Hi All, While doodling with Wings3D and playing FOG, I wanted to do some under water lighting for this shallow( less then 2 feet deep) pool. I could not place the spot lights properly since I forgot to scale the model up in Vue after importing it, so the model was very small in size compare to the size of the spot light symbol. How can you get a realistic effect for under the water like in a pool? Is there a tut on this? I am attaching an image. Please advise. Thanks, Nick

This may sound strange, but sometimes your best bet is to put the spotlight above the water (with no volumetrics), rather than underneath it. I used this technique in Bryce to get an underwater lighting effect in this pic that I could find no other solution for. It would probably work the same in Vue. The only catch in your situation is to make sure the spotlight doesn't hit the actual edges of the pool.

Another suggestion might be to use point lights instead of spotlights where half the point light is against the wall under the water plane. This way, it should only light the inside of the pool and not the outside. I've never had much luck in getting spotlights to work well in these situations.

ShadowWind

Thanks S, we'll try that too. Nick

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