Realflow is amazing. However it costs close to $3,500 and takes hours to simulate on even the best hex core studio workstations. Its better on a render farm, but that doesnt even include meshing, texturing or rendering. May be overkill unless there is an unlimited budget...
Lou Wirth Productions
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On Feb 18, 2014, at 8:57 AM, Chris Bobotis <chris@mettle.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>> 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".