# Mirror with Lumen is horrible

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/mirror-with-lumen-is-horrible/232353>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Lumen\
**Created:** [May 30, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/mirror-with-lumen-is-horrible/232353 "2021-05-30T11:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![HiwaRostami](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/hiwarostami/32/693744_2.png) [@HiwaRostami](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/HiwaRostami)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/mirror-with-lumen-is-horrible/232353/7 "2022-09-01T13:54:11Z")

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Hello, at the first go to project settings from Edit menu  
1- Engine-\> Rendering-\> Global Illumination: sit on [Screen Space(Beta)]  
2- Engine-\> Rendering-\> Reflections: Support global plane for Planar Reflection: set On  
3- Search [motion]: set Off  
4- Make mirror material and search Reflection, set On: High quality Reflection & Planar Reflection  
5- Put Planar Reflection in front of mirror,  
6- Go details, set value of Normal Distortion Strength & Prefilter to [0]  
7- Set value Screen Percentage to [100]  
\*\*Congratulation \*\*

> [@Improve reflection mirror material in UE5](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/improve-reflection-mirror-material-in-ue5/639011):
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> Hello, at the first go to project settings from Edit menu 1- Engine-\> Rendering-\> Global Illumination: sit on [Screen Space(Beta)] 2- Engine-\> Rendering-\> Reflections: Support global plane for Planar Reflection: set On 3- Search [motion]: set Off 4- Make mirror material and search Reflection, set On: High quality Reflection & Planar Reflection 5- Put Planar Reflection in front of mirror, 6- Go details, set value of Normal Distortion Strength & Prefilter to [0] 7- Set value Screen Perce…

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