WEEK 4

updated 1/28/2025

First Pass

Render Test

Reference

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The general shape of the water is fine; I like how the water can be seen from the reflection of the watch. But there are a lot of work to do next:

Make it slow motion.

Camera angle. Now the FX water is not quite visible.

Table reflection.

Comparison

Karma CPU

Karma XPU

Karma CPU did a better job than XPU, especially when it comes to multiple layers of transparent materials. In the XPU render, gears are not visible under two layers of glass. But the render time is drasticlly increased.

So I used CPU for better details.

Karma XPU on 20.5.278

In Houdini 20.5.278, which is the version that is installed in SCAD computers, the XPU render of transparent materials is appearing in an odd color. But the latest version 20.5.487 works fine.

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