Black Mirror

[rikdekker]

Any idea how to make a black mirror? or at least show reflections on black glass tiles?

[Kbird1]

Try setting the material's Roughness to 0% on the Properties Tab.

 

( make sure it is not set to a Matte Material as well  )

 

Mick.

[rikdekker]

Thanks Mick

I have played around with the different setting and cannot seem to show mirrored reflections unless the material is 'Mirror". Haven't tried a RayTrace because I virtually never use Ray Trace, Only Standard and physically based cameras.

Would be a really nice feature to have in Chief if the colour of the mirror could be changed. Tinted mirrored glass is quite common  especially for commercial building applications.

[Kbird1]

10 minutes ago, rikdekker said:

Thanks Mick

I have played around with the different setting and cannot seem to show mirrored reflections unless the material is 'Mirror". Haven't tried a RayTrace because I virtually never use Ray Trace, Only Standard and physically based cameras.

Would be a really nice feature to have in Chief if the colour of the mirror could be changed. Tinted mirrored glass is quite common  especially for commercial building applications.

 

I haven't played with it but I think Chief's Mirror Material is the only one that reflects in STD View ?

 and unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to "Blend" the Pattern Color with the Texture which might make

a good Suggestion Over in that Forum.

 

Polished and Metal Propeties should have an Effect ( Show) in PBR but won't look like a true Mirror

 

M.

[Rich_Winsor]

On 9/27/2022 at 10:24 AM, rikdekker said:

Any idea how to make a black mirror? or at least show reflections on black glass tiles?

You can't always get what you want (where did I hear that?).

But in this case maybe you can get what you need.

If you use the Rainbow Tool to change the mirror "Material

Color" to Black and the "Material Class" to "General Material"

you can achieve a "Black Mirror" in Ray Trace (CPU), PBR

(GPU) and Vector views.

 

[rikdekker]

Definitely going to suggest it on the "Suggestions Forum". Thanks for the suggestions on the Ray trace

[Rich_Winsor]

Here you go @rikdekker. Upon further consideration

I have come up with a simple workaround that will let

you tint your mirror glass any color and have it render

in all views including Standard View. All you have to do 

is create a thin 3D Solid the dimensions of the mirror

glass and place it in front of the mirror. Now you can

assign a colored glass material to the solid and tint the

mirror any color you like. In the images below the top

and bottom mirrors in the center are default mirrors 

from the library. The 4 mirrors flanking the stock ones

on either side are obviously tinted to different colors.

They will display in all camera types. Maybe this will

work for you until such time as your suggestion is

acted upon. 

[rikdekker]

Interesting.

I actually did try that approach and lost the reflection. I will revisit the idea and play around with it. 

Thanks 

[rikdekker]

@Rich_WinsorI tried it again and discovered when the gradient slider on the colour wheel was all the way to the right (full) then there were no reflections but when I backed it of even a bit the reflections appeared. I assume  when the colour is full then it is no longer transparent even though the material is still crown glass.

Worked brilliantly! Thanks so much for your help!