Water

[ExTaZ]

Water
perhaps many people feer the makeing of water
i do anyway becuasei belvive its the hardest thing to do, i have seen many 3D videos There were very well done and nice with sound and everything, but then we came to the water.... it was looking so unreal,


so i was wondering are water the hardest thing to do? And i am asking you professionals do like Jelmer, TE_ and geldslaw..

what do you think? is it the hardest or are there harder things to do like sky,trees what do i know

[ExTaZ]

sorry for the spelling

do anyway becuase i belvive its the hardest thing to do

[geldslaw]

it isn't. the it totally depends on the scene and the level of realism you want to create. You will be surprised at how many films use the magic of the camera to simulate rain and water in many ways.

its not that water is difficult, but it comes to one thing that will kill your pc in terms of how long it will take to render an image. Water is extremely reflective and any surface that casts a reflection measn thepc has to calculate the varience of the reflection in the scene.

Thats why there are many articles and discussions on how to render reflections and refractions, and why there are many rendering engines offereing their own unique way of doing it.