Below is my render. I've got a few questions, but first I wanted to thank you for the awesome tutorial. With it I've learnt HDRI and mental ray rendering. Two things I did not know before. One suggestion I have for future tutorials, is maybe explaining a bit more why each step is done, not necessarily each step, but for example, I still don't know what shellac does. Maybe you could explain that, and why the chrome's material is different or rather how the different process makes the chrome. Anyways Im rambling, Im a noob, and I know I won't remember how to do this again unless I have a purpose for each action, and I can only do that, by knowing why it is Im doing it. Again, great tutorial, really easy to understand and follow.
Now my questions are:
As you can see with my render above yours, which I posted below just so it's easier to compare, I have a different HDRI. That's because I can't find the proposed "kitchen.hdr". So I'm wondering if maybe you can point me to it, or send it to me, thanks in advace :).
Secondly, You notice how my chrome ball reflects the floor from the hdr rather than the floor I gave it, the plane. Your's doesn't do that, so I did something wrong, I'm wondering what it is lol :(.
And Lastly, the most obvious mistake, is the artifacts, (I think that's what they're called) on the floor. Your floor is really nice and smooth with proper light bouncing from the objects. Mine has a sort of pattern to it that I did not desire in any way lol.
Those are the three main things, Again extremely useful tutorial and easy to follow, I know different users get different outcomes with the same directions, so Im in no way blaming you for not getting the same result, Im blaming myself, and hoping you can see where I went wrong.
Thanks SOOO MUCH in advance for any tips or feedback, I'm looking forward to more tutorials :D
P.S. sorry for the long post
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