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Creating tin can reflections?

I'm having a difficult time trying to create realistic-looking mirror reflections on rounded objects like tin cans. Anyone know of any tutorials or tricks to make this work? Thanks!

wildbrookmedia

this should help you:

http://www.ngxdesigns.com/tutorials/view/?action=view&id=8

David Brugge

You don’t find many tutorials on how to show a cylinder with a reflections because it is just so darn hard. ‎The usual approach to showing a reflection assumes that the object is rectangular and that you are looking ‎at it streight on.‎

If you use this method for making a reflection you end up with this: ‎http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/dbrugge/wrong.jpg

What you want is this:‎
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/dbrugge/correct.jpg

The hardest part of rendering this is the fact that you have to create a curved object from a different ‎perspective and to make it a mirror (reversed) image at the same time. ‎
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/dbrugge/preceivedangle.jpg

As you can see, it’s not just a matter of flipping an image over, it has to be redrawn as if it is viewed from a point of view within the mirror.

David B

wildbrookmedia

oh i think i misunderstood the question; would the warp tool help? i thought i saw a tut on this guy warping a label onto a cylindrical can over at photoshoptv.com once.

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Thanks D_Brugge! I haven't had a chance to try your suggestion but on merit I'll go ahead an award you the points.

David Brugge

Thanks,
I expect you to run into a snag or two. It's on the higher end of the difficulty scale, that's why there are so few tutorials. Post your questions here so that anyone looking at the question in the future can get some additional insight.

good luck and have fun,

David B.