diamond twinkling water effect

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 7/29/2007, 12:02 AM

I'm trying to create the sparkling diamond effect on water (know what I mean?). I've been tweaking the 'light rays' effect, but I'm not happy with the result. Can anybody help me?
By the way, I'm not interested in buying third party plug-ins, so no use in referring to those.

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rustier wrote on 7/29/2007, 9:15 PM

try exploring using a bump map. I havent done it much myself, but you might be able use a bump map with the right pattern and composite it with light rays to get the effect you want.