This time 3D displacement was applied to a really small piece, 10cm diam cylinder, I had to use really low edge length values in the render panel, approx. 0.02. Made for a friend in answer to his snow globe about my land....
What the?? A standard displacement with the ability to apply it a direction to follow with a map gathering informations from an RGB image to push it on UVW coordinates. All this is well explained in 3dsmax 2010 help file. For these test shots I use a 500m² plane,...
This is a method to create realistic waves in 3dsmax without plugins or reactor simulation, using After effects. The result: 1/ In After effects create a comp (any size you want, I made a square 400/400, 29 seconds) > new layer, then > effects > simulation...