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need help with a mirror

woody2woody2 Posts: 90
edited March 2015 in The Commons

Hi all I need some help with a mirror settings. I have been pulling my hair out over this. I use to be able to get a mirror surface before in a older version of Daz but now I can seem to get it to work in 4.6 version. here are my settings .

my settings
Mirroe settings

1. Deffuse color white - variable
2. Diffuse strength 0% - variable
3. Clossiness 99%
4. Specular color white
5. Specular Strength 100%
6. MSTO on
7. Ambient Color Black
8. Ambient Strength 100%
9. Opacity Strength 100%
10. Reflection Color white - variable
11. Reflection Strengtg 100%
12. Refraction Color white
13 Reflection Strength 100%
14. Refraction Color White
15. Refraction Stength 0%
16. Index of refraction 0
17. Lighting Model - Clossy Plastic

what am I missing here. can any one shied some light on this for me


Thank you all

woody2

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  • Design Anvil - Razor42Design Anvil - Razor42 Posts: 1,239
    edited December 1969

    Those settings do work for me, you do have something else in the scene to reflect, right?

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  • Eustace ScrubbEustace Scrubb Posts: 2,705
    edited March 2015

    The most basic, most excellent version I've found is this one: https://www.lakeworks.com/forums/mirror-reflection-shader-preset-t193.html

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  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453
    edited December 1969

    Check your render settings. Raytrace bounce settings needs to be 2 or more. I may be off on the name, but it's the number of times light is allowed to bounce before it "dies". Depending on what's nearby, you may need 4 or more bounces, which WILL increase render times.

  • woody2woody2 Posts: 90
    edited March 2015

    Razor 42
    thanks for checking the settings. I must be doing something wrong with the new 4.6 Daz I have a simple mirror and V4 standing in front of the mirror and lights on her from all points so I have her well lite so there is something to reflect. but no go. It might have something to to with raytrace bounce that Slimer_j_Spud was talking about but were the heck are those setting at . are you talking about in the render setting in the advanced part I have Motion blur checked and motion samples set to 4 and nothing works. Im lost here I guess. I added the screen shot of what I am working on so you can see

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  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453
    edited December 1969

    woody2 said:
    Razor 42
    thanks for checking the settings. I must be doing something wrong with the new 4.6 Daz I have a simple mirror and V4 standing in front of the mirror and lights on her from all points so I have her well lite so there is something to reflect. but no go. It might have something to to with raytrace bounce that Slimer_j_Spud was talking about but were the heck are those setting at . are you talking about in the render setting in the advanced part I have Motion blur checked and motion samples set to 4 and nothing works. Im lost here I guess. I added the screen shot of what I am working on so you can see

    Yes, it's in Advanced Render Settings. The correct name is Max Ray Trace Depth. See:
    http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/chapters/rendering/start#max_ray_trace_depth
  • woody2woody2 Posts: 90
    edited March 2015

    Ok guys got it working. thanks all for the help don't know what I did but went to the advance settings in render and hit the default setting and then did a render and it worked ok . the first one was with a mirror that I found here and got and the other one is just a plane that I tried it on and it worked. now I want to try and see if I can get a floor to reflect the same way so I can have her laying on the floor. will see.

    thanks guys a life saver and also some hair that don't have a lot of anyway .

    woody2

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  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453
    edited December 1969

    OK, now see if you can get the mirror to do this (LOL).

    There's a free shiny floor prop around somewhere, but I can't put my finger on it at the moment. A floor will generally not be a perfect mirror. You want the diffuse texture of the floor to be visible, and a less perfect mirror reflection.

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  • macleanmaclean Posts: 2,438
    edited March 2015

    For a shiny floor (assuming the floor has a texture), leave the settings as they are, but set Reflection Strength to around 30% (with no map).

    The floor in this image was set to 50%

    Edit - You can also experiment with the floor's reflection. If you add a faint 'cloud' texture to either Diffuse Strength or Bump (with very low settings), you'll get a 'wavy' shine.

    mac

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  • woody2woody2 Posts: 90
    edited December 1969

    I was able to get the floor to shine just fine so now it will be off to do my scene with my girl. thanks all for the help.

    woody2

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  • woody2woody2 Posts: 90
    edited December 1969

    OK found the free floor prop That you were talking about I think. It is over at "renderosity " and is in the I13 Ironmans free stuff "*shiny* BOLD Old Tile Floor for Poser/Daz" a nice floor to use . so if anyone wants a good floor there it is.


    woody2

  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453
    edited December 1969

    woody2 said:
    OK found the free floor prop That you were talking about I think. It is over at "renderosity " and is in the I13 Ironmans free stuff "*shiny* BOLD Old Tile Floor for Poser/Daz" a nice floor to use . so if anyone wants a good floor there it is.

    woody2


    Yes, that's the one. We can post freebie links here:
    http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/?item_id=63584
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