Create a “reflection only” layer

[Paul Roper]

….via this link:

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Maybe one of the Adobe people (Todd maybe?) will see this thread.

– Paul

[Kevin Camp]

sorry… here’s the link

https://qubahq.com/2010/06/tutorial-100-accurate-reflections/

i should note that the process for the true reflections is fairly elaborate, involving 2 cameras and precomps, but it does give true reflections for 3d particle systems, and i assume it will work with raytrace 3d.

i don’t have cs6, but can you precomp the raytraced elements and bring them back into the main comp, and then use blending modes?

but reflections only would be a worthwhile feature…

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Paul Roper]

Thanks for that link I’ll take a look at it later.

Yes, I thought about doing a pre-comp and bringing it in as a 2D layer with an add or screen mode, but went with the cheating ‘copy & flip the text in the y-axis’ method instead. Not 100% accurate, but did the job.

– Paul

[Tim Wilson]

Hey Paul,

Sorry to bug ya (didn’t mean to bug ya), but can you drop me a line when you get a chance? tim@creativecow.net

Much appreciated, and apologies again for the interruption…

Best,
Tim

PS. Nothing official. You’re not in trouble. LOL

Tim Wilson
Vice President, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW

[Paul Roper]

Well, that’s annoying! I Google “after effects 3d reflection only” and am brought to this thread, where I asked the same question well over 5 years ago! Oh well…maybe I’ll just do the job in C4D.

motion graphics | VFX | web design | etc.
https://paulroper.com/

[Greg Gesch]

Hi, don’t know if this would help:
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/reflection_plug-in/

[Mark Doctor]

I still have to figure that one out. The empty space around your object is black, unless you use an environmentlayer. By using a green / blue environmentlayer and a color-key, you can isolate the reflection. But it certainly has its limitations

I never used the double-cam solution. But creating a null object at the position from the floor, link a duplicate from the object to the null and only changing the y-scale from de null to -100%

But the Environment layer might be a problem that can be solved bij mirroring the horizon. It all depends on what your wishes are