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Underwater Scene
Hi There!
Im making an underwater scene for a client (carp fishing video) and I have started a draft look, but I am wondering how to make this feel more underwater, as it has a very “clean empty” look to it at the moment, even like it is above water.
Anyone have any suggestions how I can give it some volume using for or something perhaps?
Thanks in advance
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4 Replies
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Well you definitely need some fog and probably some particles in there as well. Add the light beams as if from the surface. You can also add some wavy transparent geometry and add a tiny touch of Angle of Incidence so you get some distortions here or there. Play with caustics.
Chris Smith
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wow, sounds like you’ve done this before 🙂
Thanks for the tips, I will check that out.
Now, if only I wasnt a cinema4d newbie, I would know how to do that!! (Off to study very quickly)
I havent tried fogs yet, but tried for hours trying to get a ripply light from the surface….. is there a quick easy way? I was imaging one very big light, then using some kind of texture of it to get a ripply effect?
Thanks again for your help
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The Maxon site has a tutorial for underwater scenes I believe. Also, a guy on CGTalk got some good results for a penguin render (search on ‘penguin’ and his thread will come up).
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Back in my Bryce days (ahhh…) I used to do effective underwater scenes using coloured fog and a water texture (the sort of rippling surface in sunlight pattern similar to Hockney paintings, perhaps that is on the surface of your current image). You may need to adjust the image to make it match your fog colour and saturation.
Apply this texture to everything, or project it from a light. Be aware this light is coming from above only, and the light underwater is very diffuse. Shadows are deep and very soft.
stigWeard
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