Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #52881
From: Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] generate water in AE
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:54:30 -0800
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
I have Tsunami and it does generate great water.  But I am loping to generate a giant wave to engulf the earth and cover it with water.

thanks
Lou
Lou Wirth Productions
500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
Corte Madera, CA 94925
www.louwirth.com
415-924-9411p
 




On Feb 18, 2014, at 5:56 AM, Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> S
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> 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.
>>
>> I should update the post...
>>
>> http://aeportal.blogspot.com/2010/11/underwater-scene-in-after-effects.html
>> http://aeportal.blogspot.com/search/label/water
>>
>> Rich
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>> On Mon, 2/17/14, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: [AE] generate water in AE
>> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
>> Date: Monday, February 17, 2014, 4:11 PM
>>
>> 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.
>> 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:
>>
>> http://provideocoalition.com/czwar/video/waving-a-flag-in-after-effects
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lou Wirth [mailto:loutv@mindspring.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:45 AM
>> To: 'After Effects Mail List'
>> Subject: [AE] generate water in AE
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Lou
>> Lou Wirth Productions
>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
>> www.louwirth.com
>> 415-924-9411p
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