Rendering Tip - Use special water effects

[Al Hart]

if your renderer has special procedural bump effects they can be used to make realistic water which will reflect buildings, sky and other background objects realistically.

* Distorted reflections to represent water ripples.
* More Realistic highlights from reflection of light.
* Realistic transparency caused by ripples and reflection of light. 

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For more information on water techniques using SketchUp - see this Thread: Render This: Fountain