Water Shader - Reflections Tab - Revision history

Matt: Redirect

2020-07-16T17:40:22Z

Redirect

2019-11-07T04:52:49Z

Updated Min highlight spread

2019-11-07T04:51:29Z

Updated description of Highlight intensity

2019-11-07T04:49:26Z

Updated description of Index of refraction

2019-11-07T04:46:40Z

Edited description of "Min highlight spread". Moved each movie to the line below the setting it corresponds to.

2019-11-07T04:29:29Z

2019-11-07T04:28:58Z

Edited description of index of refraction

2019-11-07T04:21:43Z

Updated screenshot to v4.4

2018-09-06T23:02:41Z

‎Water Shader - Reflections Tab

2018-09-06T23:02:16Z

‎Water Shader - Reflections Tab

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	[[Image:WaterShader_v4.4_ReflectionsTabOnly_2019-11-06.01.png\|Water Shader - Reflections Tab]]		[[Image:WaterShader_v4.4_ReflectionsTabOnly_2019-11-06.01.png\|Water Shader - Reflections Tab]]

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-* '''Min highlight spread:''' Control the smallest amount of "spread" the reflections can have; in other words, how diffuse the reflections are. When rendering with the Standard Renderer this only affects specular highlights of direct light sources such as the sun. When rendering with [[Path Tracing]] this affects the blurriness of all kinds of reflections.
+* '''Min highlight spread:''' Control the smallest amount of "spread" the reflections can have; in other words, how diffuse the reflections are. When rendering with the Standard Renderer this only affects specular highlights of direct light sources such as the sun. When rendering with [[Path Tracing]] this may affect the blurriness of all kinds of reflections, but depends on the version of Terragen.
 [[File:Minhightlightspread.gif]]
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-* '''Highlight intensity:''' Controls the strength of specular highlights from light sources.
+* '''Highlight intensity:''' Controls the strength of specular highlights from direct light sources such as the sun.
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-* '''Index of refraction:''' The amount of light refraction caused by a given material, as indicated on index of refraction (or refractive index). 1.33 is the standard refractive index for water. Index of refraction also affects the ''reflectivity'' of a surface. The higher this number is, the more reflective the surface will be at angles facing towards the camera (e.g. when looking down at water below the camera).
+* '''Index of refraction:''' The amount of light refraction caused by a given material, as indicated on index of refraction (or refractive index). 1.33 is the standard refractive index for water. Index of refraction also affects the ''reflectivity'' of a surface. The higher this number is, the more reflective the surface will be. It makes the most difference on surfaces that are facing towards the camera (e.g. when looking down at water below the camera).
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 * '''Master reflectivity:''' Controls the overall level of reflectivity for the water.
 * '''Index of refraction:''' The amount of light refraction caused by a given material, as indicated on index of refraction (or refractive index). 1.33 is the standard refractive index for water. Index of refraction also affects the ''reflectivity'' of a surface. The higher this number is, the more reflective the surface will be at angles facing towards the camera (e.g. when looking down at water below the camera).
 * '''Horizon shift:''' This function is used to simulate the "shift" in reflection due to the aggregate effect of greater or lesser surface roughness on distant reflective surfaces. It will essentially shift the angle of distant reflection toward or away from the horizon.
 * '''Highlight intensity:''' Controls the strength of specular highlights from light sources.
-* '''Min highlight spread:''' Control how much "spread" the reflections have; in other words, how diffuse the specular highlights are.
+[[File:Highlightintensity.gif]]
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+[[Image:WaterShader_v4.4_ReflectionsTabOnly_2019-11-06.01.png|Water Shader - Reflections Tab]]
-[[Image:drex_module_167_1_image_0.png|465pxpx|Water Shader - Reflections Tab]]
+This tab controls the reflectivity of the water.
-This tab controls the reflectivity of the water. The settings are as follows:
+'''Settings'''
 * '''Master reflectivity:''' Controls the overall level of reflectivity for the water.
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 * '''Master reflectivity:''' Controls the overall level of reflectivity for the water.
 * '''Index of refraction:''' The amount of light refraction caused by a given material, as indicated on index of refraction (or refractive index). 1.33 is the standard refractive index for water. The higher this number is, the more diffuse the reflections will be.
-* '''Horizon Shift:''' This function is used to simulate the "shift" in reflection due to the aggregate effect of greater or lesser surface roughness on distant reflective surfaces. It will essentially shift the angle of distant reflection toward or away from the horizon.
+* '''Horizon shift:''' This function is used to simulate the "shift" in reflection due to the aggregate effect of greater or lesser surface roughness on distant reflective surfaces. It will essentially shift the angle of distant reflection toward or away from the horizon.
-* '''Highlight Intensity:''' Controls the strength of specular highlights from light sources.
+* '''Highlight intensity:''' Controls the strength of specular highlights from light sources.
-* '''Min Highlight Spread:''' Control how much "spread" the reflections have; in other words, how diffuse the specular highlights are.
+* '''Min highlight spread:''' Control how much "spread" the reflections have; in other words, how diffuse the specular highlights are.

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	[[Image:drex_module_167_1_image_0.png\|465pxpx\|Water Shader - Reflections Tab]]		[[Image:drex_module_167_1_image_0.png\|465pxpx\|Water Shader - Reflections Tab]]
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	This tab controls the reflectivity of the water. The settings are as follows:		This tab controls the reflectivity of the water. The settings are as follows: