How to Create a photo-realistic sea environment in modo

In this tutorial we'll take a look on how we can proceed to create a photo realistic sea environment. Whether you're new to Luxology's popular 3D computer graphics application or are a seasoned digital artist merely on the lookout for new tips and tricks, you're sure to be well served by this free video modo tutorial from the folks at CG Cookie. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look!

We'll start modeling a very simple plane and than we'll use the Shader Tree to create a complete water shader using

procedural maps, displacement and advanced raytracing features. We'll take a very fast tour around the daylight

lighting and environment rendering system.