Maxwell+sketchup transparent water/glass materials
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hello,
I'm trying maxwell render for sketchup, and so far, everything is fine, but i can't figure out how to make a satisfying water.
I've imported some water materials i found on http://www.maxwellrender.com, I applied the texture in sketchup, rescaled it, and fired maxwell. This first try gave me a nice water-ish texture, good reflections but no transparency.
Then I changed the materials to the embedded mode, and this time, i had the transparency, but no more reflections, just a flat texture.

and the last thing i tried was changing the type of the material in the embeded mode to "liquid" (wich doesn't look like a liquid, in the end)

and "ags":

so here, there's transparency and reflection, but the water looks flat, without waves, basically, like glass.
My question is: how can i make water that would look like a mix between the first and the last picture?
the fist got waves and the waters looks like it has a mass, and the last one is transparent and is reflective.thanks for you help and advices!
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Maybe you should start learning something about materials and their components first... this applys to any renderer not only maxwell.
Maxwell for Sketchup is a bit limited when it comes to more complex materials (compared to the Render Suite), but starting with an AGS or glass material and adding a bump or normal map should be possible...http://support.nextlimit.com/display/maxwelldocs/SketchUp
http://support.nextlimit.com/display/maxwelldocs/Maxwell+Materials
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