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gpatinki_M_03_WaterMaterial.mp4Preview of the final product
Preview of the final product
This is my water!
The Problem we wanted to solve
The Problem we wanted to solve
Add the ability to adjust the foam, Scum, and Ripples at the edges of the water.
The solution
The solution
Using a Distance to Nearest Surface to detect objects overlapping or in contact with the material.
Adding the Color
Adding the Color
To get the color and transparency, added to color parameters to a single layer of water material with each one focusing on a different layer of the water effect.
Adding the Waves
Adding the Waves
First, I went into Substance Painter and created a normal map for the waves using a fabric texture and adjusting the contrast. Using the texture coordinate nodes and having them multiplied by Parameters, they helps adjust the size. The addition of the flattened normal node allows me to adjust the size of the waves. Attached to the same Texture Coordinate nodes are the height map textures which are used for the World Position Offset.
Foam and Scum
Foam and Scum
I used a texture coordinate node multiplied by a parameter to adjust the size and a Panner to shift both the foam and scum textures. I used the one minus node to make the foam appear without a reflection. And at the end I added reroutes to remove clutter. I also added a reroute for between the Panner and Scum texture so that I can plug it into the normal map.
Using the Reroute nodes and lerps with scalar parameters to adjust the opacity of the textures, I then plugged the foam into the roughness and the scum into the opacity, as well as plugging a scum reroute with 2 color parameters into a lerp to give color.
Water Material Closeup
Water Material Closeup
gpatinki_M_03_WaterMaterial_Closeup.mp4Ripple
Ripple
Inside a material function I used a Distance to Nearest Surface node along with a time connected to a sine to creating the rippling effect and a parameter to adjust the size. I then brought the material function into the main water material which would then get plugged into the Refraction input.
Node Setup
Node Setup
Conclusion
Conclusion
Show a video of the final tool in action
gpatinki_M_03_WaterMaterialInstance.mp4Resources
Resources
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Links
Links
Link to Material Video Submission: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iElcr8JxohGJBoPoHOE9LjfbGM0RRc_F/view?usp=drive_link
Link to Material Instance Demo Submission: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iElcr8JxohGJBoPoHOE9LjfbGM0RRc_F/view?usp=drive_link
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