How to make water with scattering effect using video loops in DAZ Studio

Video loops & clips. Do you know how much cool stuff there is out there? Just make a google search on it and you´ll be amazed. There´s lots of free stuff. And lots of great looking animations & live footage for a few bucks. With some creative approach, you can quickly and easily transform a temple with two pools, into a spectacular play of light.

What I did here, was to apply the water video clip to the Diffuse channel and then the same clip to the opacity channel to make the water surface semi-transparent. For the walls, I altered the video clip with higher contrast to have real black in it and just some lighting here and there. That secondary video clip was then applied to all the other surfaces ambient channel – like the walls and columns.

Since the ambient channel is selfglowing, it added really coool scattering lighting effect.

All this took just a few minutes to apply!

You can use video clips & loops beyong your imagination. I´m mean, there´s such no end to it. Whether it´s gun fire, rocket streaks, explosions, engine exhaust, rain, liquids, camp fire, candles, bullet hits, tv-screen or holograms – you can have lots of fun!

And you can practically obtain any live footage, for instance a filmed desert scene and mix it with a ufo 3D object.

To read more about the Animated Textures plug in for DAZ Studio, go here:
http://www.daz3d.com/i/shop/itemdetails/?item=10646

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17 Responses to “How to make water with scattering effect using video loops in DAZ Studio”

  1. John Newell May 3, 2010 at 9:04 pm #

    Hi
    Looks very cool! Where can I purchase the water scatterng video clip from -It looks like a stock video clip but who is the vendor? Is the tutorial video available on the Dreamlight Longe Site.

  2. Waldemar Belwon May 3, 2010 at 9:14 pm #

    Hey John. Thanks! I believe it was from http://www.istockphoto.com. No, this tutorial is actually as is – and displayed here in full length… 🙂

  3. martin May 4, 2010 at 2:09 pm #

    What video? I’ve had several links to various pages of this type recently, but there is no active video here, there is a blank space under the title though, but hovering/clicking there shows nothing? (IE8) And no messages to say something needs to be allowed…

  4. martin May 4, 2010 at 7:32 pm #

    oh, hang on! tried on my pc at home and its there! think the works server blocks you tube probably! Yes very cool! will be getting this to try out… `¬)

  5. Waldemar Belwon May 4, 2010 at 7:43 pm #

    Hey Martin, yeah – sounds like a YouTube block of some kind… Glad it worked out! Let me know how it turns out!

  6. Jennifer Reeves May 17, 2010 at 11:48 am #

    I have already paid for the 3D Graphic basic training with Paypal, but I have not heard another thing. Please tell me how I get the disk. It’s been almost two weeks and I don’t know whether my money slipped under the radar, or if you were good enough to send it to me and I just haven’t got it yet. That being the case please forgive this email and I will patiently wait.
    Thanking you,
    Jenn Reeves
    xfactor1@tpg.com.au (Australia)

  7. Waldemar Belwon May 18, 2010 at 10:14 am #

    Hey Jennifer,
    Sorry about the delay, there´s been a Pay Pal redirect issue. I´ve emailed you the download link… 😉

  8. Guy Donohue February 17, 2015 at 8:44 pm #

    need a 4.7 version of the plugin

    • Guy Donohue February 17, 2015 at 8:48 pm #

      I brought the plugin and does not work for 4.7 version

    • Val Cameron March 30, 2015 at 10:07 am #

      Guy, we’re working on it as we speak…

  9. Guy Donohue February 17, 2015 at 9:20 pm #

    can you able to send DS 3 version please

  10. Guy Donohue February 19, 2015 at 1:37 pm #

    Can you send me the ds 3 version software I do not have it

    • Val Cameron February 21, 2015 at 12:12 pm #

      Sorry Guy, cannot do that. I suggest you contact DAZ 3D directly, and ask them if they can provide you with a DS3 download link.

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