[UDK] The Waterfall

leviatan1001

Based on a concept by Jaime Martinez, this image shows the heart of the scene at the end of the movie. I decided to bring his concept to life because of the potential I found on it. A good place to implement cool rendering features and a peaceful place to work on.



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I have learned a lot while developing this project. I have spent lots of time reading the real time rendering book in my daily travel to the office. Many other resources have helped me so much, as you can see at the end credits.

More info about the project can be found here


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Snader

Technically impressive, but visually less so because of some overly strong effects. Particularly the chromatic aberration hurts it IMO.

Sensorium

as Snader said the Chromatic aberration is too strong...personally I would turn it off completely...imo it makes more sense in scenes where a lot of technically things are placed ..like robotics or war machines and even then just a slightly tone of it.

tharle

yeah i'm not convinced by the specular highlights on the water shader either - you can see them floating along the top of the water rather than flickering randomly like water should.

leleuxart

As a fan of Chromatic Aberration(and other PP effects), I can't agree with the others. However, one thing that stands out and kind of throws me off is the lens effect. You should either tone it down or make it so that it moves based on the camera location. In the very first shot, we move a lot from the starting position, yet the texture stays the same.

rogelio

This is awesome. Sure enough the top crits are valid, but the work and care gone into this is amazing.

Great job!

Kbrom12

This is great! love the little frogs, certainly did not expect them to jump

I do have to agree with the others above though, the post processing effects seem a bit unneeded or not properly implemented

SirCalalot

This scene is really well done - and the breakdown in the video is top-notch.

Visceral

Eeeek, cant stand that ammount of Chromatic Abboration.
Also that lense effect seem to be the new staple of current gen. I think it takes away to much focus from the scene.

leviatan1001

Thank you guys. I agree with you, lens effects are a bit exaggerated, hehe.

choco

Good job, AAA quality right there.

vemadesign

Impressive! Love the mood. The scene is very alive which you don't see a lot in personal projects.

Clark Coots

nice work. a very peaceful scene. loved the breakdowns.

R00

What a beautiful piece of work! Looks amazing in 1080!!

leviatan1001

chris1988green wrote: »

What a beautiful piece of work! Looks amazing in 1080!!

Thanks. Oh, I forgot to link this:

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Bbox85

This is amazing! I've always wondered how that stream simulation works, i'll have to do some research on that. Personally I don't mind the lens effects. This is a very beautiful piece of work. Very well done!

Snefer

This is godlike.

Gannon

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Makkon

Subscribed. I want to know how you did some of this stuff.

leviatan1001

Thanks guys

systemic

I actually really like the chromatic aberration, but the lens flare (if you choose to keep it) should be much less dramatic and should move as the camera moves. Excellent work.

glottis8

You prbly need a little more grass and weeds, and some rustle to your plants. You have motion on the water, the particles, but your plants are static... with all that motion in your particles, you kinda expect some moving of the plants. Also... the water in the waterfall looks awkward to me. Too much hightlight and clean. Water in a waterfall is not very clear.

tristamus

This is an incredible piece of work.

Would you consider releasing the project as an example for us to tear apart in UDK?

Clark Coots

tristamus wrote: »

Would you consider releasing the project as an example for us to tear apart in UDK?

+1

locater16

Very cool, but I agree that it could be a tiny bit more subtle in places. The camera constantly being wet just sort of obscures things, the waterfall almost looks like it's glowing half the time, and the chromatic dispersion shader could be taken down a notch.

Otherwise... WOw!

AlanSMitchell

tristamus wrote: »

This is an incredible piece of work.

Would you consider releasing the project as an example for us to tear apart in UDK?

+2

Moosey_G

dudealan2001 wrote: »

coots7 wrote: »

tristamus wrote: »

This is an incredible piece of work.

Would you consider releasing the project as an example for us to tear apart in UDK?

+1

+2

+3

leviatan1001

I tried to zip an installer, but it got shader error on cooking and a crash when i tried to run it
Thanks for the comments!

d1ver

Splendid work David. It's pretty rare to come across such a well executed personal project, so mad props to you, man.

Did you do dynamic wet surfaces through object position? But your stream changes height so I might be off here. Really curios how you did that one.
Also was water stream simulation done through a flow map, vertex painted flow map, specifically tailored UVs or is there something else?

P.s. That frog was a great touch:)

Seirei

Somehow I feel realy stupid, but I either I have a wrong understanding of the term Chromatic Aberration is or I just can't see it. Weird.

Either way, the whole scene looks phenomenal! The only downside for me is the water. It looks kinda like it's some gel like liquid. It just seems 'thicker' than water should be.

Rob Macko

This scene has impressed me, great work! I agree with Seirei as I had the same impression of the water. It looks as though it's moving too slow sometimes, giving an impression of it being thick. Seriously though it feels like nitpicking, I really liked the presentation overall

Nina I.

I really like the setting, together with the audio the first part of the video has a very soothing effect. I wish I could visit the location you created! I think small details such as the frog and butterflies help bring the setting alive.

RogelioD

On of the most inspirational pieces I've seen in a long time. That was excellent. My only complaint would be that the chromatic aberration hurt my eyes quite a bit. Otherwise, bravo!

leviatan1001

d1ver wrote: »

Splendid work David. It's pretty rare to come across such a well executed personal project, so mad props to you, man.

Did you do dynamic wet surfaces through object position? But your stream changes height so I might be off here. Really curios how you did that one.
Also was water stream simulation done through a flow map, vertex painted flow map, specifically tailored UVs or is there something else?

P.s. That frog was a great touch:)

Sorry the late reply. I dont know why I dont get email notifications.
Well, yes, I used the world position to make the wet zone. And as you said, the river surface is not flat, so there are different heights. I solved it without any magic trick, just different material instances depending its position in the map. So I organized the instances by water height. Nothing special

About the flow. Yeah, the well know technique of flow map. I also had to carefully set the UVs to change the water speed where I wanted to make it slower or faster.

And for the rest of the people, Im really sorry for the extreme postprocess and not well finished water surface. My mistake was to avoid showing it before the final publication. I showed it at the office but nobody said anything about it
I was too used to see the water and the chromatic aberration, so I could not notice the mistakes. Damn!

d1ver

Thanks man! Appreciate the answer.
Instancing it by height still was pretty damn smart Threw me off for good.

Loved the way Deadlight looked too, btw. Great job all around, David! ;D keep rocking

leviatan1001

d1ver wrote: »

Thanks man! Appreciate the answer.
Instancing it by height still was pretty damn smart Threw me off for good.

Loved the way Deadlight looked too, btw. Great job all around, David! ;D keep rocking

HAHAHA, I can't stop laughing Well, you may already know, the simple solution WINWS ^^

Thanks! Many thanks