Quick Animated Realistic Pool Caustics | 3ds max + V-Ray + AfterFX + FIGMENT CAUSTICS

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In this tutorial I'll show you how to use V-Ray with FIGMENT CAUSTICS light projection maps to quickly add photoreal animated caustics to a pool scene by setting up a separate render pass for easy compositing in After Effects.

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ACES in 3ds max + V-Ray:    • V-Ray | How to use ACEScg WORKFLOW | ...  
ACES in After Effects:    • V-Ray | How to use ACES in AFTER EFFECTS  

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Before & After
00:46 3ds max Scene start
00:56 Setting up Caustics light source
01:31 Caustics projection area
02:44 Setting up V-Ray Override Material
03:36 Manually Align Caustics light to Sun light
05:34 Caustics Texture Import + Setup
08:10 Refraction Render Element
08:54 V-Ray Render Mask
10:00 After Effects Project Setup
11:15 Using Pen Tool to reveal Water
11:54 Convert ACEScg into sRGB with OpenColorIO
12:31 Boosting Caustics with Exposure
13:04 Final Result + Product Info
13:11 Free Sample

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