Please help.

[tauntdevil]

Hello. First I would like to say I am glad to be a member of CG-Cars. Though I am a noob at modeling. And i hope to learn alot within time.
If i have posted this thread in the wrong area I am sorry. If so can moderators please move it to the correct section of the forums please? Thank you.

First I have been looking for some tutorials. One that i cannot find is a tutorial on reflections. I know how to do light reflections and stuff like that but i dont know how to do reflections reflecting pictures. I can only get it to reflect the lights. How can i get my reflections to reflect an image instead of lights?

Thank you for reading.

TauntDevil

[P2sta]

not sure how to do it in blender, but in other aps. we put that image in enviroment of the scene and then it can be reflecting

[tauntdevil]

not sure how to do it in blender, but in other aps. we put that image in enviroment of the scene and then it can be reflecting

have blender but i dont use it that much. Sorry for not mentioning that.. But when i do that it shows up in the background when im done rendering. Do you know how i could get it to be on the reflections of the car but not in the actual picture.
By the way im a complete noob if you havent noticed already lol.

[P2sta]

so you use 3ds max, right? then i think you use MentalRay render, or do you use default ScanLine?

[tauntdevil]

so you use 3ds max, right? then i think you use MentalRay render, or do you use default ScanLine?

I have gotten really good with mental ray but i just baught Vray so im getting use to it. Still a ton to learn but i am pretty good with it.

[P2sta]

I have gotten really good with mental ray but i just baught Vray so im getting use to it. Still a ton to learn but i am pretty good with it.

oh, so for vray, you need to put a hdri image to the override reflections slot it vray:: Enviroment setting, then you will have reflections of the background picture on the car, but you will not see it in the scene background

[tauntdevil]

oh, so for vray, you need to put a hdri image to the override reflections slot it vray:: Enviroment setting, then you will have reflections of the background picture on the car, but you will not see it in the scene background

Could it be a jpeg? Btw that worked well. Thank you very very much

[P2sta]

Could it be a jpeg? Btw that worked well. Thank you very very much

sure it can be jpeg, only lots of people use hdri, because you can use them for lighting too

[tauntdevil]

sure it can be jpeg, only lots of people use hdri, because you can use them for lighting too

Ahh ok. Ill start using them i guess though i wouldnt know how to use them for lighting or anything super advanced as i just learned how to make cars off of blueprints. But i know how to do alot as to lighting and stuff but to you guys and what i have seen. I feel like a super noob haha. Thanks for the help