[kami]

hi.
a new wip from me ...
some problems with the bisazza texture, which i fixed already.
then the water of course (hope I find a solution there).
and I have absolutely no idea, why the light at the end washes off the colors of the side walls so strongly.
any other suggestions?

thanks, kami

[JTB]

Generally a nice image, but I must say that all Maxwell problems are here!
I mean the problem with dielectrics and light passing through.... Your water needs some work, as you already said, but I think it will need something more.... There are 1-2 tutorials about water especially when you want lights inside...The most important though, is that your light geometry doesn't intersect with water geometry.

I have had many problems with one of my projects and finally I had to use another app for my night scenes.

[Bubbaloo]

It's a great start. The ripples in the water are good for a windy day, but no wind in here...

I'm curious to know how you modeled the water in regards to the underwater lighting.

[Fernando Tella]

Maybe the scale is off? It could explain the problems with light and the odd water material.

[kami]

Yeah, I tried it completely without waves, but I'm missing the caustic effect on the ceiling and the reflection of the back wall gets too heavy. I try some different waves at the moment.
the water is just a plane at the moment. but the water material isn't very good for that condition. I'm trying a different material at the moment, which works fine (but without refraction) and everything below the surface gets a bit dark. Let's see if I can leave with that. If not, I'll have to look at the threads in this forum, but there are so many solutions that I've lost the overview.
Since I don't have strong machines, I'll let it render over the weekend now. Update on monday!

[JTB]

Water has been succesfuly simulated with a material like 80% AGS and 20% dielectric... or something like that...

[kami]

update

the water looks fine for my eyes (except for the missing refraction). maybe I'll find the time to try something different there