aaOceanNormalShader

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Pancho
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aaOceanNormalShader

Post by Pancho » 07 Jan 2011, 13:06

For an underwater scene I'd like to use the shader (looking upwards towards the sky from beneath the water surface). But unfortunately it doesn't work as expected. What would I need to do in order to "flip" the normal and have a correct display? I got the feeling that no rays penetrate the surface any more and show the distorted sky. Contrary it looks as if the ray get reflected by the surface, although total reflection couldn't occur at this viewing angle.

Any ideas?

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Re: aaOceanNormalShader

Post by Rork » 08 Jan 2011, 10:05

Hi,

I don't think the AAOcean set was meant to be used 'underwater' ;-)

Depending on the look, you could have a go with the old but trusted Lume Ocean shaders.
Also, depending on your version of SI, you may, or may not have to install the addon....

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Re: aaOceanNormalShader

Post by Pancho » 08 Jan 2011, 23:15

But shouldn't it be easy to "flip" the normal shader output, so that it matches the bottom surface of the water?