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Subject: Re: [AE] generate water in AE
From: Chris Bobotis <chris@mettle.com>
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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:57:57 -0500
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RealFlow (or other offerings like it) would work better for this kind of =
effect.

Cheers,
Chris
Mettle.com
Skype: Mettlecom


On 2014-02-18, at 11:54 AM, Lou Wirth wrote:

> 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.
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> Lou
> Lou Wirth Productions
> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> www.louwirth.com
> 415-924-9411p
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> On Feb 18, 2014, at 5:56 AM, Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com> =
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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.
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>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 11:24 PM, Rich Young <aefilter@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> 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/search/label/water
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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
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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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>>> -Chris
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>>> -----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
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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
>>> www.louwirth.com
>>> 415-924-9411p
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