OCTOPLUG OCEAN SHADER (I)


 

OCTOPLUG OCEAN SHADER (I)


One of the technologies that I plan to review is an external plug-in for Maya called Octoplug's Ocean Shader.


Download

It is from a commercial site, but at the time I wrote this, I could download for free, because of being the first plugin that I downloaded from the site, after registering.

Can be found here:


Install plug-in

After downloading and unzipping the plug-in to your hard drive, you have to add it to the Maya plug-ins. You do so by modifiying the <<Maya.env>> file and add reference to it.
You must also activate it in the Maya Plug-in Manager window as it doesn't do it by default.
After installed I had a hard time trying to find out if I had installed it properly. I figured out how to test it in the end from the Node Editor. Simply go into the Node editor, press the <<Tab>> key and search for the "ooOcean" element, that will show up. It was confusing because by simply right-click and select the <<Add Node>> option it would not appear. I suspect that on that context menu it doesn't show the plug-in elements.

Comentarios

Publicar un comentario

Entradas populares de este blog

The Solution: Alembic Cache

Imagen
ALEMBIC CACHE INTRO Today I'll show the complete workflow for simulating the splash of water in Maya using Bifrost and then importing it into Unreal Engine. On the last episode our hero was left in a sea of doubts, wondering if he'd have to abandon the idea of simulating the water in Bifrost and start a singing career instead. Well, either that or finding a new approach for the water simulation. Actually I researched a few options to do the water splash simulation in Maya and found a few some interesting options. The most promising and similar in approach to Bifrost (use of particles) looked like NVIDIA Flex. I however didn't follow that path. I leave some links on the bottom if you want to explore it. Doing a short recap, I was stuck on how to export the simulation done in Bifrost to Unreal. The solution came from an option in the Bifrost Fluid simulation to convert the simulation into a mesh and using an export called Allembic Mesh. Thanks Michael Connolly for
Leer más

Bifrost - Splash simulation (I)

Imagen
BIFROST - WATER SPLASH SIMULATION (I) Bifrost is a tool for Maya that allows for fluids simulation. Therefore it is related to physics. It was acquired by Autodesk in 2012. My purpose is exploring it in order to make a convincing splash of water on the animation project, particularly on the scene when the fairy falls into the wates of the canal. I have watched and read through some Bifrost material with mixed results. I have finally followed this simple video that finally allowed me as a valid starting point. The experiment simulates the splash of water produced by a rigid, heavy, sphere over a small water container. Youtube link to TunnelvizionTV's video that I have followed:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvZKiI1BEGk SUMMARY 1: Create a container Cube. 2: Create a liquid emitter. It will only be used to fill the container. 3: Create Bifrost Liquid (with the liquid emitter box selected). 4: Set the Cube as Collider , so that it is able
Leer más

Water Research Simulation in Unreal and Maya - Summary and Conclusions

On this entry I'll try to summarize my experience with different water simulations techniques to date. Note that this is the result of a student's research only so please put big quotes on everything I'm saying. The techniques researched can be divided into two sections depending on the subject: -         Simulation of the water planes, for “static” waters. -         Simulation of “dynamic” water, for water splash effects. Also they can be divided depending on the technology: -         Maya -         Unreal Engine The most relevant techniques for the Animation Project were: -         Unreal Engine’s Starter Pack Water materials, for water planes. -         Maya’s Bifrost simulation combined with Mesh conversion and Alembic Cache export, that is imported as Geometry Cache in Unreal, for the water splash. The summary of techniques researched are as follows: Name Type Technology Comments Maya Ocean S
Leer más