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henrick
10-25-2007, 10:17 AM
Hi

I am trying to achiving a hard edge reflection on a rectangle?
How would I do that?

I remember seeing tutorial putting a Plane next the model and it will give that kind of effect, but I couldnt find it. please help

I have attached a jepg of how I am trying to get

thanks
scrimski
10-25-2007, 10:35 AM
Why a tutorial?
Take plane, set it to no visible for camera(all terms for 3dsMax, should work in any other program), disable shadow casting and rshadow receiving and apply a material with full white diffuse and selfillumination.

Render.
henrick
10-25-2007, 12:17 PM
just did it

but it doesnt give me that nice soft edge at the end which blends in to the model
scrimski
10-25-2007, 12:38 PM
Then use a b/w gradient instead of full white.
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