Reflection/Refraction Pass

Overview

By doing a select attribute pass and checking only reflection or refraction, you won't get proper raytraced reflection/refraction.

Setting up the render job

Use whatever settings you like for your render job. You'll need at least these two passes to extract the reflection/refraction information.

The noref Pass

This pass does not have reflection and refraction checked, but is a normal render otherwise.

The ref Pass

This pass is a normal render.

Compositing the two passes

In Photoshop (or whatever image editor you prefer), paste the noref pass on top of the ref pass. Set the noref pass's layer mode to "Difference".






Compositing the reflection pass with your image

Paste the reflection pass on top of your image and set its layer mode to "Linear Dodge" (aka "Add").