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I'm trying to visual the freeform shape that uses the mirror polished stainless steel. Something like Cloud gate

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In render the reflection is too distorted because the curve shape is quite complex. I want to avoid it without changing 3D.

I tried to add normal vector to change the reflection but it didn't work. Does anybody have idea to solve this to make a nice render?

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  • $\begingroup$ Are you sure you're not just lacking geometry? I trust that is a spherical HDRi to light your scene? Can we see a wireframe or flat shaded version? You get the hint? Also: Normal input is for normal map, not geometry vectors. $\endgroup$ – Frederik Steinmetz Dec 26 '19 at 16:33
  • $\begingroup$ Thank for your comment. Yes. I have a context. But I got the same result. The reflection is not clear. I attached the file here: drive.google.com/file/d/1PN1zVnpHi2cMJOveBXTE-eGCXy9RML-9/…. $\endgroup$ – lodi Dec 26 '19 at 18:33
  • $\begingroup$ Sorry, I was a bit harsh yesterday. In your .blend you have an empty normal map, you might want to remove that as it has no effect. Also you had a landscape without textures, is that supposed to be reflected as gray? And finally: What's wrong now? The reflections look a bit off, but I tried every trick in the book to fix the normals and I think this is simply the way a curved surface like that is supposed to behave. $\endgroup$ – Frederik Steinmetz Dec 27 '19 at 20:51
  • $\begingroup$ Sorry for late reply. Yes. I think I have to play with the shape to get better result. Thank for your time. $\endgroup$ – lodi Dec 31 '19 at 4:20

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