Reflective / glossy surface on shape

Hi there,

I need to create a reflective surface on a few shapes (squares) in a project I am working on. The squares rotate in X and need to catch a reflection on them.

I was going to simply turn the reflections on on each square and then place a reflection map behind the camera. Just wanted to see if anyone knows of a better way of doing it in case I'm missing a trick.

Cheers

Hello and good day.

What you had said is usually what I do. I either create or download an HDR image and place it far behind the camera and turn the reflection to the objects. Sometimes a long rectangle behind the camera is enough to reflect with. If render times are slow I bring down the blur on the reflection and compensate by bringing down the reflectivity. Or just leave the blur off until it is time for the final render. Also reducing the bounce amount in the settings helps bring down render times.

Here is an example of something I did using the above technique: motion-master-templates.com/the-show-intro/

Please let me know if this helps and have an amazing day!