chrisribar Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hey all! My first post! I am working on a project where we see a shot of a sailboat slowly moving from bottom to about halfway up creating a boat wake. The water will be still like a lake and I don't need to see any foam. What do you guys think is the best oceanFX tool to achieve this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra62 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 maybe try it using the flat tank shelf tool. Sidefx has a pretty good tutorial on how to do this. https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2700&Itemid=132 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisribar Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Ohh yep, I watched this a few weeks ago and thought it was super helpful but it would give me a lot more information than I needed since all I need is a flat layer. Is it possible to cut off the bottom layer of the geo once it is done (i'm rendering from inside the ocean looking up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra62 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 once you surface the ocean, you can use an attirbute transfer to find the parts of the of the surface that are touching the bounding box and then delete those surfaces leaving you with just the top layer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisribar Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 oh yea, that sounds pretty easy! thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra62 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I hope it works well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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