[Dean Chapman]

I tried dragging just the “cromos” object in the timeline…..but the “bake objects” function is still grayed out.

I found this set of PLA plugins which worked great (converts a hierarchy of objects & animation into a single object with keyframes):

https://tcastudios.com/?cat=4

But, I’d still like to know why this standard built in “bake objects” thing is never selectable….

I’m sure it’s something simple that I’m missing….

Any suggestions?

[Dean Chapman]

Hmm, whenever I try this, the option to “Bake Object” is always greyed out.

Any ideas…

Attached are screen grabs.

Thanks!

-d

[Dean Chapman]

Thanks Mark,

Argh…..when i open your file and simply hit the render button, this is what i get (see attached photos).

I also took a snapshot of my render settings.

Thanks again,

Dean

[Dean Chapman]

Hmm, i try that and this is what i get (ive attached a pic)

On a side note, i accidently uploaded my scene file with “seen by refraction” unchecked for all the planes with the images. So, I made sure to recheck that.

[Dean Chapman]

Hey Mark,

I know this is kinda late….but i still can’t figure this thing out.

I am super confused as to how the refraction, ray depth, and reflection is working with one another.

Attached is my scene file…

2737_refractiontest.zip

Thanks!

[Dean Chapman]

No….Ray Depth is set to the default, 15.

[Dean Chapman]

Hey Adam,

Thanks so much for taking the time to put the scene together….very kind.

I guess it must be an issue with my render settings, because when i load your scene and render…i get this (see attached photo).

What do you think?

-Dean

[Dean Chapman]

Thanks Bill,

I tried that, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference….for me.

[Dean Chapman]

Hey Sebastian,

Thanks for the advice.

I think you’re right about screwing around with the ray depth….

This works if i take it down from the default 15, to 2.

My problem now is that when i add other objects which have alphas……the renderer does not render their alphas…it instead renders the alpha as black.

If i bump up the ray depth to 3, then the alphas of my new objects work….but i end up with my orignal problem of having that back wall image appearing on my floor once again.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Dean Chapman]

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the response…

I have simply unchecked the “seen by reflections” box in the compositing tags for the walls.

I tried your suggestion of excluding the alpha “man” plane……….this works, but i lose his reflection as well.

I’d like to keep his reflection on the ground, and get rid of only the wall refraction…

Any ideas?

Thanks man