reflective surface help needed!

[Speedy_Sticks]

What is the best/easiest ways to create a reflective surface for your objects?

Cheers

James S Welling
news[at]transportradio.co.uk

[timhines]

Hi James,

Welcome to talkgraphics.com

A simple reflection is most easily done by duplicating your logo (or whatever) then doing a flip about the horizontal axis on it, positioning it under the original, and then applying a linear transparency to it. The thread at http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=30664 has some examples (e.g. post #10 from me).

Hope this helps.

[ss-kalm]

Look at this thread too.

You're not creating a reflective surface, just creating a reflection. That way the surface looks reflective.

[gwpriester]

Workbook 34 Creating a Reflection might work too.

[timhines]

That Workbook suggestion to increase the height the reflection is only really appropriate when putting it on rippled water (to simulate some of the reflection effect off the leading and trailing faces of the ripples). A reflection in a smooth surface should be the same height as the original (or less if the surface is tilted relative to the face of the object).