VanityLace Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I bought this house because of the glossy wood floors but the floors look nothing like the pictures,is there any adjustments I can do to make the floors like this? Here is what it supposed to look like https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/24-Hour-78-Discount-The-Laurels-Home-Furnished/5571786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Jetaime Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I can't tell from those pictures but it looks like the floor texture may use materials texturing. You would have to have Advanced Lighting in your graphics settings activated to see it that way. Your computer may or may not support Advanced Lighting depending on the quality of your graphics card. If you are able to activate Advanced Lighting and don't see it that way the photo's were 'enhanced' in a graphic program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenni Darkwatch Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 This kind of reflection isn't easily possible in SL, it requires the floor to be semi-transparent with a "copy" of the above-floor geometry mirrored below the floor. Can't tell from the pics if that's how they did it. Materials don't have true reflections. Contact the creator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Also, if you look at the "reflections" you will see that they are not positioned as real ones would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenni Darkwatch Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Pamela Galli wrote: Also, if you look at the "reflections" you will see that they are not positioned as real ones would be. I noticed that, yes. Based on the high LI of the house I figured maybe the creator mirrored it, using the old mirror trick? It'd also explain the odd mirrors where some objects seem to be missing a reflection entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Jenni Darkwatch wrote: Pamela Galli wrote: Also, if you look at the "reflections" you will see that they are not positioned as real ones would be. I noticed that, yes. Based on the high LI of the house I figured maybe the creator mirrored it, using the old mirror trick? It'd also explain the odd mirrors where some objects seem to be missing a reflection entirely. Since the buyer says the floors dont have the reflection, I assume it is some photoshop thing. I guess whomever made the pics doesnt mind getting IMs asking why the inworld house doesnt have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenni Darkwatch Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I'd hope not, because if i were a customer i'd flag them for deceptive/misleading ads Another good reason to buy from reputable creators, <insert shameless plug> like yourself </end shameless plug>. It at the very least view things inworld before buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Jetaime Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 If it were the mirror trick the OP would be able to see it even without advance lighting. I vote that it is an 'enhanced' photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 It's a photoshop hack and poorly done. But even a poorly done hack is pretty. Notice that the upper right image below shows a reflection of a window that doesn't exist (just to the right of the door), and on the wall with windows the baseboard/wall/window frame bottoms aren't reflected in the floor. If the wall had been duplicated upside down below a translucent floor, all those details would be visible. There are no horizontal mutton bars in the sidelight window reflections abreast the front door, and the reflections fade as you go lower. This suggests the creator used motion blur and perhaps gradients to create the reflections. I built a mirror trick skybox years ago. I was amused by how easily my wee noggin could be pleased by an obviously (upon inspection) incomplete "reflection" in the floor. Neither my furniture, wall hangings, nor self were reflected in the floor. My brain didn't give a damn, it loved the shiny floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Jenni Darkwatch wrote: I'd hope not, because if i were a customer i'd flag them for deceptive/misleading ads Another good reason to buy from reputable creators, <insert shameless plug> like yourself </end shameless plug>. It at the very least view things inworld before buying. It's only shamless if I pay you :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Well good texturing is all about light and shadow, so yes even bad photoshopping of reflections is appealing. Until you look closer. And until you look at the house inworld. That is just asking for irate IMs and reviews. The thing is, the other textures used are nice, and making a shaded and shiny (tho not reflective) floor is pretty easy -- easier than photoshopping in reflections, I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanityLace Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 I wish they would stop photoshopping their products pictures because its very misleading,atleast warn the customers so they won't waste their lidens,very disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Pamela Galli wrote: Well good texturing is all about light and shadow, so yes even bad photoshopping of reflections is appealing. Until you look closer. And until you look at the house inworld. That is just asking for irate IMs and reviews. The thing is, the other textures used are nice, and making a shaded and shiny (tho not reflective) floor is pretty easy -- easier than photoshopping in reflections, I would think. I agree, I've no idea why someone talented enough to create that house would resort to doctoring the ad shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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