Pool water?

[Richard7666]

I've never needed to do water before until now, does anyone have any simple workflows for a pool in Maya, similar to http://nomeradona.blogspot.co.nz/201...-water-in.html

Basically I'm not sure what displacement settings to use, and whether to use a solid cube of water or a simple plane. I know my IOR should be about 1.33, not too sure of other settings though.

[Morbid Angel]

well you don't need a cube, a simple plane would be enough. For the displacement I would use 3d displacement with noise as a start and see where that takes you. For the look of the water, the refraction fog is an important factor. Setting it to a value lower then 1, and coloring it will make water look tinted. Strong fog values will make water look more deep.

[snivlem]

Also bump it with the VRayWater bump map, it looks fantastic.