How we make Realistic Oceans in Cinema 4D

[@BlauwFilms]

drive.google.com/file/d/13qUAbnhOWymqRNNcJBM25J1oUrlZ1pNu/view?usp=sharing Texture Map! :D

[@traegami]

Thank you again

[@Pete-d4i]

Amazingly helpful video - can't wait to try this out

[@BlauwFilms]

Thank you so much! I'm definitely going to try out more techniques around this as well :)

[@Sleezy.Design]

I didn't even remember subscribing to you because your last video was posted over a year ago. But damn I'm so happy I did, now I get to watch all of your videos again! Great content, please keep it up! 🫶

[@BlauwFilms]

:') Hahah thanks for staying subscribed! Thank you very much! Now we've finally figured out a more sustainable process for doing KZbin next to work

[@MostafaMohamed-bc9wh]

First time coming here and I LOVE your channel guys, keep it up!

[@BlauwFilms]

Thank you SOO MUCH! :) I'm happy to hear that, we'll be uploading more consistently very soon! Cheers, Leo

[@HanhaloArt]

One trick to do water is to make it clear (like water duh) and make a displaced ocean floor object with noises of different colors (like one you used in volume shader) I’ve had great results using this technique. But vdms are a must

[@BlauwFilms]

Ohh! That's a really cool workflow. Hadn't thought of that before. Will give this a try as well. Thanks!

[@MeikeiArtworks]

amazing tutorial! I followd the steps but i think the beginning looks different... Could you upload the project files without the boat of course?

[@BlauwFilms]

Hey @MeikeiArtworks, Thanks so much! I've been away for a bit. Yes, absolutely: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xN_S-A-VmOYsYQf6VSKDthHuFbi2x9nn?usp=sharing There are two versions of the setup in there :) Did you end up figuring it out? What did the issue look like? Cheers, Leo

[@nakobaev]

Great tutorial!

[@BlauwFilms]

Thank you mate!

[@itsaman96]

thank you for much infromation in the start

[@BlauwFilms]

Cheers! I'm glad it was helpful :)

[@3dkobi]

Regarding Unreal Engine - Displacement was deprecated in version 5, probably because of Nanite (It enables the use of hi-poly objects). UE 4.27 was the last version where we could use displacement maps, and even than I'm pretty sure it was regular maps and not VDM

[@BlauwFilms]

Ahh that makes a lot of sense! Good to hear that Nanite actually works the way they advertised it :)

[@ijustwanttovanish]

they added nanite displacement now

[@williandefatimaverkoelen9085]

Very nice information ℹ️ thanks you

[@BlauwFilms]

Thank you so much!!

[@brikkiebriks]

This is genius!!

[@BlauwFilms]

Thanks bro!!!

[@JanReuser]

Is there any way to export a vdm from a deformed plane in cinema? I'm curious how you made yours

[@BlauwFilms]

Hey @JanReuser! Just getting back to your comment now. I don't think so actually. If you have a deformed plane it will always give you a Black to White map. But you want to have a colored XYZ map. Exporting VDM from ZBrush is the most straight forward method: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXKmnqiOqNSWaZI In the example from the tutorial I used a map that was made in ZBrush by someone from the Arnold team. What are you trying to make? Cheers, Leo

[@JanReuser]

Thanks@@BlauwFilms for the reply! Yea I 've searched some tips but couldn't find a way to do it either. There are some plugins for blender that come close, but I didn't get it to work correctly. I'll try and see if I can use the zbrush method next.

[@BlauwFilms]

@@JanReuser Great Jan! I hope it works out for you :)

[@baileycs1514]

What about the water spray? What about foam? And sorry - I don't mean to be a neg on this, the VDM stuff is really interesting.

[@BlauwFilms]

Hahah no worries! In this render the water spray and foam is composited in After Effects + Photoshop. I will cover it another tutorial as there are some nice masking techniques. I’m working with a friend on a particle sim for the water but that will be in a later stage once we have all the final assets :)

[@baileycs1514]

@@BlauwFilms - Thanks guys, I've tried RealFlow in the past and more recently (and with more success!) X-Particles. It's a tough one to sim I find, so I'm always interested how people actually sim a ship/boat wake successfully.

[@BlauwFilms]

@@baileycs1514 Yess, I agree. It's so tricky! I've always wanted to try RealFlow but it seems like it's not as versatile as I'd hoped it to be. We're currently giving Houdini a try :)

[@traegami]

link to vector map please

[@BlauwFilms]

help.autodesk.com/view/ARNOL/ENU/?guid=arnold_for_3ds_max_ax_shading_ax_ocean_displacement_html Here you go! :)

[@traegami]

@@BlauwFilms thanks but Link is broken cant find it anywhere

[@traegami]

@@BlauwFilms all these links are not working only load web page source code thanks anyway.

[@BlauwFilms]

@@traegami hmmm…. True. Ok I’ll share a Google Drive link with you when I’m back home on Monday. I’m currently at Annecy Festival and don’t have access to my files

[@traegami]

@@BlauwFilms thank you so much

[@michelangelodecia]

Great breakdown! This video inspired me to make a tutorial on how to make this from scratch in Cinema 4D and Redshift kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGKtfoR7eLOAjKc

[@BlauwFilms]

Thank you Michelangelo! I'm happy to hear that and thanks for sharing. This is a very useful tutorial!

[@fluxstandard8364]

1:48 for god sake get more leading in your smaller font lines

[@BlauwFilms]

Trueee! Noticed that too after rewatching the video. Borderline looks like a barcode now 😆

[@fluxstandard8364]

@@BlauwFilms RIP