Realistic 3D Water / Ocean effects

[data_graphics]

I'm working on a painting of the ocean with slightly choppy waves in Photoshop. I may be doing more work in the future. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with painting the ocean by hand, which is very tedious and difficult to get correct.

What applications (Photoshop plugins, freestanding apps) can create the effect of water, with variable lighting and wave height?

Over the long term, I'm willing to look into high-end (expensive) apps like Maya and such. Short-term I"m looking for something less expensive - maybe Bryce, if that has the effect needed.

[Photogenius]

have you tried www.google.com ?

[=guinness=]

i'm certain that you are not going to get a 3d realistic ocean with PS despite the plugin.


p.s. bryce is not that current anymore and look into 3dsm or maya(special ocean feature in the most current realeases but expensive.)

[3d Nirvana]

dont use bryce for water, it looks pretty cheezy. If you are ready to spend money, maya unlimited has fluid dynamics that make a pretty niffty ocean.



http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/OceanHelp.jpg

[RadioactveChimp]

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[3d Nirvana]

hahahahaha 3d nirvana I just watched the video on your site called spontanous combustion....very funny

thnx :)

//updated my picutre obove, it's more hlepful now.

[ya3]

Everyone knows Maya fluid oceans look terrible :P
I'd recommend the Dreamscape plugin for 3dsmax. I'm actually using it on a project right now. It does bog my P4-2.8GHz system down to a crawl, but the results are quite nice.

Take a look at some samples from their website:
http://www.sitnisati.com/DScape/whitecap1.avi
http://www.sitnisati.com/anims/BoatGO3.avi
http://www.sitnisati.com/DScape/underwater.avi


DreamScape package includes several plug-in types:

* DreamScape atmospherics (Daylight, Sky, 2D/3D Clouds, Rainbow)
* DreamScape SubSurface atmospherics (realistic underwater scenery)
* SunLight (raytrace shadows, area shadows)
* Terra object ('virtual polygon' rendering - low memory and fast, easy SDK for terrain filters, MAX Script support) + advanced terra editor
* Terrain texmap (apply different texmaps based on elevation and/or slope)
* SeaSurface object (optimized mesh, advanced waves generator, foam generator, support for DS Daemons)
* Sea Material (reflect, refract, glittering)
* Composite texmap
* Noise texmap (many noise types with advanced control inside one texmap)
* Dynamics Daemon for dynamics simulation, including wakes, reflected/refracted waves, automatic foam creation and more.

http://www.afterworks.com :thumb:

[3d Nirvana]

Everyone knows Maya fluid oceans look terrible :P



lol, that plugin is awesome, but fluid effects can do the same thing....

CLICK ME (http://www.alias.com/eng/community/galleries/movie_gallery/fluid_stormyocean.jhtml;$sessionid$2XARY4LMZTZTVQC LCWSSFEWAJMK0IIV0)
HERE TOO! (http://www.alias.com/eng/community/galleries/movie_gallery/fluid_rowboat.jhtml;$sessionid$2XARY4LMZTZTVQCLCWS SFEWAJMK0IIV0)
and here.. (http://www.alias.com/eng/community/galleries/movie_gallery/fluid_oceanswells.jhtml;$sessionid$2XARY4LMZTZTVQC LCWSSFEWAJMK0IIV0)

i think it was used in this one movie called finding nemo. :D

Edit: ok i dont think nemo was, pixar used their own stuff. But Perfect strom was, and they used a lot of water :)

[data_graphics]

have you tried www.google.com (http://www.google.com) ?umm.. yes. I found a site with plugins that simulated water ripples but was not what I needed.

[data_graphics]

dont use bryce for water, it looks pretty cheezy. If you are ready to spend money, maya unlimited has fluid dynamics that make a pretty niffty ocean.Thanks for the samples, I'm checking out your site now.

[Photogenius]

If you don't need it animating there is a nice tutorial on making water using normal filters

[Photogenius]

http://www.good-tutorials.com/track/4948

IT creates realistic water in photoshop (not animated though)

[DDD]

there is a plugin for photoshopcalled "flood" I would use that it makes realistic water, I think it is made by flaming pear. Also if you want to use 3d then composite it in you can use terragen or vue d' esprit.

[morse]

After Effects has a great Trapcode to make realistic water.

[mlk]

Atlantic Ocean has some nice waves to film on DV cam...

[blackjersey]

www.nextlimit.com

kickass fluid effects and animation. I use it and I ENJOY IT A LOT!

[mlk]

yup the realflow thing just makes you cry..

They look more real than nature itself... The guys behind realflow are simply geniuses...

[T-O]

dont use bryce for water, it looks pretty cheezy. If you are ready to spend money, maya unlimited has fluid dynamics that make a pretty niffty ocean.
http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/OceanHelp.jpg

I think maya does the best job.