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johnvid · June 19th, 2008

THere is a program to export a 3Dmodel to flat paper for printing and cutting out to make a paper model, maybe you could use that to get the topology of what you want ? i think there is a program can't remember the names 3D Unfold or Something??

There is also a plugin for after effects that creates caustic patterns, you can then use those as a texturemap for the projection, the beauty of this method is you could also alter the rgb channels of the caustics separating them by slight amounts to give you a little chromatic dispersion instead of white.

I think the other comments are right the pool area may be too bright to get those caustics, they are also very well defined would like to know the settings on that, true caustics would not be created in the shaded areas of the water, so perhaps just one omni above the pool would sufice as the generator, never tried caustics with photons.... can anyone tell us if you get a better result that way or no difference???

June 19th, 2008	#9 (permalink)
johnvid Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 85 Name: John Barrow	Re: interior swimming pool, caustics problem THere is a program to export a 3Dmodel to flat paper for printing and cutting out to make a paper model, maybe you could use that to get the topology of what you want ? i think there is a program can't remember the names 3D Unfold or Something?? There is also a plugin for after effects that creates caustic patterns, you can then use those as a texturemap for the projection, the beauty of this method is you could also alter the rgb channels of the caustics separating them by slight amounts to give you a little chromatic dispersion instead of white. I think the other comments are right the pool area may be too bright to get those caustics, they are also very well defined would like to know the settings on that, true caustics would not be created in the shaded areas of the water, so perhaps just one omni above the pool would sufice as the generator, never tried caustics with photons.... can anyone tell us if you get a better result that way or no difference???