Creating Realistic Water In Blender

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[@romdruyak5593]

You could also add ambient conclusion for the Musgrave texture so the water will kind of bend around everything it touches like it does in real life

[@99Bflash99]

underrated comment

[@aeonbreak4728]

what? i dont understand how that makes sense

[@hueman5884]

How do you do that?

[@ABones-bm3vq]

I need to try this

[@EmvyBeats]

How would you set that up? I'm beyond terrible with nodes. Do you add it between the musgrave or use a mix node connected to the color?

[@ethanael_yovan]

brutha i swear i litterally asked "how does max hay make his water look good" yesterday like what how you-

[@Hrishikesh7620]

BTW, he already explained this nodes in his previous video of "ancient temple breakdown", i saw it yesterday . 😀

[@ethanael_yovan]

@@Hrishikesh7620 damn ig im not looking hard enough

[@ethanael_yovan]

@@Hrishikesh7620 do you also have a video explaining his after render composition? like the photoshop stuff too by any chance?

[@Hrishikesh7620]

@@ethanael_yovan no, he has no any video of render composition

[@FM_MC]

Bro same lmao

[@trevorbarney1796]

Thanks for doing all these videos and going in depth with explaining what things do and how they work. Open project reviews like this are so helpful for someone like me who’s new to blender and getting lost in the sauce with all that is possible

[@mvcastelluccio]

Dude ive stumbled upon your page a few days ago and ive been watching all your vids since. I must say you really produce some beautiful work. Bravo to you for that , but also sharing your knowledge and files!!! We all appreciate the hard work youre putting in. Looking forward to see all your new vids in the future!!!

[@ManishKumar-tz7ox]

Bro you have no idea how much you are helping us. Thank you.

[@Animacores]

Always up for something cool thank you for helping me with the setting and the nodes required for this amazingly detailed animation ❤

[@zacsamuel7295]

Dude, your node set up is the best of many I've tried. Thank you! Have subbed

[@DanielGrovePhoto]

Thanks! That volume adds the extra level of realism.

[@Theios_great]

Thanks you have really help me in my blender progression

[@swalihstudios]

Thanks man its 5 mins but helped me alot i just loved your stuff its increasing my quality.

[@Mocorn]

Ah yes, finally! I've seen you drag that beautiful water out so many times and now that I've got it working as an asset things will be so much easier! Thanks =)

[@iamJonray]

I have beeeeeen waiting for this one to drop! thank you!! 😁

[@lidijakopac2288]

I love these vids so much! cant wait to see the channel grow:))

[@crimisonblade]

Thanks a lot man! This was super useful! Love your renders by the way..they all look incredible!

[@kovacsbalazs4867]

I just needed a water tut😆 thanks man!

[@jeffnunemaker7284]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you, I really appreciate your work.

[@XthSensation]

I have learned a lot from you. Thank you so much for the detailed tuts.

[@newyxmedia8261]

Literally saving every tutorial of you in my favorites

[@MichaelMaurice]

You are, hands down my favorite Blender channel! The way you just explain your scenes as a concept and not like the other tutorials "Today we're gonna learn how to create X in Blender" is what making you stand out. Keep it up, Max!

[@sachintendulkar3556]

man your works are amazing

[@krissosful]

Amazing result:) Thanks a lot for the tutorial!

[@juliadoke5178]

This water hack is so awesome! Thank you thank you thank you for sharing this

[@dougieladd]

Great content in your channel Max... nice one. Keep up the good work.

[@Lance_G]

Your tutorials are the sauce!

[@ahmednb6599]

What a legend ❤️ i asked u last video about this water problem and u do it next video!! Thank you so much man❤️

[@casielcheconi1398]

Great! Amazing tutorial as always

[@DavidWinstead]

Wow man, I needed this! Thanks for sharing.

[@3dboy100]

you are amazing love your tutorials very useful techniques ♥♥ this is best blender content on youtube 👌👌❤❤😍😍

[@jazzew]

That's really cool! I shall try that, thank you for sharing!

[@liftedmediamarketing]

Fantastic! Keep them coming!

[@geekytuner2361]

bro deserves sooo much recognition

[@user-lt8kb1xi5j]

For eevee transparency: Turn “Transmission” all the way up. Turn alpha down to about 0.5. Set blend method to either hashed or blend in the material settings

[@taranbon1547]

You saved my life

[@Guauh]

istg you save my life

[@CausticRKS]

Dude, thank you. I was wondering about that! The blend method option always weirded me out because it's just an alpha channel i figured, like it's either 100% or lower haha.

[@alfred8602]

This is what i needed, thank you!

[@craigernstzen2372]

Another gem, thank you!

[@TenaciousDM]

Lovely, thanks for the info on those extra nodes. Gonna need that rock tutorial too friend haha

[@oshinoyoshida]

super easy to follow and so so helpful thanks so so much

[@aminjl_art]

Thanks dude, great stuff !

[@marakuyovimalesh3793]

great video. Simple and clear.

[@yoanfalquet4636]

awsome tuto, thx man !

[@RickHenderson]

Awesome. I saw this in one of your other tutorials and want to know how it was done. Thanks.

[@thabangmoswetsi9757]

Thank you so much max.

[@savagesauron4147]

Thanks! Happy New Year. :)

[@tobiaslegoff8050]

a tutorial on vegetation renders would be much appreciated

[@robingarrett4576]

import images of little leaves and twigs and stuff and layer it in top for extra murk and grime!

[@EmvyBeats]

I have actually been trying to figure out how to do this. Easily makes a render look 50% better.

[@electronicmusic.nonstop]

oh man, i love your vids.

[@ys8696]

Dang your videos are good

[@GiorgosZacharioudakisgiozaha]

thanks a lot! Very nice explainetion, please keep it up!

[@YakOfArt]

Nice! Was waiting for this. We had a buncha theories in the comments on the last vid lol

[@matchdance]

Amazing tutorial!

[@DanteS-119]

Just found you, absolutely awesome stuff, wow

[@iChumpy]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@cedricrioux2956]

For even better realism, you can set the specular value to 0.25 and the IOR to 1.333. Also, water is not 100% rough so adding a little bit of roughness can help to be close to the hundred percent realism

[@famminak852]

Thanks for the tip!

[@NkRiot]

Hey Max, would it be too much to ask to do a tutorial on how you created your awesome rock texture in the scene? Are you using Cycles experimental with displacement /height? ? or did you happen get this texture from Quixel? Hope all is well, and amazing work as always.

[@jasminesarais8850]

Great video, thanks a lot! subscribed 🤘

[@Chillgaming_1]

qualtiy content man !!!!

[@bac8217]

I also recommend that you set the IOR(index of refraction) to 1.333 which is the actual value that water has. It doesn't matter much but it's a nice touch!

[@famminak852]

Thank you for the tip!

[@kes099]

It does matter... setting IOR to 1.0 (the IOR of air) basically means there is no refraction at all... so water must be set to 1.33. Setting IOR correctly does make your water darker, as some of the light bouncing back out of the water gets trapped... but the transparency shader should help compensate for that

[@icreatemor]

4:17 just for when I can try.. it looks awesome Thanks!

[@udinnnr]

Thank you so much!

[@Mousoukyou]

Thank you!

[@jabezcrisp7899]

So what do you recommend now that they got rid of the musgrave texture?

[@riretime975]

Thank you ❣️

[@AlexisRivera3D]

Thanks for sharing bro

[@SpieleSuchti894]

would def watch the tutorial on how to set up a proper asset library

[@arasha6685]

Hi, your tutorial is supercool but i can't get the sky image reflect on water , how can you do that ( my water plan can reflect world sky but not image i import in...)

[@clynmv]

Finally Thankss!!

[@bencuraxmusic]

Thanks!!! So useful

[@vitxrzz469]

hii, do you know where can i find the water?

[@seanposkea]

Troubleshooting question: Everything looks great except in Eevee, when the camera changes angle or when the timeline starts over, subtle but noticeable black diagonal bands appear across the surface of the object. Just for a few frames/second but definitely there consistently. What might be causing that? Thanks for these great tutorials.

Thanks !

[@user-xm4fg6sv9h]

This looks awesome and I am using this for my project but I can't seem to get it right. I made a water shader using almost 2 identical node sequences consisting of -> texture coordinate >mapping>noise texture>bump. Both of these go into a MIX shader and then to the principal BSDF but all I get is a grayish reflective clay... does someone have an idea of what I'm not doing right?

[@BrianLife]

very helpful

[@abhisekmohanty9088]

Sir can you please explain how to do this on eevee. because when i try this, sky(image as plane) cant be reflected on water.

[@gronnip]

have a weird problem im having with this where in one file its working but i directly copy and paste it to another file and its not workin, any tips the nodes are exactly the same

[@slowpicfilms1384]

if you keep calm like this your channel will blow with views and subscribe no need to rush i love it lot of channels are not teaching it's an ads

[@youlifox]

I tried to repeat the material many times, unfortunately it didn’t work out

[@jingqizhang1563]

Hi really helpful video!! May I ask How you make the Rock texture bump out insted of plant?

[@joe_fabricator]

I've tried the same Nodes layout but not getting the same results. Could be lighting I guessing.

[@insyirahhalim9940]

how do u get the reflection in the water?

[@linkchiang6197]

Hi, thanks for all the useful experience sharing. Would you mind share about the graphic card you are using? My rendering takes very long to come out the result which makes me want to upgrade my graphic card. If you get time to reply this question I will be very grateful.

[@Reincarny]

if you made step by step paid guide on making something like art you regularly post, i'd buy it in an instant

[@markos3940]

Thankssss

[@pedrodias8409]

This looks super good. I just cant make it work, I have been over everything 3 times and still gives me a white cube. Tried all kind of lights and angles, it just gives me a white surface. Anyone knows why?

[@yawnster7274]

Is there any way to get 3d humans like you use in your renders for free?

[@DorkMinimum]

thanks god for this tutor. i can check this vid and go to sleep at 1 am not at 2 am :)

[@artspirationnn6065]

how did you make your texture plane look 3d like that

[@nickbjones8833]

da vinci would be proud of you

[@juanvhr8563]

its weird but , the texture doesnt show for me , it doesnt show in material preview and oc in rendered.

[@kevinalif1]

for me it does not show either, did you fix it ?

[@sankalpkhanna1002]

Where did you get that water texture from

[@ClawzShadowz_]

cool

[@cgnovice2969]

Very good looking shader! It does not seem to reflect any object lights in the scene though. Guess it has to do with transmission

[@s1amvwbug]

4:38 / 5:09 Hi, amazing video tutorial. Question: do you have the tutorial on Asset Browser that you mentioned?

[@storma8023]

I dont know if anyone can help but Im having issues with this. I've copied the exact nodes displayed in this tutorial but It doesnt look like this by a long shot. I do notice im missing the Subsureface IQR Which Max has on his principled BSDF but other than that everything else is the same.

[@onemancrew.visuals]

Quick question, why is it all blurry? i cant fix it.

[@eliebenow]

I am currently working on an environment with a lake and this is perfect, thank you!!!

[@poopiecon1489]

keep the tutorial coming

[@azzaky7951]

how do i make the water reflective?

[@user-et8dj8yg5g]

Are you using any add-ons?

[@amswil3232]

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON THE ASSET BROWSER

[@Jesseweijer]

Would we be able to animated the water?

[@Mysteri]

How do you set the world to be dark so you can use your image for emission?

[@faryanblender8946]

On the right side of Blender is World Properties. Under Color u can set it darker

[@Greatswordgamers]

How to create foliage and snow would be very helpful! I am now learning intensively and i find it very hard to manage. Fore example when i have a big scene it lags with the real snow and also with foliage if i do hair particles with anything above 1k texture. i have good cpu, 24gb ram and 3060 12gb, so i guess i do something wrong. Thank you for the awesome content.

[@cedricrioux2956]

To optimise your scene, I suggest that you decrease the amount of foliage you see in the viewport. And also, use interpolation if you can instead of increase the particle amount. You can also try geometry nodes but it lags a lot more in my opinion.

[@Greatswordgamers]

@@cedricrioux2956 thanks i ll do a research now! It is better to apply snow in certain faces and not to the whole plane. And also i forgot to apply scale and transforms. I also try to see if there is a difference between subdividing and voxel remeshing. Because i also need to do some sculpting in things like fantasy architecture and stuff.