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Subject: Re: [AE] generate water in AE
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:56:59 -0600
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tsunami from digital anarchy, its now sold by red giant I think. makes =
nice water, works with AE camera and lights. slow to render when you =
crank up certain quality params but excellent results if you need actual =
waves / surface.

S

On Feb 17, 2014, at 11:24 PM, Rich Young <aefilter@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can't see what you want either, but perhaps upscaling footage of big =
waves would work best.=20
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> I should update the post...
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http://aeportal.blogspot.com/2010/11/underwater-scene-in-after-effects.htm=
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> http://aeportal.blogspot.com/search/label/water
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> On Mon, 2/17/14, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:
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> Date: Monday, February 17, 2014, 4:11 PM
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> Without seeing exactly what you're
> doing you can always try precomping some fractal noise and
> using CC Glass.  Or use wave world and caustics.=20
> Or a combination.
> If you just need a top-down view for a texture then you
> might get away with those techniques.  If you need
> interaction with the AE camera, or a different 3D camera
> view, then a 3rd party plugin is your only real
> option.  You can try using form if you're a masochist
> but it's difficult to get realistic water, if you need
> realism.
> Personally I really like playing around with wave work and
> caustics, but it can be tricky to get the look just
> right.  You really need several layers of bump maps
> working together.  I've got a tutorial on using them
> together to wave a flag, but if you replaced the flag
> texture with a water texture you'd have something the start
> with:
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http://provideocoalition.com/czwar/video/waving-a-flag-in-after-effects
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> -Chris
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> From: Lou Wirth [mailto:loutv@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:45 AM
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> Subject: [AE] generate water in AE
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> Hi
> Is there a way to generate water in AE other than
> Tsunami?  I have it but oddly enough I can't seem to
> generate a "Tsunami".  I need to cover the earth with a
> giant wave and so it needs to be a sphere.  Any ideas?
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> Thanks
> Lou
> Lou Wirth Productions
> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> Corte Madera, CA 94925
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> 415-924-9411p
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