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pixel8studio
12-19-2006, 03:16 AM
This might be a dumb question, but I'm having trouble figuring this out. I'm trying to do a multipass render of my file where I have two movies output from the one render - a movie of everything as is without reflections and a movie with only reflections. Now, I can do this if I separate everything out (reflection, diffuse, shadow, etc...) but I was hoping to just separate out the reflections. I can also do this if I do two separate renders...one with a multipass with only reflections turned on and a separate render with reflections turned off, but that means I have to render twice. When I multipass with RGBA and reflection checked, I get a correct reflection movie, but the RGBA has the reflections in there as well so no dice there either. Am I making sense? I can't seem to figure it out and I am beginning to think it isn't possible. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks in advance,
Ken
bryanboyer
12-28-2006, 07:15 AM
if i'm understanding you correctly you need to render a Blend channel with everything except reflections checked and then make a separate channel for reflections.
pixel8studio
12-28-2006, 07:45 PM
I cannot begin to tell you how much you rock! This was asked on a few boards and you were the only one to solve the problem. Although my project is done, this will definitely be in the mental file and used very soon. THANKS AGAIN!
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