Underwater ripp[ling light effect

[Michael Szalapski]

There\’s a tutorial here on the COW about the caustics effect that covers what you\’re looking for. https://library.creativecow.net/articles/tierney_jim/caustics.php

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[Jamil Yamani]

Yes I have seen this before but I CAM POV is side on and underwater already. So its more like light rippling over coral underwater.

thanks though
jamil

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[Mark Suszko]

What are you animating this in? Because what I think of first is to just grab a render of the caustic pattern in photoshop, treat it to have an alpha channel, and use it as an animated looping gel or a gobo and project it onto the scenery in a 3d cgi environment. Add volumetric fog effects to thicken up the water a little.