mental ray Architectural and Design Visualization Shader Library

56 2 Architectural MaterialSet diffuse weight to 0.0, reflectivity to 1.0 and transparency to 0.0 (yes, we do not userefraction at all!).Set the refr ior to 1.33 and brdf fresnel to on. Apply some interesting wobbly shader tobump and our ocean is basically done!This ocean has only reflections guided by the IOR. But this might work fine - try it. Justmake sure there is something there for it to reflect! Add a sky map, objects, or a just a bluegradient background. There must be something or it will be completely black.The Ocean isn’t blue - the sky isFor a more “tropical” look, try setting diffuse to some slight greenish/blueish color, set thediffuse weight to some fairly low number (0.1) and check the no diffuse bump checkbox.Now we have a “‘base color” in the water which emulates the little bit of scattering occurringin the top level of the ocean.