Water

[Jo Kariboo]

Very good results again! Realist wave!

[Oshyan]

Hah, well I stand corrected (in part). Well done.

- Oshyan

[bobbystahr]

Sorry Oshyan, but there's not really a water shader (nor glass shader) in here, except for the smaller waves pattern (but with no reflectivity/transparency). I will spill the beans, as you are all so enthusiastic  It's a default shader with translucency and a bit of luminosity basically driven by the whites of the wave PF (so, the higher parts), on top of that a reflective shader, and a more or less changed foam from Oleg's file. Basically.

fuggin brilliant, you are the master Ulco

[luvsmuzik]

So the waves are not generated by a water shader at all? I was wondering about the decay tint color if it is. What does lime green color in decay tint do anyway? Simply please.

[Dune]

It tints the water the deeper it is. Simple enough? 

[bobbystahr]

 

[Dune]

Again, inspired by Hannes, and curious if I could make it work (though I don't like working on animations, as you have to wait until the sequence is rendered). For foam to work nicely, there should be some kind of delay after it is formed by the highest peaks, so they die out slower than the ridges subside (and gather in clinging patches which are independantly blown away by wind, pffff). Needs blue math, I guess.

[bobbystahr]

Holy Smokes, that's not photographic ? Absolutely the best CG water I've seen today...or ever!!!!

[Dune]

Thank you, Bobby. Not even a water shader  and extremely low-res.

[Hannes]

That looks amazing, Ulco. Especially the first one. How did you do it?

[bobbystahr]

Thank you, Bobby. Not even a water shader  and extremely low-res.

That in itself is mind blowing...must have sped up the render times.

[bobbystahr]

That looks amazing, Ulco. Especially the first one. How did you do it?

Hear! Hear!   calls for a tute....this is one of the "grail techniques" along the lines of understanding blue nodes for those of us without a clue,

[Hannes]

That looks amazing, Ulco. Especially the first one. How did you do it?

Hear! Hear!   calls for a tute....this is one of the "grail techniques" along the lines of understanding blue nodes for those of us without a clue,

In the meantime I found my own way to do it (no blue nodes! ), but it's always interesting, what others did to get similar results.

[Kadri]

Very nice tests Ulco

[luvsmuzik]

Great!