• Adobe After Effects

  Realistic water refraction and reflection… (AE CS6)

  Posted by Aza Allen on September 3, 2014 at 4:52 am

  I’m using RG Psunami to render out some nice water scene, and I want to have a logo under the water, then move the camera into the water to reveal the logo (or vice versa and go from water to air)

  I tried using the image maps, but that only places the logo parallel to the surface, at the surface…

  I would like the logo to be as if it’s underwater (Or above the water with camera underwater – haven’t decided which will look better)

  Does anyone know a technique for doing this?

  Also, is it possible to have comp lights reflect and refract off water?

  Thanks all!
  Aza

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  Michael Szalapski replied 11 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Michael Szalapski

  September 8, 2014 at 2:17 pm

  You can use expressions on the camera in Psunami to make it match an AE camera. Then you can have a logo wherever you would like it to be in 3d space (“above” or “below” the water) and color correct and warp it as needed.

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