Reflective Surface
 

Hey everyone. I am trying to make a surface reflect the objects around it. Was wondering if anyone could help me with this problem. Used to animate a little in 3D Studio Max but that was like a year or so and am a little lost in Maya.

Thanks

Josh

Simple answer, increase the shader's reflectivity and render using raytracing.

Complex answer, too long to go into, but there are several attributes which help make realistic reflections.

Thanks I have been messing around with these for a while now and still can't get the desired effect that I want. What I am trying to do is make a realistic eye ball. And I am trying to make it reflect realistically. I realize that this is complex but even a starting point for the long version would be greatly appreciated.

You're in luck... I happen to know of a great eyeball tutorial. This covers not only the reflection, but the model and bump as well.

http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/eyeTut.html

Wow that is an awsome tutorial thanks a lot.