Hi, We just upgraded to vray 3 and i’m struggling with oceantex and hdr reflections. See image below. with vray sun/sky all is well, but when i put a hdr sky in the background it looks really weird, settings for both renders are the same. There’s so much new ground to cover in vray 3 i was hoping …

Could you post a thumbnail of the hdr? Is it just that the hdr is very “fussy” with lots of variety and detail compared to the smooth gradient of the vray sky? The ocean tex can generate a lot of very fine detail so you’re almost getting a new normal / direction on the ocean surface per pixel, so ea…

Thanks for the pointers joconnel, i am indeed using a fuzzy/dramatic hdr, unfortunately there’s no way around that since the client wants a stormy drama sea. I tried a clear blue sky hdr and that could be cleaned up pretty close to a vraysky with AA sampling thresholds. But with the drama hdr the sa…

With the amount of breakup on your sea, I reckon you could quite happily get away with splitting the render with one HDR for reflection, another for the background - you could possibly go with something like a simpler gradient using the same hues and brightness as your hdr, or possibly use a much lo…

I was just cycling in to work and there was a fairly high contrast, detailed cloudy sky over the water. Popped off two photos as reference. The water here is far less stormy than yours - you can see the ripples are way smoother than what you’ve got in your renders (rendering the normals / bump norma…

vray oceantex? where do i find that? :slight_smile:

If you install the phoenix fd demo, it’s a new map type! You can use it permanently without needing a phoenix license, I’m doing that on a current job!

Hi John! thanks a lot! Perfect :slight_smile:

great stuff john, thanks! the oceans are really hard to master, never easy to find the right balance between photo realism and what looks pleasing to the eye, references is everything. it’s so easy to get caught up in the details instead of moving on and seeing the whole picture after post producti…

My bits have far simpler skies than yours I reckon, here’s a pretty stormy scene using a simpler hdri - 'Moonfleet' Ship VFX Breakdown More AA will as you say only get you so far - if there’s a lot of tiny detail, the aa will always resolve at that tiny detail since that’s the correct res…

Thanks for posting that clip John. I’ve always wanted to make a stormy ocean like that. Is that all Phoenix? V Miller

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amazing work john, thanks for posting that video and all the tips. i needed some inspiration and got it. i know exactly what to do now, a cheaper version of what i just saw

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