moving water

[ramy]

does anyone know how to create convincing animated water?

[Brian Cassil]

Do you mean animated water like ripples in a pond or pool or animated water like waterfalls and fountains?

[animart]

hello for a fast pool water just animate the noise and cell bump parameters of the raytrace water that comes with max

[ecastillor]

http://www.got3d.com has got some animated water maps...real good price too

[ramy]

yes, animated ripples or waves in a small pool. I tried to key the scale of a ripple gizmo but it did not work. Any help would be great.

[Wayne Harney]

There's an outstanding tutorial at http://www.vizdepot.com. The animated maps are even more convincing with vray displacement and caustics.

[DelfoZ]

i think 3dStudio Viz had no Animated texures.

[ramy]

i came up with an alternate solution. I added a bump map to a raytrace shader, applied the shader to my surface, and animated the geometry to move. if it's a circular fountain, just rotate the plane of water. if it's a trough then animate it by translating it forward or back. This was a quick solution. It doesn't look too realistic if you watch it carefully but it works well enough for a flybye.

[Brian Cassil]

http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/article22_TB.asp

 

What you are doing sound a lot like what Ted Boardman describes in this link. You may want to check it out.