(Thi Mai v.E.)

This time I sat and worked on making a near accurate version using layers. It uses a rather dirty motion file for the sake of extreme gesture .... for the sake of the example but it clearly demonstrates the ease of use and in the final movie this effect appears in puddles, lakes, rain strewn windows and, yes, even distorted chrome bars across a window.
For those you simple add the layers and squash them forcing nuetral grey as their C-key which gives, at about 98% transparency, about a 30% transparency element to all spectral values. The effect is a near tubular reflection with the bars metallic reflection jointly showing through.
However...

(4 Layers inc. Primary.)

(6 Layers & invisible base Primary layer. (Thi Mai v.15a))

On the snowscene there's no real animated primary baselayer.
Just a graphic with a timescale the entire length of the walk and other events.
The 1st layer is the upper walker anim.
The 2nd layer is the reflected walker anim.
The 3rd layer are the grasses (a  still) at the base of the tree to break the uniformity of the horizontal cut from the lower reflection.
The 4th layer is a long horizontal dithered breaker (a still) that diffuses the line between the upper and lower main animations across the whole movie width.
The 6th layer is an additional snow sheet.  Anim. (A bit large but for the purpose of the demo works ok!)

Version three in a moment.  

W.I.P. "Medieval Chinese Painting Exhibition" over 6 sets.
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