Tips And Trick

I want to share my latest tutorial: How to create Pool water in Vray SketchUp. I do hope in this tutorial, you will not only learn about the Vray pool water material, but also how the UV mappingworks in Vray SketchUp. I will also touch base about "effected material" in clay rendering.
Here is the model I will be using in this tutorial "Barcelona Pavilion" design of course by Mies Van Der Rohe.This was modelled by Fernando Perez Alvarado.

We are using this model in our September 2011 Challenge at Sketchup Vray Artist Facebook Group. If you have Facebook account and want to view some ofthe entries and join this group, Click HERE. Be mindful, this group was intended originally for the Filipinos who are using SketchUp; therefore from time to time, local dialect is used. But don'tworry, the members are accommodating; if they knew you are a non-Filipino, they are more than willing to respond and talk with you in English.
Here is the setup view of the model that I will be using. Iwill render in clay rendering, only the water and pebble materials will not be effected by the override material function. If you want to do clay render in Vray SketchUp, go to the global switches inthe Vray options and tick override materials.

Step 1: The Diffuse Layer
1.1. Here is the displace map that I will be using here. It is a seamless texture I made with Pixplant. You can copy thisimage and use it personally.

1.2. Here I applied the map in my water material using SketchUp

1.3. Once satisfied with the mapping scale, you can turn the opacity to zero (0)- meaning it isfull transparent. Vray SketchUp will use the UV map of the top diffuse layer. So if we add displacement height, the displaced map will follow the UV of this layer. There are two ways how to adjust themap's opacity.
a. by SketchUp Material Editor

b. by Vray Material Editor. White color in the transparency slot means 100% transparent.

Step 2: The Reflection Layer
I added Fresnel Map on the...