the Diffuse color and change it to black (changing the Ambient color to black as well). Select an empty slot in the Material Editor and name it RTmirror. It is more resource intensive, but it's less finicky than the Flat Mirror material when it comes to lighting and reflection other reflective surfaces.
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Unlike the Flat Mirror material option, this 2nd option using highly reflective Raytrace material, works for both flat surfaces and other more complex models. Turbulence, Phase 5.0, Size 2.0, Levels 4.0: The Distortion Built-in Noise parameters allow you to distort the reflected image, which can work well with for example for a piece of mirror foil that isn't entirely flat (even though the mirror object still has to be flat, specifically its faces need to be coplanar).įractal, Phase 8.0, Size 5.0, Levels 3.0: You can lower this value for a more crisp reflection, or increase it to blur the reflection more noticably. By default, the Blur setting is enabled and set to 1.0. The Flat Mirror material provides a few options to change the appearance of the reflected image. If some objects appear black in the mirror, try adjusting the near and far attenuation settings of the light Also make sure there are one or more a lights in the scene that also properly lit the back of the mirrored object. If you're using your own scene, make sure there is actually an object in the reflected view of the mirror. The objects in front of the mirror should now appear reflected in the mirror. If you used the sample scene, press C to change to the Camera's view, and then render the scene (press F9).
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From the Material/Map Browser that opens, select Flat Mirror material. Press the M key to open the Material Editor (or select Material Editor from the Rendering menu) and rename the first material to Mirror.ĭrag the material to the MirrorPlane object in the scene to assign it.Ĭlick the map button (the small blank square) next to the Diffuse color of the material. For this first mirror option, we're going to assign the mirror material to the object MirrorPlane, which as the name implies is simply a Plane.
#MIRROR MATERIAL VRAY 3DS MAX DOWNLOAD#
You can download the scene used in this tutorial here, or use your own scene and objects. Flat Mirror Materialįirst we need scene that contains a mirror object and one or more mirrored objects. Note: Click on the image in each step for a larger screenshot. In this tutorial we'll cover 3 different techniques to create a mirror that reflects other objects in the scene. As usual, there are several different ways to do something in 3ds Max and achieve similar results. The tutorial is aimed at the beginner, but it might be interesting for more advanced users others as well.
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#MIRROR MATERIAL VRAY 3DS MAX HOW TO#
In this tutorial you will learn how to create realistic mirror material in 3ds Max, using several different techniques.