hiii, i am a beginner in 3dmax and i am trying to model an outdoor swimming pool but the water doesn’t look realistic i am rendering using v-ray, can any one help me please, how can i make a swimming pool water material using v-ray,to look like the picture attached.
thank you for your help .
Israa Altay

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Computer engineer, 3ds max freelancer
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poser using 8 (5,6,7)
windows xp sp2
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Asus motherboard

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Do a search on google 3ds max pool realistic water tutorials vray then are a lot of tutorials out there,

Computer engineer, 3ds max freelancer
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poser using 8 (5,6,7)
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Asus motherboard

Basic water material which should look pretty realistic is almost black diffuse (same as glass), near white reflection, check fresnel, near white refraction.

Add a bump map, almost any will do, since wind will create really random tiny waves.

If the scene is correctly setup, lighting wise, this will give really good results.

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