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oxyg3n
09-04-2004, 11:08 AM
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Title: Ocean Sunset
Name: Jared Kuharski
Country: United States
Software: LightWave3D, Photoshop

I started this the other night to show a buddy of mine how I would go about making water and animating it in lightwave. I played around with it alot and was pleasantly surprised with the results.

The sky is a bg image of a sunset in Yellowstone national park and the water is made with sds with procedural textues used as the displacment map.

The sun is a spotlight with volumetrics turned on, and also has a texture on it.

I corrected the colors with photoshop.
mash1000
09-04-2004, 04:02 PM
I dont think that your water looks realistic. I dont know why, its look like twist on water. I think you should add some scum on the waves. Sun rays look strange too...sun is too brilliancy - not that should it look when sunset.

Sorry for my English - hope that someone will understand it. ;P
DUCKORABB
09-04-2004, 04:04 PM
Sea, like a hill, where is a some foam?

DBB
Mysterious X
09-04-2004, 07:11 PM
as a sea lover...i tell you you nailed it 100% :thumbsup:
SebastianPatric
09-04-2004, 08:24 PM
Looks like it has veins. Like an organic ocean.
Sin-D
09-04-2004, 09:10 PM
it kinda looks as if you can walk on it, nice use of flairs though :thumbsup:
Guillermo
09-06-2004, 03:04 AM
Nice picture!

I did an ocean scene some time ago. I put the settings I used for my ocean here:

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=161347

I didnīt use displacement but those are the bump settings for a plane. Hope them help! :)
boboroshi
09-06-2004, 03:36 AM
the water looks solid. Not sure how you could do that better tho. Something about the ridges seems a bit sharp... possibly dull those up a bi, maybe add some foam or something to break up the top.
oxyg3n
09-06-2004, 06:20 AM
Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I dont know if I want this to look 100% realistic. Actually, I didnt even think about what I wanted it too look like when I made it. But I would definately like it to be believable and also maybe push reality some so that it looks more than real or something surreal.

Hmm, I am going to work on adding some foam to the water and hopefully that will add to the realism. Does anyone know of a good way to do that??

I have read before that I can use bumb maps, but i have not been to successful at that. i would appreciate your suggestions.

@Guillermo (member.php?u=11825)

Thanks for the link. It was nice to look at your settings. Mine are pretty close to yours except I added the prcedurals to the displacment map. And I am using turbulence and crumple.
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