ocean test

[lmikkelb]

my first ocean test render . totally random objects :)

[Tweekazoid]

looks great, but the local detail is too uniform :)

[lmikkelb]

yes thanks :),this  was more a water surface interaction with other objects test:P, it always gave me a dark edge with refracctin, I masked the opacity with ao to try and fix it. but i guess this works better with Bidir?

[maru]

Not good. If you want to use procedural maps as bump use cellular mixed with fractal noise or something similar. This looks like ocean on a rainy day. ;)

[lmikkelb]

Not good. If you want to use procedural maps as bump use cellular mixed with fractal noise or something similar. This looks like ocean on a rainy day. ;)

thanks for replying on the obvious:p just kidding!:)
Does anyone know how to i remove the dark edge around the objects?

[Alessandro]

Is it really procedural? All the waves are equal, it seems to be a bitmap, try to make it better, maybe you are using a bad mapping.
About the dark edges, what are you talking about? I don't understand, are you talking about the water that becomes gray or what else?

[lmikkelb]

no bitmap its a noise map.
 
What i mean is how do you get the water to be totally transparant.
The part of the objects that are under water are darker .I want to remove that . :)

[jonofj]

hi Can you please share your water material.

Im trying to do water for a swimming pool

[filipskrzat]

are they darker because are under water?

[lmikkelb]

Sorry i dont have the material anymore. I  tried to copy this effect: http://mentalraytips.blogspot.no/2007/06/nice-water-with-miamaterial-arch.html without the caustics. :) think i ended up with a ambient occlusion in the opacity slot to soften the dark edges around objects. hope it helps