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Infinite series with mirrors...

Posted by Randy S on August 13, 2012 at 6:26am in IRender nXt ArielVision 3D Design Studio (Sket

Hello again,

I just noticed that iRender doesn't seem to know what to do when you are looking at a mirror that points back to a mirror, which looks back to the original mirror. Follow me? Like going into a FunHouse at an amusement park. iRender renders the overlapping section as black.

Is there a setting to address this? eg something to do with reflective bounces? Seem to recall seeing a property like that somewhere.

regards,

-randall

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  • Render Plus August 26, 2012 at 4:37am
    Objected reflected in mirrors with default setting of 3 reflective bounces

    Objected reflected in mirrors with maximum setting of 16 reflective bounces

  • Render Plus August 14, 2012 at 3:38am

    We didn't want to spend time processing reflective bounces which, normally, do dot usually impact the rendering.

    For mirrors you can often see 10 or more bounces. But for other partially reflective surfaces, such as wood or a floor, processing for than 3 bounces is usually a waste of processing time.

  • Randy S August 13, 2012 at 8:09pm

    Thanx Rich, bumping that up from 3 (the default) to 4 sorted that out.

    -randall

  • Rich Hart August 13, 2012 at 10:14am

    Reflective bounces is on the Render options tab.

    It's set to 3 by default.

    Try a higher setting.

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