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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

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.

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

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.

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