Perfect Pool Water

[Elevux]

Hey Yall,
Really tring to nail some amazing pool water with no luck.

Want to get real caustics and a bright look
When i use caustics the water looks not so bright and clear

Looking to make this


Please help and share settings!

THX
-Zach

[Elevux]

akotar please help!

[bepeg4d]

Hi Elevux,
for good caustic you need:

• - a tiny and powerful light source like sun.
  - a good water surface deformation to have the nice caustic patterns
  - an intersecting plane with Specular material, index 1.33, no fake shadow, and eventually a bit of dispersion.
  - PMC kernel with Parellel at 1

Here is an old animation I’ve made some time ago:
https://vimeo.com/53932076
ciao beppe

[DigitalNZ]

Just wondering if You could make an emission mask for the caustic, if nothing else works. Duplicate the water surface, make a caustic alpha mask, and make it emission, and turn the opacity down , like a Gel light effect.

[FAZ]

Here you go...