Mirror, Reflecting

Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world

Get halfway through a model and find it's an unworkable mess? Can't add edge loops where you need them? Can't subdivide a mesh properly? If any of this sounds familiar check this course out.

Watch

# 1 04-03-2007 , 01:58 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006

Location: Iran

Posts: 16

How can I create a real mirror that can reflect everything? or something that I can change its reflectivity?

Quote

# 2 04-03-2007 , 02:38 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jul 2004

Posts: 1,257

Here's the attributes to make a very simple mirror shader using a blinn material. There are loads of other ways to do it but this is one of the easiest. Don't forget to turn on Raytracing in the render globals otherwise you won't get any reflections.

Take it easy,

Mat.

Attached Thumbnails

Click image for larger version

Name: mirror.jpg
Views: 966
Size: 143.3 KB
ID: 33249

Quote

# 3 04-03-2007 , 07:13 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2007

Location: my house!!

Posts: 261

You could also use a phong or phong E which are also reflective with the raytracing globals turned on.

Sparticus

Expect to excell...

Quote

# 4 05-03-2007 , 09:43 AM

Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006

Location: Iran

Posts: 16

Is it possible for you to send other ways available for making this?

Quote

# 5 08-02-2009 , 08:32 PM

Registered User
Join Date: May 2007

Posts: 9

how did you get that chrome look. i have made a mirror that reflect but what i'm missing is that chrome look.

Quote

# 6 08-02-2009 , 11:37 PM

Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2006

Location: South FL

Posts: 3,522

I believe the other ways happymat27 was talking about were mentioned by sparticus, you can use different materials with high reflectivity. Personally I prefer the Mental Ray Renderer so a lot of the time I use the Mia_material_x

Remmy, a chrome shader is essentially a dark shader with very high reflectivity, of course, if it doesn't have any environment to reflect, it won't look too great. I had to dig this up from these forums, I lost the original in a Vista mishap :/. This was using the mia_material_x with a couple of light cards. You can easily get a mirror material by ditching the reflection blur I have on them.
user added image