Transparent objects

[Iain McFadzen]

You can animate a boolean. I'd probably try something else if it were me but I thought I'd let you know it's possible.

[Fede]

Hey Iain,

William's question is boggling to me now that i try to find an answer to it. How would you do it?

Would a special type of material work? such as two sided or would the actuall bottle be modelled with a scalled sown bottle in it with a reflection material so that you can't see the inside?

i would love to know the most efficient way of doing this.

later

[William GUiLE]

Thanks Iain, I didn't know it but however I'll try to find another solution.

Fede, I thought about the scaled down version of the bottle, but it's unuseful if you have to put something inside it (like a scrap of paper, a message...).

Other ideas?

[ilasolomon]

it's really a big challenge!, what's the type of your sea mesh?
polygon? plane with x1000 scale? patch?
what's the animation method?...wave? noise? displace map?


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note: i tell you that the EASIEST & MOST EXPENSIVE way is using
DNT plugin!

[Grayson]

ok; I tried what I was thinking out; and it works!!!.....kind of

Here's what it looks like.
http://grayson.cgworks.com/img_drop/test/water-mat-test.jpg
http://grayson.cgworks.com/img_drop/test/water-mat-test2.jpg

It's a little chunky on the edges but I think this method might have some promise.

The key is using the outer invisible cylinder as the vol. select object to tessellate; then use your visible cylinder to select and change the material ID.

[johnny_riptide]

Rather than attempting to physically model this effect into the ocean water, I would instead probably approach this by using a compositing technique.

If I get time tonight, I'll try and post a simple example.

[William GUiLE]

I didn't start the project, so there's no mesh or animation method, I think I'll use a box and noise.

Grayson, your attempt is fine, I'll work on it! Thank you very much!:thumbsup:

I don't like compositing. You can call me a maniac, but I think it's like cheating and I'll avoid it wherever possible... I don't like even using photos as textures and so on. I always wanna get the job done by hand using only 3dsmax and photoshop :bounce:

[gaggle]

Maniac.

:rolleyes:

[ilasolomon]

"!"
no, not Maniac, Fanatic! ;)

[William GUiLE]

Thank you! :)

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