Element 3D reflection fade

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May 2, 2025
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Anyone know how to make a mirror floor reflection fade off? So we only see maybe half the object as the reflection fades/blurs away?

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Correct answer ShiveringCactus

I think you might be stuck "faking it" using something like Andrew Kramer's Reflection plug-in

https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/reflection_plug-in/

It's doing the job that @Kevin-Monahan outlined. In Element, while you can adjust the glossiness of the mirror material, (which adjusts the sharpness of the reflection), there doesn't seem to be a way to set a depth.

Video Copilot's own Star Pack ( a free download of Star Wars models ) uses a specular map on the glossiness part of the material to control reflections, but it is the surface its doing it on.

I suppose you could try faking it another way. This time with a reflected duplicate of the model and adding a black to transparent gradient on a plane in front of it.

ShiveringCactus

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I think you might be stuck "faking it" using something like Andrew Kramer's Reflection plug-in

https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/reflection_plug-in/

It's doing the job that @Kevin-Monahan outlined. In Element, while you can adjust the glossiness of the mirror material, (which adjusts the sharpness of the reflection), there doesn't seem to be a way to set a depth.

Video Copilot's own Star Pack ( a free download of Star Wars models ) uses a specular map on the glossiness part of the material to control reflections, but it is the surface its doing it on.

I suppose you could try faking it another way. This time with a reflected duplicate of the model and adding a black to transparent gradient on a plane in front of it.

Todd_MorganAuthor

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VC Reflect a decent plugin but not for 3D reflections within Element. I have it already and works for many 2D and 2.5D applications. Too bad Kramer no longer updating E3D...