Rotating Objects With Reflections

A few years back I bought a manual for Director 6.0. In the back of the manual there was a demo disc showing some samples of other people's work. One of the samples was called Big Top. It was a totating logo in shinny gold, and as it rotated, you would see reflections of objects and light on the surface. At one Time I asked how it was done, and was told that an ap called RayDream Designer could do it. I was told that in that ap, you could draw a 3D room, with the four walls, floor and ceiling, and when you placed an object in the center of the room and rotated it, you would end up with a rotating image with the reflection from the walls. I never tried it, and long ago RayDream Designer stopped being supported. Recently, I was told that the same thing could be done with Photoshop or Flash, but I have not figured out how it is done. What I want to do, is create a 3D image of a logo in gold, chrome, or somethign reflective, and have it rotate with the reflections as it rotates. I have seen similar thing on TV commercials, but I think I need a little help on figuring out how this is done.

The technique is the same, creating a reflective object and creating the environment you want it to reflect while rotating. This can be very well done using 3ds Max or any other 3D modelling software. You can find tutorials on the techniques in the 3ds Max section of Tutorialized.com.