Could someone please tell me what putting a camera into a hole underwater means, and how to make a shell Terrain. I am trying to follow a tutorial, but it doesn't explain how to accomplish these things. Please and Thank You!

you can do the shell terrain by applying a shell image to a terrain. you can make a hole in the ground through a +/- boolean and move the camera there (through the director's view). it would help if you provided a link to the tut and/or a screenshot of what you're doing. drac

Here is a link of the one that I am trying to make http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/BryceTuts/BryceClasses/IBryce5/IBryceLesson5-5.html Thanks for your help

oh i see. well, follow the tutorial. it basically tells you to put a box or cube inside the water, and place the camera inside it once you've done a +/- boolean to them and grouped them. interesting site. the tuts aren't extremely detailed, but there's some interesting techniques. drac

The tut says "The water surface needs to have a Positive boolean, and the box needs a Negative boolean and the Null material we made before (so its surface won't interfere with your vision.) Group them to get the clear box for your camera; essentially a hole in the water. Put the camera into the hole." Im pretty sure it means that the water [which is positive] and the box[negative] once you group them it makes a hole in the terrain so basically the negative box cuts into the positive water which creates a "hole" and like it says put the camera where that negative box is. thats what i think.hope it helps??

Hi palagas - I've had a quick look at the tutorial (looks great, gonna follow it later) but don't have time to read the whole thing to see what he means by a shell terrain. he may mean that 'solid' should be left unchecked, as in the attached image.

...or he may mean to make shells for the bottom of the sea by using an image of a shell? HTH :o)