AC 9 Water rendering tip for LightWorks

[Dwight]

Decrease water transparency from 32 - 72 for improved reflection

[Anonymous]

Dwight,

I'm convinced.

This water stuff is cool.

I look forward to having some time to play with it. When I did a bunch of renderings in Art*lantis for presentations the only materials we changed were glass and water and they made all the difference.

I also learned that too much reflection can look pretty strange. Even if it is real, it is not always what one thinks looks real.

[Dwight]

And nothing is ever as smooth or perfect as in cyberspace so grime and roughness make folks comfy. It is more like their living room.

[Ben Odonnell]

Really nice Dwight.
Is that a reflection map that you have used on the water?

Cheers.
Ben

[Dwight]

That is a modified [increased opacity] LightWorks material as applied to the waterwave object - a poly mesh of adjustable amplitude - reflecting the actual background elements of the scene.

So, unlike the old days, we didn't need to cheat.

LightWorks allows for control of five aspects of material quality, including a sort of fuzzy blob opacity that is ideal for mapping a water surface.

[Ben Odonnell]

Thanks for that.
I'm off to try it

Cheers.
Ben

[Dwight]

here

[Dwight]

blobby reflection