How To Create Realistic Water in Blender

A video where I show you how to create realistic water in blender
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[@chuckcg]

IMPORTANT! in blender 4.0 the material doesn't work tha same😔 , here is the updated video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnuzqHhsmbCaaMU

[@titilim77]

ok sir, thank you so much

[@issac7787]

Thank you Chuck !

[@chuckcg]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm using cycles for rendering, Also if transparency doesn't work, check if you don't have flipped normals in the cube.

[@Gadubadish]

didn't flip normals so was useful

[@刘洋-k2y]

我就是卡在这，提醒的太棒了

[@cinemanate5310]

Thanks man. That was exactly what I was doing wrong! Works perfectly now.

[@davidswanson5669]

If you just create a cube and use it as your water, why would anyone have flipped normals?

[@macronomicus]

@@davidswanson5669 on a fresh cube, if you scale the cube in edit mode on z-axis, it will flip the normals inward when/if mouse position goes negative X value, try it, you can visualize the normals with the overlays panel. When scaling on z axis you drag mouse up/down for scale but at same time drag left if you want normals inside & drag mouse right if you want normals facing outside, sometimes you want one or the other, its just a convenience really. New users may not know thats a thing & end up getting their normals reversed on accident.

[@vjmachaa]

One of the best tutorials that I came across for realistic water in blender. Thank you Chuck!

[@chuckcg]

Thanks!

[@ocelotarmory]

Absolutely the best.

[@pardismack]

For Eevee: - In the Material shelf>Settings, set Blend Mode to Alpha Blend and Shadow mode to Alpha Clip - In the Render shelf, enable Screen Space Reflections>Refraction

[@YinSol]

This is absolutely best tutorial for water in blender I ever saw. Quik and clear, no unnecessary information just what all we need. Thank you!!!

[@valtabohm]

Bro... In the last 3 years I've seen a hundred of Water Tutorials in blender. And this is by far THE BEST. Straight to the point, with great looking results and its even PC friendly. The many uses of this shader is mindblowing. I cant thank you enough man.

[@chuckcg]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheModularian]

BRO Everything you do is like fucking gold. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing such high quality content without lacing absolutely everything behind paywalls or unnecessary filler. You are a treasure.

[@chuckcg]

Thank you, glad found this content useful!

[@heckensteiner4713]

I love tutorials like this! Fast and simple and something that would take me hours to figure out on my own (with much worse results). Thank you!

[@chuckcg]

Glad you like it!

[@timotheesadowski8967]

Thank you it's really nice! I added a gradient with a color-ramp to the density of the volume absorption, that allows more control and makes sure you never see through the water. ( make sure the gradient is vertical of course ;) )

[@chuckcg]

In fact, absorption works like a gradient, absorbs some light and gives that gradient effect of the water, so no need to add a new gradient, because absorption looks better.

[@timotheesadowski8967]

@@chuckcg ah thanks for the info. I put the gradient on the density slot. So basically I can have the water to be clear until a certain point and then become darker again. But if it's useless I'll remove it ^^

[@Mart-E12]

I don't think that's a bad idea at all, similar to how you can control fog height with volume scatter

[@christophschmitt4600]

Adding some great renderings to the videos would definitely increase the value and show the work you have put into it. The real time renderings from blender are looking awesome!

[@oiko2k4]

I agree! I was waiting for the results in the end but we said our goodbyes with the creator and left it there.

[@manojsudarshana4377]

Realistic water in 5 minutes. I'm impressed. Thanks Chuck.

[@louisdavis1370]

concise and clear. great work and thank you

[@chuckcg]

Thanks! glad it was helpful.

[@Commander_Appo]

This was really helpful! I'm using this to get some good looking water for an art fight attack rn, and this combine with some other stuff makes a great apocalyptic feel

[@pedrosoares8115]

the best water tutorial so far

[@chuckcg]

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

[@Downtime_videos]

That looks awesome bro, almost like something out of uncharted with the ruins thats dope 👌🏼

[@LarsWaltherFilm]

What a beautiful scene and great tutorial! Thank you, this is easily one of the best water tutorials in blender ever!

[@chillegaming1837]

Very cool ! That looks very appealing !

[@liliacmoon3280]

bro just saved my life, i cant thank you enough, made a fantastic water for my project

[@zedfirenze]

Your channel is amazing man.

[@chuckcg]

Thank you!

[@thebestalcachofaninguno3342]

Thank you! I only seemed to find these rushed 1-minute tutorials, but this one was really clear!

[@Machinify]

great work, when you said "bye" I lold

[@zubyyynaijaaa2677]

Absolute beauty

[@chuckcg]

Thanks!

[@Ollacigi]

man you are the best you never know how your tutorial helped me a lot

[@MrZombiePhil]

This is a really cool method. Cant wait to try it out!

[@nonprofit7163]

Whoa, your gumroad is incredible!!

[@TruthSurge]

thx. This works perfectly. Just adjust scale if you have closeups or small scenes, smaller scale etc. And clarity or murky by setting absorption density and color. Nice!

[@JesusClips777]

Thank you!

[@doit9times]

best tut ever for smth slightly complicated! thank u for being clear and making it easy!!!

[@etma_]

if this scene was a real place i would love to explore it

[@chuckcg]

Yeah me too!

[@SANVIKASHYAP-h3n]

this man has skill.

[@TJAnimates]

This is an amazing water shader!

[@chrismalcheski9232]

EXCELLENT tutorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@upbgenoob5488]

Stunning result!Really good job!

[@chuckcg]

Thank you!

[@Hassaan02]

very helpful tutorial

[@ericarevalo5005]

Have you ever thought about adding a 4D frame movement to the noise texture to animate the watter/create a ripple effect?

[@chuckcg]

yes that's the way to animate it, you can add #frame/2000 to W value to animate it, the number controls the speed, the lower the faster

[@eduardogonzalez7752]

well done bro, you saved me with those nodes! Ty very much!

[@milosmatic8600]

so much free assets on his Gumroad my man deserves a donation.

[@OfficialGooseGames]

noice

[@red4666]

quick and concise. i really appreciate that bro.

[@adibahmed10]

Consider my mind blown. This looks amazing.

[@majumdarnabendu]

Thank you man Best tutorial for any kind of scene

[@ocelotarmory]

More like this PLEASE!

[@xavier75566]

"Let us start with the lightning" nice tutorial tho !

[@chuckcg]

Hahaha, I'm still learning english.

[@eunhaeyoo9560]

this worked perfectly thank you! can you give tips (or another tutorial) about animating the flow of this water texture?

[@chuckcg]

You can do it by animating the noise texture, you can change to 4d and animate the W value

[@bahrainhasnan]

Straight to the point. Liked!

[@maksvinokur27]

THAT AMAZING

[@potiswad]

Great tutorial saved me a lot of time. Thanks!

[@eirik_png]

This looks really good, thanks for the tutorial!

[@chuckcg]

You're welcome, glad you like it!

[@ismailcanguven5837]

best water ever seen

[@chuckcg]

Thanks!

[@violetavasiljevic7512]

Great looking scene, thank you 👋

[@chuckcg]

Thanks!

[@SashaKizil]

Thanks for the cool lesson, the result is awesome

[@Dantyx1]

Very concise and effective. Thanks!

[@theslashr]

Great stuff, thank you! 🙌

[@chuckcg]

Thanks!

[@Orozco_PNW]

Very concise and informative! Thanks!

[@selcukgerceker6154]

very simple and inferable tutorial. thanks a lot

[@kabelomonareng5274]

This was amazing thank you

[@tommegg8486]

Stunning result. I kinda wanted to add some caustic to the floor for some swimming pool style water. Any idea how that could be made?

[@chuckcg]

Thanks! I've thought about it but I still haven't found a good option.

[@SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP]

Un grand merci pour la démonstration et le partage! Many thanks for demonstrating and sharing! Stéph.

[@chuckcg]

You're welcome, Glad you found it helpful!

[@grunt22]

Great tutorial and a great effect. Thankyou

[@chuckcg]

Glad you like it!

[@maximemalfoy2772]

propre !! du bon travail 😉

[@MyLifeBeLike-Official]

it looks so good i like it , thanks

[@ramanrafiq7888]

Great way to do it man, really helpful thanks alot!

[@chuckcg]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Kommentiert_]

Simple! Concise! Perfect!

[@RylinthAnderfel]

Gorgeous! Awesome tutorial

[@VictorBosich]

This looks awesome! I'm gonna try this. Thank you for the tutorial, buddy. :)

[@chuckcg]

Thank you, glad you like it!

[@Subaka_]

10/10 tutorial

[@richardvink_art]

Makes me wanna swim😀. Good tut!

[@Devyldraws]

Fantastic tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@chuckcg]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pizza4yoni]

very simply explained! appreciate it

[@Jonah_Anthony]

Ty bro. Awesome tutorial 🤝

[@ruslandad365]

Amazing Tutorial Thanks!!!

[@omeizasanni]

Thanks for this... I must try it

[@dftuir]

nice tutorial but id appreciate if you showde the whole node setup at the end so itd be easier to copy

[@hroz2007]

beautiful results, just wish i could animate it slightly with the nodes. tried other tutorials but it never works well with this amazing node shade you did. amazing work tho !!!!

[@chuckcg]

Have you tried to animate the noise texture? in the node just change to 4D and animate W value

[@elifselbuk1681]

you are the kinggg

[@JasmineShih1996]

Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@victorfalconiell1538]

Looks awesome! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@WinterFroots]

Muchas gracias, thank you so much for the clarity of the tutorial!

[@davidpivazian1992]

SO GOOD! Thank you for sharing!

[@chuckcg]

You're welcome, glad it was helpful!

[@inspiritGalaxy]

thank you !! this is so helpful for newbie like me !!

[@PixelArtistry_]

Great and clear tutorial. Thanks a lot!

[@firmedia2908]

Super effective! thanks a lot

[@DariGGalvan]

Por un momento me he estancado pues el agua no se veía transparente, pero al invertir los normals todo se ha solucionado Muchas gracias por compartir estos tutoriales :)

[@chuckcg]

Si exacto, si estan invertidos no se ve transparente, que bueno que te sirvieron.

[@MyVisualDistractions]

amazing

[@denkozlov4220]

thank you, it's been helpful

[@StuSutcliffe60]

Amazing!

[@chuckcg]

Thanks!

[@Shattered3582]

i wish i found this video before all the others

[@anchorfeast]

OMG ! your so genious thank u for this tutorial

[@GamesForMan]

amazing thanks

[@enriquedelaparte8673]

beautiful

[@sergeabt1046]

thank you very very much for this tutorial

[@chuckcg]

You're welcome, glad you like it!

[@marinamaximchuk4859]

amazing thank you !!!! it helps me a lot!

[@FaraShimbo]

Really helpful! Thanks so much!

[@voidmarvin]

idk but mine is not working, the color especially, mine looks like mercury metal being poured

[@chuckcg]

For blender 4.2 I made a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnuzqHhsmbCaaMU, also make sure to use cycles render

[@mirotankian8443]

this is so good subscribed to your channel

[@chuckcg]

Glad you like it!

[@entertainment_bollyholly]

thanks it's really very useful for me

[@jensworld444]

Thank you so much! My water always looked dull and not clear. You helped me a lot! 🥰

[@kessedys]

It was very nice and comfortable lesson, thank you!

[@aranel_mithrandir]

Amazing thank you dude.

[@dumaryhelp]

So cool!! thanks!!