V ray ocean material?

[selvaimages]

hi!
I am working on an exterior animation. The site is surrounded by sea. The exact location is Florida. we are planning to animate the ships in the water.
can U please suggest some material for the sea. I want the same kind of water and near the site there are ships moving and how do we create the waves closer the ships.
I am planning to make particles. is there any other way to get a good result. for the ocean effect.
I attached a Ariel photograph of the site.
Thanks in advance

[minimus]

your asking hard no ^^ sea and water have never bin my part of the 3d. sorry.

will it be close up shots?

[selvaimages]

Its a kind of helicopter shot starting from birds eye view to closer. I am in need of some help.
Thanks

[minimus]

if your starting with a birtd eye view like inn the picture up there, ther will be way to much particles to fill that area. so i recomend you to kind of cheat the look of the sean inn the distance and when you gett closer you can gow ower to particles when you want the wave around the ship. but u must warn you, rendering particles can be a pain in the ass:P


glue3d is a good plugginn for partivles and liquid. try check it out :)

[Need_Help]

Well, if you are not going to make it as animation, I think its easier to add the wave/water splashes by using Photoshop (draw). It will save up your rendering time and working time, and the result is not bad too (you can use the clone stamp tool and 'pick' from other images so that it looks real, or just draw out if you want :) )

Thanks and good luck :)

[selvaimages]

Its animation. not still image. 3 minutes animation. I didnt find a good solution. we want to make the scene like "snakes on the plane" movie title.

[Need_Help]

Oh yea.....didn't notice about the word 'exterior animation' in your first post. Well, then I think the only way is to use particles. You no need to have really detailed particles, perhaps just like 'powders' but will move..... (I don't think you really need glu3d if you don't have the money, since you are looking far away and there are some 'tools' to get particle effects in 3DS Max (are you using it?) and Maya too. )

Thanks :)

[selvaimages]

Thanks! using only 3ds max and v ray. not maya. i will try the particles. but can u suggest some ocean water material in v ray. and how we can get the horizon fog effect or haze effect in v ray.

[Need_Help]

For the 'fog' effect, I think you need to do some post production. If you want Vray materials, here is a site with over 1000 free vray materials (should have ocean waters, if I had not mistaken).

www.vray-materials.de

[Need_Help]

Here are some 'water' materials from that site (sorry for double posting, but this looks like a new 'topic' for me, and its quite long)
http://www.vray-materials.de/all_materials.php?mat=1135
http://www.vray-materials.de/all_materials.php?mat=1105
http://www.vray-materials.de/all_materials.php?mat=515
http://www.vray-materials.de/all_materials.php?mat=776

Or you can just go here to find all the materials with 'water' :
http://www.vray-materials.de/all_mat...&Submit=Search

Thanks :)

[selvaimages]

Great thanks. It will be very helpful.