Pond fluid effect (reflections)

[Ctrl-Z]

Try using a material with specular properties(Blinn, Phong, Anisotropic) and turn Raytracing on in your render globals.

[wgreenlee1]

Originally posted by Ctrl-Z
Try using a material with specular properties(Blinn, Phong, Anisotropic) and turn Raytracing on in your render globals.


but if you do that then you lose the pond surfacing
a pond is a fluid affect and dependent on those fluid properties to render
when i apply a blinn or what ever it makes it invisable
im thinking the only way to do this is to convert to polys but then its not going to animate

[Tom Lunzer]

Exactly the problem I was talking about. I could do as you say, convert the pond to a mesh after I get the ripple effect I want, since the final product is for a still image not an animation. But I would still like to know if there is a way to get a reflective serface in an animated pond?

[wgreenlee1]

i tried it but i couldnt get it to work

i tried a ocean affect to make it look like a small pond and it doesnt have the quailitys that a pond does when you have a wake and all that going,it just doesnt look the same

i was thinking blend shapes from the convert fluids to polys but man you'd have to one for every frame to get that same fluid look that the pond has so i dont think thats a good idea at all

[Ctrl-Z]

Maybe you could make your own pond with a plane and a couple of wave deformers.

[Kabab]

Just use an ocean you can get the exact same ripples etc as a pond and you get the ocean shadder :)

[Tom Lunzer]

Thanks Kabab (and everyone) the Ocean shader will work if I adjust the scale and num frequencies etc, it looks like a still surface (such as a pond on a windless day) and I can get it to reflect by increasing the reflectivity in the Specular shading slot.

Create a boat object and then add a wake effect and I have the slight ripple (as the girl enters the water)and I should have the end result I need.

[Kabab]

Do a search on wake there was a great discussion on how the wake emitter works with Duncan and what attributes to play with to get good results, its worth taking a look at..

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