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#How to do water?

    07-Aug-94 15:32:25
Sb: #How to do water?
Fm: Jim Jonah 73517,3532
To: Steve/HASH, Inc. 74431,3563
Hi, I am a new Animation:Master user (on the PowerPC). So far I think its a wonderful program. Of course, I want to do the hard stuff right off the bat. I have been trying to create convincing water. I can get the wave texture in Character to look like ripples in a pond, (which, by the way, looks great) but I can't get the real random look that happens on a lake. (i.e. the user shouldn't be able to see where the source of the ripples are.) Does anyone know the trick? Also, in browsing the libraries, its seems like everything in there is a rendered graphic or a finished animation. Will there be sample models is the future? (trees, mountains, etc) Again, this is a great program, and I can't wait to see the Font utility and the Post Processing Program. Thanks in advance, Jim Jonah Electric Studio, Inc.