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WIP Something something beach waves...UPDATE

Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,155
edited February 24 in Daz PA Commercial Products

This is still very much a work in progress, but I thought some of you might find an early preview interesting. I've created a single tileable block of beach with rolling waves, spray, foam, etc. This single slice of beach can be instanced to create an unbroken shoreline as long as you need it to be. Here in this test image you're seeing one block with four tiled instances. It renders suuuuper quick, too. I think this render took just over a minute on my RTX 4090. And I did one with ten instances that took just about a minute more. Eventually I'll add the actual beach sand (this one is just a placeholder) and get the materials in line, but you can already see how it's going to be in this test.

And the best part is that the only texture map for the water is a single 4k normal map, Everything else is just materials, so you'll be able to edit the the look of the water to your heart's content. So, if you've ever wanted to put your models right into the waves at the beach instead of just standing on a shore, you'll soon be able to. I'll post more updates as the project progresses.

ETA: I've finished the modeling, and have started on the materials and textures today, so I thought I'd show the progress so far. Here's an in-progress render showing the render speed on a RTX 4090. For this image, I just put the "Maui" HDRI background that comes with Daz Studio as the only light source (as well as the background image):



I didn't really line things up too well, but it works as a proof of concept anyway, ha ha. And here is the finished render. Took about six minutes with two blocks total. Not too shabby. 

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  • MissLeahMissLeah Posts: 231

    heart It looks great already!

    That's something I've needed in the recent past and wished I had. I can't wait to see it finished! smiley

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,155

    MissLeah said:

    heart It looks great already!

    That's something I've needed in the recent past and wished I had. I can't wait to see it finished! smiley

    Thank you! heart 

  • CupcakeCupcake Posts: 65

    OOhhh this is singing to me!  smiley Will be watching this space very much!!!heart  

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,820

    nice

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,155

    Cupcake said:

    OOhhh this is singing to me!  smiley Will be watching this space very much!!!heart  

    Yay! heart 

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,155

    nonesuch00 said:

    nice

    Thank you! 

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,953

    I would 100% use this regularly

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,155

    Hello beautiful people. The base materials are done. Going to make a few variations, then I'll start packing it up after that. The render time tests are just fantastic, too. This image is one block with six instances, volumetric fog, Joan 9 with hair, and even a dog. 1900x936 in just under six minutes. You could throw in some palm trees, and even a few more figures, and it would still be nice and speedy.

     

    Six Minutes TEST.png
    1900 x 936 - 3M
  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,422
    Fantastic. It looks superb. I've wanted a good beach model for years. There was a beach and abandoned boat being worked on a couple of years ago. Unfortunately the artist got hung up on creating perfection rather than accepting a standard that was merely 'vastly better than anything currently available.'. They ended up disheartened and seem to have abandoned DS entirely. Net result.. still no brilliant beach. Having said that, your image above makes the grade by an easy margin. There is hope, yet, for us all..! Regards, Richard.
  • MissLeahMissLeah Posts: 231

    I'm really excited for this! It looks gorgeous!

    I feel the same as richardandtracy. I've wanted something like this for a long time. I can't wait to get it in my cart! laugh

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,399

    Taketh mine shillings!

  • CupcakeCupcake Posts: 65

    Yay the updates are much appreciated!!! I am so eager for when it will arrive...Love anything beachy heart

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,155

    Thank you, everyone! The encouraging comments are so very much appreciated. heart I've had to pause this project briefly while I attend to some client work (3D industrial product animations), but once I finish those up, I'll be right back at it. On the plus side, this is 98% finished, so you should be seeing it very soon!

  • StrangeFateStrangeFate Posts: 838

    That's looking great!

  • MarcCCTxMarcCCTx Posts: 946

    Very nice, are thete going to be larger waves?  Curly Waves for Surfing

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