Create Perfect Mirrors In Blender | Use of Reflection Plane for Flat Mirror Surface | Eevee & Cycles

[@5MinutesBlender]

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[@bjaanderson]

Straight and to the point! I was worried this would be one of those weird Blender things that took an act of congress to set up. Thank you so much!

[@5MinutesBlender]

I'm glad that you found it useful 😊💖💖

[@twitchy.mp3]

funny you said that because making this stupid frame to make a mirror feels like an act of congress for some reason when I make my frame I thought surely I dont have to be so surgical with the numbers and sure enough my boolean modifyer wont work and I assume its because I shortcut the tedious steps, I hate blenders tutorial HELL

[@winterdream5710]

Easy to follow, short in length, clear instructions - I was able to follow through and complete THE FIRST TIME TRYING! WHAT?! THANK YOU! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad it helped 😊 Thank for the appreciation 💝

[@kolban1]

Excellent tutorial .. when I look at a mirror I think of it as a piece of glass with a silver/metal paint on the back-side. What this means is that if you put an object against the glass there will be a slight gap between the object and the mirroring metal (5-10 mm). I changed the recipe (in Cycles) to have a plan that was 1.0 metal with no roughness and then a cube with some width directly in front of it with 1.0 transmission ... to my eyes ... it looked just a little better as now we could see some more interesting reflection of the frame itself and when I had an object right up at the mirror (eg. writing on the mirror) it looked correct.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Yes, it is a nice way to recreate mirror surface, I got to try this as well. Thanks for your suggestions 👍👍

[@ahmadakbar03]

This tutorial is so useful. I have searching in everywhere sources. But, finally I find it now. Thank you very much😊

[@5MinutesBlender]

I am really glad that it helped you. Cheers!

[@ahmadakbar03]

@@5MinutesBlender 😁👍

[@CarolMehlman]

I was looking for the correct info to make my standing mirror and found you after 2 other tutorials! Thanks a million. Once I get done with my video, I will add you in it at the end!

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad I could help 😊 Will look forward to what you create! All the best 👍

[@mrkumli]

Thanks man it worked perfectly The tutorial is so easy-to-follow and useful !

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad it helped. Thank you so much 💝

[@itsgandoon]

Thanks! I used another tutorial which was only for cycles before and the rendering was way too slow. This one is great because I can use it in eevee.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad it helped! Cheers bro!

[@SimonSlothindianer]

Thanks man - just what I was looking for

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad to hear it! Cheers!

[@crism2766]

very easy to follow, thanks a lot for the video.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad you liked this 🙂

[@sigmasolutions1309]

Excellent stuff of videos learnt a lot of things from your tutorials. Further, I am having trouble placing the Reflection Plan, either it does not work or causes disappear the Mirror and fram as well could you please help me out...

[@5MinutesBlender]

You can keep the "Shift" key pressed while moving the reflection plane, in order to control its position minutely. If it still does not work, you can start with a fresh new file and check if things work. Sometimes a blend file might just get corrupted to the point that something keeps on failing, but the same settings in a new file would work. If it still does not get solved, please send me your blend file so that I can investigate it further and suggest a fix. You can mail us at [e-mail] Thanks!

[@Blckmnd]

thank you very much this video has helped me a lot 👍🏾👍🏾

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad to know that it helped!

[@xurde35]

Excellent video! Thank you for your support!

[@5MinutesBlender]

I'm really glad that you liked this tutorial. Thanks!

[@iamrusdark]

Great! And what if need a correct reflection on multiple objects? For example, pieces of mirror or some windows in the building? Should i use this plane on each reflecting object or i can stretch it for all of them?

[@5MinutesBlender]

You can stretch it for all of them. One plane is sufficient if the windows are nearly on the same plane. If not, you will need separate reflection planes.

[@RamiroMaxTorti]

Wow thank you!

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad it helped! 😊

[@cortexvortex9504]

I am having a few issues. adding the reflection plane doesn't appear to fix anything. the only differences between your tutorial mirror and my mirror is that my mirror is much smaller and is in a circular frame. any ideas? the problem also persists regardless of if I am using Eevee or Cycles.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Hi, there can be multiple possibilities why it is not working for you. In one similar case reported by someone, I found that the object's normal was pointing in the opposite direction. Please ensure that the surface normal points to the same direction where the reflection plane is i.e. the surface normal has to be outward. If nothing works out, you can send your blend file to us at [e-mail] so that we can investigate it and get back to you with a solution. Thanks!

[@yudizhang]

huge thanks

[@5MinutesBlender]

Welcome bro 😊💝

[@zincfish]

Excellent-thank you

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad you liked it!

[@mayconferreirasilva4149]

Thank you very much. It worked to me, but only for objects. I want to reflect a light (spot and sun), but I can't. Why can I do this?

[@5MinutesBlender]

Light objects cannot be seen, they only emit light to make other objects visible. If you want to actually see a sun object in the mirror, you need to create a sphere with emission shader that depicts a sun. Same for the spot light.

[@maochiou2698]

Thanks! perfect

[@5MinutesBlender]

Thank you so much!

[@ImranHossain-yb6rx]

Excellent video

[@5MinutesBlender]

Thank you so much 😊

[@DibboRoy-y7s]

tnxx sir🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@asmaasalhen1024]

THANK YOU

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad it helped! 😊💝💝

[@caritauchannel12]

very helpful thanks. 🤩🤩🤩

[@5MinutesBlender]

Glad to know that it helped! 💝💝

[@rodjohnson2632]

For some reason, I had to rotate the reflection plane -90 degrees instead of 90 degrees, otherwise it did not work. I'm using Blender 3.0.

[@5MinutesBlender]

That can happen due to the initial position of your object. Probably our viewport is rotated 180 degree than yours. Not a problem, you figured it out. Good!

[@rodjohnson2632]

@@5MinutesBlender Yeah, I tried the whole thing again from scratch, and this time 90 degrees worked, not -90. But thanks for the reply! Your instructions are very good, I subscribed, ready to check out more of your stuff. Blender is quite a beast to learn! I'm pretty good at some things with it, but others I've barely scratched the surface. Tutorials like yours are very much appreciated.

[@5MinutesBlender]

@@rodjohnson2632 Thanks! 😊 I wish you all the best 👍

[@RC_Russell_Designs]

I just modeled a three way fashion mirror. I see that the mirrors in the reflection don't reflect, they are grayed out. Could you explain that? Would it be too much to render?

[@5MinutesBlender]

If you are using Eevee, it is the expected behavior. For mirror within mirror, we have to use Cycles. As you know, Eevee uses fake tracing, it is not a true picture of the objects. It does not use multiple reflections (which is essential for mirror within mirror scenarios). I suggest you to switch over to Cycles for this specific requirement.

[@LouiseChib]

So I'm making a ballet studio with mirror walls. How do you reflect other mirrors onto another mirror?

[@5MinutesBlender]

Good question! I think your best bet is to go for Cycles in that case, it can support reflection of mirror within another mirror, in a chain sequence. You need to use a separate reflection plane for each mirror. If you only need the mirror to be visible through another mirror, this same setup will work in Eevee as well - but it won't show the objects within the mirror. Cycles can do that easily, I have tested this. However, rendering time will increase considerably.

[@ninjagogetta]

my mirror is still not working the way you've got it going the reflection plane is not working for me

[@5MinutesBlender]

Okay, I can help you, but I need to know exactly what is the difference between our demonstration and your output. One possible cause may be the placement of the reflection plane. The thumb-rule is, it should follow the orientation of the mirror surface (I mean the rotation angles), it should be very close to the mirror surface, maybe even overlapping with the mirror surface slightly, but it should not overlap too much, most of its width should be outside the mirror surface. The best way to achieve this is, place any sphere in front of the mirror, and then move the reflection plane into the mirror and look at the reflection of the sphere on the mirror. Stop at a point where you think the reflection shows best. You can press the Shift key while moving the reflection plane, to gain finer control over its movement. Please let me know if this solves your issue. Otherwise, I would request you to send me a copy of your Blend file, so that I can look at it and find out the issue. You can get our contact details (Email ID) in the About section of this channel.

[@ninjagogetta]

@@5MinutesBlender ok I'll try it and let you know

[@michaelpenco546]

I have done all what you suggested and unfortunately it's not properly reflecting both a cube which appears to be elongated and the face is still invisible and a human form which is just reflects as a coloured band. I am using version 3.

[@5MinutesBlender]

It should equally work in version 3, without a change. For another viewer, oddly this was not working because the world settings were wrong. We discovered that only when we looked at her blend file. I would request you to kindly send your blend file to us, so that we can quickly check and suggest the fix. You can get our contact details (Email ID) in the About section of this channel. Will wait for your blend file. Thanks!

[@vanderleilemosjr8634]

how to get perfect mirror effect in 3d mirrors

[@5MinutesBlender]

This method should work even for the latest Blender version. So please let me know what is not working for you? If you are looking for curved mirror, that is not yet possible in Eevee, you have to go for Cycles. Eevee can only generate flat mirrors with perfection.

[@Rand0m-yt]

Why don't he used extrude instead of Boolean modifier, pls reply 🙌

[@5MinutesBlender]

We used a Boolean modifier for creating the frame. You can definitely do it in alternate ways, no issues. For example, you can extrude the surface and scale it down. But we also need a glass object. So we used this glass object for two purposes, it works as a glass, and it is also used in the Boolean modifier to create the frame. The frame is not very important for this tutorial. You can create it in other ways as well, completely fine 👍

[@Rand0m-yt]

@@5MinutesBlender you gained a sub man!!!! Only because you responded and your super great contents, nice works, keep up ❤️❤️

[@5MinutesBlender]

@@Rand0m-yt Thank you so much for the sub 💝 We try to address all comments and questions from our viewers. Your appreciations are our only rewards 😊

[@sahebfahmi]

I see you forgot to say this is 9nky needed in Eevee. Cycles will reflect ok without ref plane. Thank you.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Yes, correct! Thanks for pointing it out 👍

[@vickykumarsharmayt]

Plz enable button pressed feature on blender , that's will be great for me

[@5MinutesBlender]

Yes, enabled this for the new videos. You will get to see it once the currently prepared tutorials are all published. Couple of weeks more.

[@InfinityHell666]

Is there a way of making a mirror without using a reflection Plane?

[@5MinutesBlender]

Yes, you can use Cycles. It does not need a reflection plane, it is required only in Eevee.

[@InfinityHell666]

@@5MinutesBlender i was hoping for no cycles, i don't really look for realism, cycles is always way slow and grainy for me, i can barely work in it, even if it's on a really good computer. But hey, at least thanks.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Cycles is slow but it's not grainy. It shows grainy only in the viewport, but if your lighting is correct it will render perfect. But yes, it is slow. I hope you know the trick to use Google colab to render faster in cycles, you can use that. We have a tutorial on this as well 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rorUgJ1_pMRnqqM

[@InfinityHell666]

@@5MinutesBlender And either way, my other problem with the reflection plane is if the mirror is moving. You can't just hit control j and have them joined together that easily.

[@5MinutesBlender]

@@InfinityHell666 No you should not join them, you should parent the mirror object to the reflection plane so that the plane follows wherever the mirror goes to.

[@ManishShori]

It is good but when we check it as output, it does not reflect as mirror. What is the solution.

[@5MinutesBlender]

I need to see your blend file in order to suggest the correct solution. But the most common issue is in placing the reflection plane correctly, sometimes the normal of the plane may be incorrect. If you are unable to locate the issues, please send your blend file as it is to us ([e-mail]), we'll check and get back to you with a solution. Please include a line about the issues you are getting so that we can relate your mail with this comment.

[@HarryClipzFilmz]

This tutorial did not work for me. I am trying to add reflection to a mirror of a environment that someone modeled for me but it's not showing like it's shown in the video. Edit: I fixed it i forgot to go to rendered mode.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Okay, good to know that the issue was resolved 👍

[@BlenderRender1]

My mirror isn't working in Eevee so I am just gonna use cycles. in Cycles it works amazingly. I think it has to with the light probe thing in eevee, but I don't need it in cycles.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Yes it works like a charm in Cycles and looks far better! Although it should work on Eevee as well, you just need to place the reflector appropriately, but if you can use Cycles nothing like that. Cycles is definitely a better option.

[@TomGeewhiskeytango15511meterDX]

cant get this to work anymore after update to 4.2 version.

[@TomGeewhiskeytango15511meterDX]

Had to change from reflectionplane to Plane in add then light Probe Plane then it worked but had to turn ray tracing on to get it to work.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Yep, several things have changed now - but the basic part is still the same. We have to update this tutorial at some point in time. Good that you already discovered it 👍

[@thefederationfiles8938]

The HDRI link is not listed in the description.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Sorry. Now added the link. And here it is for easy reference as well 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIbLommZfbmohac Thanks for watching!

[@govindjee9896]

I'm unable to add HDRI in Blender Librery. Plz help

[@yogi_samrat]

I am using blender 4.2 but there is no such options are showing. I means in render settings you tell some options which is not showing in my Blender software also in "Light probe" option there is no reflection plane is showing 😢

[@5MinutesBlender]

There are some changes now in the new version. Under Light Prob, now you have Plane, that is a reflection plane - use can use that. For render settings you can refer to another tutorial that covers some of these 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/borXcmysmph6qbs and kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW8hHqin6eXrdk

[@yogi_samrat]

@@5MinutesBlender thanks 🙏🏻 i figure out it and its solve now 🙂

[@5MinutesBlender]

@@yogi_samrat Glad to know that it is resolved! Cheers!!

[@johnarnold7460]

I have done the 'exercise' 5 times following EVERY step EXACTLY yet I cannot get the REFLECTION PLANE to work. I create. rotate, resize and then move if extremely slowly towards the 'mirror' object yet the image of the sphere does not change from a reflection of 'half' the sphere to reflecting all the sphere. I have tried both Evee and Cycles and there is no difference.

[@5MinutesBlender]

Sorry to hear that. I know that it may be very frustrating when something that should work - simply does not. But I can tell you two things. If it is not working in Cycles, there is probably something else missing because you need a reflection plane only in Eevee. Cycles always gives you perfect reflection even without a reflection plane. So if your setup is not working in Cycles, I guess the devil is hiding somewhere else. Secondly, I saw this error myself. For some unknown reason, once it happened that I was not able to create reflection at all in a project. Apparently there was nothing wrong. It went up to the level that I started doubting my blender skills! But it turned out that the particular file I was working upon was corrupted. I started with a new file and everything became perfect. That particular file somehow got messed up. In any case, if you are not able to figure out what is missing, you can send your blend file to us and we will revert back after checking the same. Our Email ID is given in the About section of this channel. Thank you!

[@johnarnold7460]

@@5MinutesBlender Thanks. I will try Cycles. Not sure about the email ID as I cannot locate the About section even in the 5 Minutes Blender channel.

[@5MinutesBlender]

You can send it to [e-mail]

[@red_panda73]

My mirror is not reflecting any objects why?

[@5MinutesBlender]

If it is not showing any reflection at all, please check if you followed each step as described here. Switch over to cycles to confirm if the issue is with the material settings in Eevee. If you are getting only a partial reflection, you need to place your reflection plane accurately.

[@stoopidbastid6420]

it wont render

[@5MinutesBlender]

It should render exactly as you see in the viewport. If you followed each step as per this tutorial and still it does not render correctly, I'd request you to kindly send your blend file to us ([e-mail]). We'll investigate and revert back to you with a suitable solution. Thanks!

[@MercuryRisingFast]

Just has "plane" not "mirror plane". Always some stupid crap with Blender. Mirrors should just automatically reflect everything.

[@5MinutesBlender]

That "plane" under light probs is basically the old "reflection plane", the functionality is the same. I agree that a more straight-forward option for a mirror surface would have been better.