Unseen to camera - invisible to render - not to objects - Polyloop

Aunty Betty · 16th January 2006, 14:52

Perhaps there is already a feature for this, I havn't found it.

e.g I want to add and control local reflections from an invisible cube (invisible to render but not to objects) that surounds a reflective object to gain specific control on reflections

zekaric · 16th January 2006, 19:27

Can you render two images? One with the cube and one without. Then use a program like PhotoShop to merge the two together to get what you want. I can think of situations where this won't work all that well.

Aunty Betty · 17th January 2006, 14:53

zekaric , many thanks for your suggested workaround.

Hopefully this feature will be added in the future.

AWBenson · 19th January 2006, 15:06

You might want to look into the Shader Plus plugin by the Digital Carvers Guild. It has some interesting features and this reminds me of something I've read there.

Aunty Betty · 24th January 2006, 15:27

AW, thanks for that I'll look into it.

16th January 2006, 14:52	#1 (permalink)
Aunty Betty In the blooming heather Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Little Happening Posts: 569	Unseen to camera - invisible to render - not to objects Perhaps there is already a feature for this, I havn't found it. e.g I want to add and control local reflections from an invisible cube (invisible to render but not to objects) that surounds a reflective object to gain specific control on reflections

16th January 2006, 19:27	#2 (permalink)
zekaric Vertex Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 6	Can you render two images? One with the cube and one without. Then use a program like PhotoShop to merge the two together to get what you want. I can think of situations where this won't work all that well. __________________ - Zekaric -

19th January 2006, 15:06	#4 (permalink)
AWBenson Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 292	You might want to look into the Shader Plus plugin by the Digital Carvers Guild. It has some interesting features and this reminds me of something I've read there. __________________ Andrew Benson AKA: AWBenson www.awbenson.com andrew (at) awbenson (dot) com

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17th January 2006, 14:53	#3 (permalink)
Aunty Betty In the blooming heather Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Little Happening Posts: 569	zekaric , many thanks for your suggested workaround. Hopefully this feature will be added in the future.

24th January 2006, 15:27	#5 (permalink)
Aunty Betty In the blooming heather Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Little Happening Posts: 569	AW, thanks for that I'll look into it.