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  Why isn’t my text shiny and reflective?

  Posted by James Huenergardt on December 10, 2007 at 12:11 pm

  Hi,

  I’m using Pro Animator to rotate a line of text. (Kind of like Universal Pictures), but it’s at the top of a globe.

  Anyway, my text doesn’t look silver, it looks flat.

  I’m using the Punchy Silver material preset.

  Here is a sample:
  https://www.reelinspirations.com/awr/type_sample.jpg

  What am I doing wrong?

  Thanks,

  Jim

  Jon Okerstrom replied 18 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jon Okerstrom

  December 10, 2007 at 2:09 pm

  Hi Jim,

  It looks like everything is working as it should – note how that particular present is making the curved edges and bevens shine. It’s also having an effect on the front faces of your object – but in a more subtle way. If you watched a rendered animation, you would see how the different parts of the reflection map affect the front surfaces.

  A chrome look is best accomplished by using a black base color and a black and white reflection map with the reflectivity cranked up.

  A couple of tips:

  It’s not necessarily a good thing to use the same reflection map for edges and faces. experiment!

  Make your own reflection map out of colors in your scene – it will help the animated 3D elements appear to be part of the scene.

  Jon

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