water material

[proces2]

i'm struggling to get my water to come out right. i am still a newbie with vray, so i probably not totally understanding yet how the vray mats work.

anways, here's the image:



the water is in the foreground - looks quite silvery - mercury like right now.

here's are far as i have gotten with the material:



in the reflect channel i have a fallof map.

since this is a architectural vis. i am looking for (or rather the client is expecting) 'faked' water. something with reflections but that would also show a blue-green color.

sean

[percydaman]

what do you have the falloff set to? if its not set to fresnel than try that

[proces2]

that did help with the transparency (it was set to perpendicular).



now how can i add some blue color to it?

thanks for the help.
sean

[RErender]

Change the fog color to blue, or make the bottom of the pool blue

[Da_elf]

i agree. water isnt blue its clear. looks blue due to the reflection of the sky. or maybe if you add one of those 2000flush blue things to your toilet

[proces2]

i know, i know. but, its a lost cause to explain that to the client - they want pretty blue water in their project.

sean

[percydaman]

Give this scene a looky see. Adjust the fog color to get different shades of blue.

some example renders from different perspectives:



http://myweb.cableone.net/amylenhart.../watertest.max

[proces2]

this is great! thanks a ton.
sean