REALISTIC Pool Water | Vray for Sketchup

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Today I'm going to show you how to create realistic Pool Water in Vray for Sketchup. If you want to download the model: gumroad.com/l/AI19

[@Haran_Zagury]

Great! I just bought the model now. you doing an excellent job! thank you for your tutorials, very helpful and understandable even for me which is not my mother language

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

@@Haran_Zagury That's awesome! Thank you so much! I hope my model is useful for you ^.^

[@adnanyjanuzaj19]

Thank you so much for the inspiration I really love each of your video, I'm a student of Architecture but we are taught ArchiCAD I think you're using Google Sketchup I just don't know which software I should learn which will help me in my career whether it's ArchCAD, REVIT, 2Ds MAX, or SKETCHUP! Please I really need your advice I know you're a pro :)🤗

[@ssUtako]

Where can i download free water texture with maps?Thanks. Awesome tutorial.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

@@adnanyjanuzaj19 I'm glad to hear that! Glad my videos are helpful😄

[@belgicasken]

Your video's are the best! Seriously, they are to the point, informative and easy to understand. Thanks!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you so much!😄

[@AfterDark101]

Great tutorial! No annoying music playing and you explain what to do. Thanks!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!!

[@serafimsena]

you always exceed expectations. Great work and thanks for sharing!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you so much!😄

[@TN3DStudio]

Nicely done! Caustics looks really good

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!!

[@howardrichards9422]

What if the Displacement tab is not displayed? when added via attribute a caution is displayed "This is a legacy attribute that will be removed in the future. Consider using the geometry displacement modifier instead. It can be created as a geometry asset in the Outliner and can be applied to objects in the scene. Note that the displacement effect will no longer appear in the Preview Swatch."

[@DGSumantri]

Hi. Nice to meet u and a very helpfull tutorial. Keep up your good work. Thank you.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

I'll try my best!

[@wesleyolifant3665]

More vray for sketchup tutorials please, love your work. Respect

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you so much! I'll try my best to create more😄

[@AFStudio2]

Good day sir Minh, I just have a question. Is displacement map for that pool strongly recommended? .. Can I use bump map instead of displacement and produce an equal or similar effect? Because to use displacement map is not my top option, because my laptop is a little bit weaker 😂 I always avoid using displacement just to manage the gravity of rendering 😂 .. What do you think? Or, is that displacement using noise map for the pool easier and lighter to render compared to the displacement maps of other materials like bricks? If yes, maybe I can consider using displacement only for this time.

[@SanjayT06]

Lifesaver ! Appreciate the explanation of features. In the near future can we expect nighttime render with underwater pool lights. :D i can't seem to get lighting right.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

I wanted to do that actually! The set up is a bit different but similar concept 😊

[@khizamsadan]

Thanks dude for all toturials 👍

[@dikshasaini9715]

Hey Minh, I followed all the steps but when i enable the photon caustic option under Global Illumination, it is not showing any caustic effect. What i should do?

[@ALEKMCCARDIMUSIC]

Hi, I'm trying all the steps either sketchup 2018 and 2019 but, I can get the same effect with ground and displacement, I get some waves by switching on the bump and noise A, however when I shut down the shadows effects in refraction, the water turns white blue and lose transparency :(

[@ArchAdemia]

Love this video, thanks!

[@vrayforsketchupVN]

매우 상세하고 명확한 지침. 감사합니다

[@Agency-1001]

Thank you so much This is a great help for me

[@marwandesigns1765]

bro u r the best i wish u can give us a series toturials so we can understand vray better

[@jmrarchitect]

I've always loved your style of teaching. I was hoping you could do an updated version of caustics with the new VRay 5.2 UI. For starters, there's no "Fog Multiplier" anymore. Generic materials created only have "Depth" under the Refraction portion. To be honest, I can't get it to replicate the effect you just showed. I've tried everything....no luck. Any advice? Would love to see your take on it. Thanks so much.

[@Jerrytkubpyd]

I have the same problem, did you find a solution?

[@jmrarchitect]

@@Jerrytkubpyd I did!! Straight from Chaosgroup no less!! Works like a charm. Send me your email and I'll send you the step by step instructions they sent me. jmr

[@RakhaDewanto]

@@jmrarchitect hey can you send me too, thanks

[@tonyli8703]

@@jmrarchitect M2 PLZ THX

[@asiabemo8655]

Can you send this to me too? Or make a video?? @@jmrarchitect

[@spoonnn....]

Nice tutorial! I subscribed! Is this done in vray next? If you render in Lumion or Enscape would it take much faster to set up the render scene and easy but same realistic effect?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Yes it's done in Vray Next. Lumion and Enscape have really nice water. Lumion has even better exterior assets like plants and trees. I'm not sure if those two support caustic effects though 🤔

[@nikhafizal1246]

Hi Minh, for vray sketchup, between the gpu and the cpu which should I invest more? Eyeing the amd ryzen 3900x and the nvidia rtx 2070 card, building a new pc here, anyway awesome videos

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Vray is more reliable with CPU. I'm not sure if GPU is perfect yet. Investing in GPU is good but it doesnt need to be super high end. Unless you want to use Lumion and Enscape more.

[@nikhafizal1246]

@@ArchitectureInspirations ahh I see, thanks for the response Minh!

[@rangerarmonika]

I have no displacement tool in my VRay5. With this training, it does look slightly better, but still a disaestar. Vray 3.6 I used before worked way better with the water material.

[@giselleornelaslizarraga7964]

I'm having the same problem. I can't find the displacement tool.

[@davidbarko7004]

Thanks for showing the process of how things don't end up how they 'should' These programs, especially for a new user tend to throw up 50 ways to stop you up from doing what in theory is a simple thing: you just want a damn render that looks realistic. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to navigate the labyrinthine maze of options to get the render to do what it needs to do, especially as a layman who has NO clue about what any of these terms mean and how they actually effect the model render.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Oh I feel you. I had to do so much research to get it to work. This is why a lot of people are starting to like simpler programs like Enscape and Lumion 😂

[@edoalva48]

Yay! V-Ray team!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Wooo!!

[@louisvanroy2480]

Nice video and great explaination! Despite following all the differents instructions , i didn't manage to get the colour of the water transparent , it remains dark (sort of grey / brown) , any idea how to sort that out? thankss

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hm are you using production render? Also it depends on the way you apply the material too

[@milangohel6505]

Nice Ill have some Issue to Which we define fog color and why we did not add first at Refraction color and if is it possible make tutorial on vray-5 and what is different brute force and that things

[@BethCoppard15]

Thank you! Brilliant tutorial, worked perfectly. Can I ask how your render is so quick? I have a core i7 PC with 16GB ram, but it is still so slow!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Oh usually in my videos I just speed up the rendering process. Otherwise it takes too long😂

[@BethCoppard15]

@@ArchitectureInspirations Ah I see! Glad it's not just me. Thanks for replying. My other questions is that the dome light makes the shadows seem really long as if the sun is low in the sky, rather than in the middle of the day. Is there anyway to change this? Thanks.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

There's no way to change the sun angle of an HDRI. You need to choose a different one or combine it with sun light

[@laotin4590]

Thank you so much for this video. It's very helpful ^^ From Viet Nam with love.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!! I'm from Vietnam toot ^.^

[@madhan7538]

Hey minh.. can we expect lumion/enscape tutorial video further..??

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Sure! I'll try to create more😊

[@madhan7538]

@@ArchitectureInspirations sounds good !! ❤😊

[@bakaca3626]

That what i'm just looking for!!!!!!thx so much

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

You're very welcome!

[@DiegodeTillioCabrerizo]

Hello, I really loved the tutorial it is very well eplained. I just need one help, after activating the Photon Mapping Caustic,even changing the intensity and the radius my pool keeps black. I put the dome light with a sharp shadow with no success. Can you please help me ? Thank you very much.

[@popochizzle]

same here!

[@sunilsharma-dj6wx]

Awesome sir

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!

[@mega9326]

Hi. My Vray 5 does not have the Fog Multiplier option under Refraction, the only thing I can adjust there is depth. Any workaround on this? I have watched few tutorials on KZbin but I always stuck on this part.

[@sajeshshrestha500]

awesome video you are the best man thankyou brother :D

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thanks man!

[@indahnyaberbagi5553]

after I followed the tutorial that you gave, the results are not the same, are there any settings in vray that you haven't shown us?

[@BossJep412]

where can i find binding

[@lizmariesantiago5524]

I have the same question

[@yudhasfy5011]

Me too.. Is that any extension we have to install again?

[@yoyoheads]

I also can't find it!! GAH

[@giasuper9665]

yeahhh...where is binding?

[@panglimapanglima]

I cant find binding either

[@swarupauarchitecture7418]

how to improve Twinmotion skies? You are very good!

[@abintmathew6058]

When I use hdri, it becomes way much bigger than the model. Model looks like tiny object in a blurred environment. Is there any way to fix this ?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

I think you just need a better quality HDRI. And it also depends on the angle of the camera too. The camera need to be grounded, not floating too high above the model, it'll just look funny. Test out different HDRI from HDRIHaven.com

[@abintmathew6058]

Actually I have high resolution hdri with size range of 400 mb , there was no problem with the older version. It all started after installing vray next . I tried placing it in the ground and all..but still no change

[@caetanodecarvalhorodrigues]

abin t mathew Reading your problem description, I would guess you may not be mapping your HDR image correctly. Try to enter in your bitmap settings (what I mean by that is to click in the slot where you placed your HDR image inside the vray dome light). There, you should choose spherical mapping in UVW environment. I think that in V-Ray for Sketchup 3, any HDRI image loaded in the dome light would be automaticaly mapped correctly(spherical), but in V-Ray Next for Sketchup, you have to do it manually. Hope it helps!

[@altaichhh]

Great job like👍👍👍

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank youu

[@juanitasanmiguel5624]

Hi ! thanks a lot for this helpfull tutorial, im trying to do this in Rhino as vray is almost the same, but the texture mapping doesn´t work, can you export the vray material and share it or do a rhino tutorial ? please 🙏

[@bitarrabih7587]

I'm currently using Vray in 3ds Max, the same options should work normally right ? Or the settings are different (hope no) haha

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

It should be similar. There is also a tutorial for 3dsmax I think

[@bitarrabih7587]

@@ArchitectureInspirations oh okay, that is a great to hear. Thanks for answering! I will check your tutorial too.

[@hollowedkyuubi8059]

How about fountain? Splash effects. Can we do that on vray skp? Or just photoshop. Thanks in advance. Very cool videos

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hm I haven't tried fountain or splash effects yet

[@lois3356]

Hi, how do you make a water ripple effect around an object that is touching the water?

[@AlbertBuckinghamEllison]

Here's a trickey tut to make, (I actually had to work this out for a client). Putting vinyl stickers on a glass surface in vray. Literally no decent tutorials on how to do it and it's ultra useful to know.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Oh that's interesting. Maybe a blend material can achieve that

[@muri038]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!!

[@hm2094]

I didnt know you can give a robot voice an asian accent !!! Way to go China !

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Robot voice an Asian Accent?🤔 LoL is that a diss or a compliment 💁‍♂️

[@shamkhan8712]

your work is amazing....

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank youu!😊😊

[@zidanez2011]

my displacement in VRay get the notice..and the Noise I added not shown on Preview display... How?

[@CivilEngineeringJuniorNote]

Hello,can i know what version of Vray?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Vray Next😊

[@CivilEngineeringJuniorNote]

@@ArchitectureInspirations Thank for your quick reply . ☺☺

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

@@CivilEngineeringJuniorNote you're welcome!

[@jaandel1]

I am starting to learn more about design and rendering can you please recommend a good and affordable laptop for this kind of work.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hm I would use some those gaming laptops. I use Asus laptops, they're pretty powerful

[@TrungNguyen-je3df]

thanks for share!

[@samuelfootsehseng4514]

Hi Sir, I tried to self customize the water just like you do. I cant seem to generate small waves in the water. I have (i) added in texture help, (ii) selected noise, (iii) played with the intensity of displacement.... but to no avail, the water looks flat.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Did you adjust the size of the noise and of the texture itself? Also you need to apply the material correctly, to both sides of the surface

[@capritman1128]

i love your voice

[@Strippyx]

Hey man, any tips and tricks for video animation in vray for sketchup? I know there are better software like Lumion and Enscape, but still. If you use VRScenes in sketchup model, they do not show properly in other apps?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hm personally I don't render animation in vray sketchup at all because it would take forever. Even with a good PC, it's just too much time and work for a 5 seconds clip. Imagine rendering a still image taking 1 hour, then multiply that by 24 for 1 second of animation (24frames/sec). That's a whole day of rendering for just 1 second😂

[@Strippyx]

@@ArchitectureInspirations Yea I know. I did see a few tips where it does not calculate light cache for every image, and a bit lower quality with denoiser on. Will play a bit with the settings :)

[@d.o.m.e.n.i.c.o_d.e.n.t.i.c.e]

where do you get the trees from and various vegetation? can you do a tutorial on how to model any trees ? thanks!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

I actually don't know how to model trees. But this is where I got my trees www.behance.net/gallery/67605309/iddqd-models-vol01-FREE-3D-models-collection They're in a different format then I just used transmutr to convert to sketchup

[@HOUDEBINELola]

How do you this in Vray 6 ? You can't add a displacement to a texture in this version

[@fertigo6882]

Add it via add Attribute icon.

[@山崎能源]

thank you so much.

[@nadirad3283]

i added the displacement map still not having the wavy effect at all its not working help please

[@abdullahjazzar3002]

what is the difference between vray 3.6 and vray next , i have vray next skp19 can i do this on next?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Vray next has some new features. But yes you can do this in all versions of vray 😊

[@HaoLe-ws6fs]

Đỉnh anh ơi

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Cám ơn em😄

[@faezur]

I am confuse in 3d max and sketchup render.. which make more realistic image?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Both can make realistic renders. It just depends on the user😊

[@osmangok3509]

PERFECT

[@nirubansrivathsa9090]

hey minh, my pool water still appears dark after reducing the fog multiplier , its transparent when the reflection color is white, but if i apply any other color, it goes dark. Any suggestions you got, please do teach me

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

But the reflection should always be white. If you want to add color then use refraction and the fog multiplier

[@nirubansrivathsa9090]

@@ArchitectureInspirations oh, cool, I got that wrong. Thank you so much bud!

[@nirubansrivathsa9090]

@@ArchitectureInspirations BTW, all your videos are just super awesome and very useful and easy to understand, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You are lit! Keep rocking

[@boshotbarribuilders3404]

very nice

[@jaimedavidgonzalezrosario6632]

AMAZINGGGGG :O

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!

[@toto_toto_toto]

super super and...super

[@singuyendinh1551]

bài hướng dẫn rất thực tế. cảm ơn bạn nhiều

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Không có chi bạn😄😄

[@triumfdula8830]

I don't see the difference of refraction and fog color, can you explain

[@roybriantomalon8204]

Hi, Nice Tuts, hope you can do water fountain tutorial also.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

I'll try my best!

[@DogeRider985]

can you show how to use animation on new vray sketchup?? xD

[@carlaolivar8308]

hi i cant find the binding option in vray. im using 3.4 version and im just following the vid. please help. thanks

[@suorsodavit7421]

me either.. i dont think 3.4 have that option

[@JinLee-k9f]

Where can I find the item "binding"? i can't find it. lol ....

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

then you must be using an older version of Vray. Which version are you using?

[@JinLee-k9f]

@@ArchitectureInspirationsthank you for yout answer. im using 2017 ver.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

I meant vray version. I'm using vray Next

[@carlaolivar8308]

@@ArchitectureInspirations vray 3.4 version sir same issue here

[@fianabilah2865]

where can i find v-ray?

[@pegaze22]

perfect video

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank youu!😄❤

[@nadirad3283]

HELP ME PLEASE why the displacement map not working at all

[@ardaniel7234]

Sir, im using vray 3.4 but i could not find the 'binding', great tutorial tho.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

There's no binding in version 3.4

[@ardaniel7234]

@@ArchitectureInspirations could you tell us, what we could do instead sir?

[@123allyouneed]

Thank you

[@twisterbr]

Awesome tutorial! Is it possible to send the texture you used ? :D

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hi, the textures and assets in the model are only available for my members on my Patreon or those who purchase the model on my website. Link is in the description box

[@ДвернойКлавишник]

Thank u so much!

[@ramsadmohammedac3297]

Please you can prepare a max+vray 3.6 vertion , beautiful render set up tutorial vdo

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Sorry I dont use 3dsmax :(

[@attaadutwumakwasi8524]

Please I need help anytime I render the pool water it turn to black..why

[@dkardies]

Your avatar cute and awesome 😍

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!

[@ibsemara7329]

nice video

[@ferdil1987]

For me it doesnt work i addded displacement but cannot see anything on the water surface, tried everything

[@akshaykumar-pv4ur]

Please give some video realstic render wall texture....sir if u already given please give some link sir

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

The Vray Material Library actually already has Wall Materials. Did you try them?

[@akshaykumar-pv4ur]

@@ArchitectureInspirations in which vray latest vray4.0 or vray 3.6 sir....i am using vray 3.6 and vray 3.4 sir

[@akshaykumar-pv4ur]

Thank you sir I will see it sir....

[@lucioflajore]

could you please do a video on how to do the same thing but with some spot lights in the pool?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

The settings should be pretty similar. Just add some lights😊

[@lucioflajore]

Actually not. When I add spot lights to the sides of the pool inside I get not effect at all. I’d like to see the glass-like refraction of the lights into the pool. But instead it just look like the pool is empty and the water is only a thin layer covering the top.

[@ahmadkurniawan5762]

Thank you master

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

You're very welcome!

[@sannamatsson5891]

I'm learning Vray and SketchUp right now. Am i the only one that doesn´t even have the "Displacement"-tab? I follow the steps but that tab doesn´t even show up. I hope someone can give me som help. Thanks!

[@nguyen3545]

Hello Minh, I'm another Minh!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hello Minh!

[@marwandesigns1765]

also i have a huge problem that keeps me awake at night.. in your rendering images the image so so sharp and real mine is pixeled and zigzag lines and egdes ...😩😩😩

[@landewell6862]

Displacement: Exists My laptop at rendering 4%: I think imma stay here and rot

[@fraischarles6255]

Can you make realistic water on enscape

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hm I think water for Enscape is pretty simple 🤔 I'll test it out😄

[@fraischarles6255]

Oh ok then thank you.

[@kvbutx]

BRABO

[@postiveminds9864]

Can I do it in vray 2.0

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hm I'm not sure.

[@sfguzmani]

Hdrihaven is free?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Yup!

[@rezsan1296]

where to download the trees?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

3dwarehouse and behance

[@rafaelhenriquez9735]

I use Vray 3.4 but I can not find the binding opcion D:

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Because this is Vray Next. In 3.4, just use the eye button to show the texture in viewport

[@jhonlemonhernandez4096]

I can. Not find binding option to..what can i Do??

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Use the eye button to show the texture in the viewport

[@chanthidaneou1812]

@@ArchitectureInspirations Where is the eye button?? lol XD

[@lorzcd7328]

@@ArchitectureInspirations i also cannot find the eye button.

[@tylerdaniels9000]

I followed every steps but my water still looks dark

[@renaldysamuel9271]

Render with CPU only instead. I have a same problem too and I found this solution. Cheers

[@rom6251]

Wow mong tiền bối chỉ giáo nhiều !!!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

😄😄❤ mình sẽ ráng làm thêm video 😊

[@rom6251]

@@ArchitectureInspirations có gì e có thể hỏi trực tiếp anh qua kênh YT đc ko ạ 😂😂 e cũng đang là sinh viên nên là có nhiều thứ ko biết cần học hỏi nhiều!!

[@ThuanNguyen-pe7rc]

what' hapining ladies and gentlemen

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

😆😆❤❤

[@PhucPham-sm8fz]

cho em hỏi anh là người Việt Nam à ?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Đúng rồi em ^.^