Blender Tutorial

Plugin: Water Drop

This tutorial shows how to install and use a plugin on a Linux system.

Downloads

Find a plugin that you would like to use. Websites with plugins:

• Blender Water Texture
• Blender Plugin Repository

For the purposes of this tutorial, Water Texture version 0.24 will be used.

Compile Plugin

As a regular user, do the following:

1. Create a working directory.

   mkdir -p $HOME/src/water
   

2. Change into the working directory.

   cd $HOME/src/water
   

3. Download the source:

   wget http://www.hdl.co.za/donn/water0.24_source.zip
   

4. Extract the archive:

   unzip *
   

5. Compile the archive:

   gcc -shared -I/opt/blender/plugins/include -lm water0.24.c -o water.so
   

   Change /opt/blender/plugins/include to the full path for the include directory where Blender is installed on your system.

Use Plugin

Once you have started Blender, do the following:

1. Del, Enter
2. Add » Mesh » Plane
3. F5
4. Click Add New.
5. F6
6. Click Add New.
7. Change Texture Type to Plugin.
8. Click Load Plugin.
9. Browse to $HOME/src/water.
10. Choose water.so.
11. Click SELECT PLUGIN. The Texture buttons window should look similar to:

    

    Plugin Texture Buttons

Render

1. Read the HOWTO.
2. Adjust plugin values.
3. F12

   

   Water Drops

Ripples

Having the droplet simply appear on a flat surface is lame. The following steps make ripples in the surface.

1. F5
2. Click the Map To tab.

   The tab may be hidden to the far right; click a little white arrow to reveal it.

3. Change the settings:

   

   Map To Tab Settings

   Disable Col
   Enable Nor
   Change Nor: from 0.50 to 1.00

4. F12

   

   Water Droplets

THE END - No download available, sorry!