Getting good reflections on glass...

Hi Mongoose king.

1) Look at some actual pictures of what you're trying to make.
2) Use a reflection map particularly made for it. Make an HDRI that looks like what you want to reflect, and then load that into FF as a new environment.
3) Tilt the shards ever so slightly.

4) Check out some of the glass filters already made: http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4954.html

Ohh, that works good, I was looking at your filter Add Atmosphere too, I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to get the reflections seamless too, this wi be really helpful though.

I had another go at removing the gradient error but it didn't work. Seems if I change the limits of the gradient, I have to make a corresponding change in the threshold. I will look at it again later.
Btw, was that filter crashing on your system?
Here is a version that does not crash, just in case you want to look at it.

BBG2 a.ffxml

Thanks Ron,
I tried again and again to send bug reports but each time is said the report contained no information.
Btw, which one is bad, is the last one badd to.

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Mongoose King wrote: both crashed

Hmm, I really expected that last one to work. I rearranged the components to look like rockets, that fixes most things – I’ll try skulls.

hmmm, strangeness.. So that new one crashes for me too. However I decided to open the first error one and go to edit mode straight away before it starts rendering, so I could take a look. So, I go into edit as soon as I open it. I take a look, and rearrange the components a bit, then quit out of edit back to the main screen, and then it works fine for me and has done since. :S *head explodes*

Well, the error has come back again for me. Very strange. Anyway, I've been playing around with other ideas, and I've added some fakey reflections using noise, and added the option to have the image as a reflection.

I'm just using the hdri reflections for a rippley glass option, which I prefer as I can now have a bit of ripples, and have a big reflection across the whole pane too. Plus it means I can have a reflection of the place I want to use it, without having to have a hdri or it.

Here's what I have at the moment, looking a lot better, I think fake reflections are probably best for this particular filter.

(decided this is a better way to show it as the first one looked rubbish without the alpha)

I just remembered, Totte has a good thread dealing with this.