Reflection transparent

[Marko]

Hi,
I have an object and want it with a reflection.
If I modify the alpha it becomes transparent in a way that you can see the inner structure. How to avoid this? Thanks.

Cheers Marko

[Christian Krix Schmidt]

Render the reflection model at full visibility into a Render Target. Display that using an overlay rectangle and a texture. Fade this rectangle and you have a decent reflection. And with a Simple Blur Texture node if can even blur the reflection slightly if you so choose.

[Marko]

Thanks to you both so far.
Need time to look through your concepts.
M.

[Marko]

Hi Alex + Christian,
I guess I do not have enough experiences to bring your suggestions to work without a further impulse of you.

@Alex
What it´s wrong or do I miss? (see screenshot)

P.S.: Don´t understand your "...without putting any color into the framebuffer"
Why should I - guess the color is on every object itself???

@Christian
I studied the overlayrectangle example in the Help - but couldn´t transform it into my situation.

General - beside the reflections - the next would be a shadow at the floor - not sure which of both concepts is better for that.
M.

[Christian Krix Schmidt]

Here is a little example that uses the RenderTarget and SimpleBlur to create a reflection. There are a lot of different ways and tricks you can use. I also added a BumpMap to the reflection as an example. Maybe this help and gives you a few new ideas.

Chris