Ground plane reflections rendering, but with zero alpha.

Quick question. I've placed a figure and set the ground plane to have reflection. When rendering, I see the reflection and the shadow. Looking at File Manager, I see the reflection (shadow is hidden due to black background in alpha-less preview). But if I bring the image into any compositing or photomanipulation software, I see the shadow but no reflection. Any thoughts?

Additional note: I tried disabling alpha in Blender, and I still don't see the reflection, which is baffling to me.

Apologies for the bare bottom ... I did my test render before adding clothing.

First image: how File Manager previews the image
Second image: How it composites in Blender over a solid blue background (note the shadow now appears, but the reflection is completely missing)

 

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Comments

  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 6,987
    edited January 21

    But to me, it seems that the image you opened with Blender (screenshot 2) is not the one with reflection in screenshot 1 ....

    Post edited by crosswind on
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