Bad metal reflection

[skilled]

I'm trying to render a cup trophy: it's a plastic semisphere on a metal stalk.

I have read the studio light setup tutorial and hdri also but the effect is always matte/flat
I have tryed with official vismat material and changed the color of background but is always flat





I need this effect:

[dalomar_cg]

Re: Bad metal reflection

With metals, poor results are almost never attributed to the material itself, but more an issue with what is being reflected. Right now, all your reflecting is your groundplane/backdrop. This is partially because that's the shape of your object and also because you're looking slightly down on it. I would suggest trying out some studio hdris and possibly having a smaller ground plane (ie just enough to fill up the view) so that you can see the hdris

http://zbyg.deviantart.com/gallery/#Resources

[skilled]

Re: Bad metal reflection

If i have a small plane i see the hdri as u say and the pic seem realy fake









spherical or mirror_ball mapping the result is terrific :-X

[skilled]

Re: Bad metal reflection

maybe I ve got a solution: render separate layer and marge them in PS. maybe a good choice?