Independent underwater rendering laboratory

Ocean Scenes Lab

Ocean effects

Scene

Environment

Open pale sand, clear shallow water, and a soft luminous water-column horizon.

CreatureCamera

Isolate effects

Absorption / scatteringRefractionChromatic dispersion3D particlesUnderwater sunlightCausticsOcean material overrideSurface detail

Absorption & scattering

Master strength0.62Red attenuation0.092Green attenuation0.030Blue attenuation0.011Scatter colorScatter strength0.50Clarity / distance1.82

Refractive shimmer

Strength0.28Spatial scale4.80Speed0.22Complexity72%

Chromatic dispersion

Dispersion strength0.38Refraction coupling1.00Edge sensitivity62%Radial contribution0.12Depth responseFar 12%

Underwater sunlight

Azimuth-124 degElevation69 degIntensity1.18Softness58%Contrast0.58Sun tintDepth falloff0.055Ambient / fill balance1.02

Caustics

One warped-cell field modulates incoming direct light, receiver normals, material roughness, and depth. It is not a second color overlay.

Strength0.40Scale1.35Speed0.18Sharpness / focus40%Irregularity72%Depth falloff0.065Surface orientation90%Water-field coupling62%

Seabed geometry

These values deform the mesh and recompute normals; they are not bump-map substitutes.

Terrain variation0.20Sand ripple height0.085Sand ripple scale1.72Sand ripple irregularity68%Broad dunes / shelves0.16

Seabed material

This durable material state updates independently from terrain geometry.

PresetTerrain base colorTerrain brightness1.08Terrain roughness0.90Terrain specular0.16

Surface detail

Cached procedural mottle data adds fine bump variation after the real geometry.

Strength0.160Scale7.50

Suspended particles

Count340Size0.045Opacity32%Drift speed0.12Direction X0.24Direction Y0.08Direction Z0.12Randomness52%

Ocean materials

Body/shell and limb groups only. The creature recipe is never changed.

Shell roughness0.24Shell clearcoat0.68Shell coat roughness0.16Skin / flipper roughness0.42Skin / flipper clearcoat0.34

Diagnostics

Show reconstructed depthFreeze animation / time

Current settings JSON

{
  "schemaVersion": 3,
  "environmentId": "shallow-sand",
  "creatureRecipeId": "sea-turtle",
  "cameraPresetId": "inspection",
  "oceanEffectsEnabled": true,
  "absorption": {
    "enabled": true,
    "strength": 0.62,
    "redAttenuation": 0.092,
    "greenAttenuation": 0.03,
    "blueAttenuation": 0.011,
    "scatterColor": "#62aeb8",
    "scatterStrength": 0.5,
    "clarity": 1.82
  },
  "refraction": {
    "enabled": true,
    "strength": 0.28,
    "spatialScale": 4.8,
    "speed": 0.22,
    "complexity": 0.72
  },
  "dispersion": {
    "enabled": true,
    "strength": 0.38,
    "refractionCoupling": 1,
    "edgeSensitivity": 0.62,
    "radialContribution": 0.12,
    "depthResponse": 0.12
  },
  "particles": {
    "enabled": true,
    "count": 340,
    "size": 0.045,
    "opacity": 0.32,
    "driftSpeed": 0.12,
    "driftDirection": [
      0.24,
      0.08,
      0.12
    ],
    "randomness": 0.52
  },
  "sunlight": {
    "enabled": true,
    "azimuth": -124,
    "elevation": 69,
    "intensity": 1.18,
    "softness": 0.58,
    "contrast": 0.58,
    "color": "#fff0bc",
    "depthFalloff": 0.055,
    "ambientBalance": 1.02
  },
  "rippleIllumination": {
    "enabled": true,
    "strength": 0.4,
    "scale": 1.35,
    "speed": 0.18,
    "sharpness": 0.4,
    "irregularity": 0.72,
    "depthFalloff": 0.065,
    "surfaceOrientationInfluence": 0.9,
    "refractionCoupling": 0.62
  },
  "terrain": {
    "formId": "shallow-sand",
    "variation": 0.2,
    "rippleAmplitude": 0.085,
    "rippleScale": 1.72,
    "rippleIrregularity": 0.68,
    "duneAmount": 0.16,
    "material": {
      "presetId": "limestone-white",
      "baseColor": "#eee8d4",
      "brightness": 1.08,
      "roughness": 0.9,
      "specularIntensity": 0.16
    }
  },
  "surfaceDetail": {
    "enabled": false,
    "strength": 0.16,
    "scale": 7.5
  },
  "materialOverride": {
    "enabled": false,
    "shellRoughness": 0.24,
    "shellClearcoat": 0.68,
    "shellClearcoatRoughness": 0.16,
    "skinRoughness": 0.42,
    "skinClearcoat": 0.34
  },
  "finalLook": {
    "exposure": 1.25,
    "saturation": 1.12
  },
  "debug": {
    "showDepth": false,
    "freezeTime": false
  }
}

Keep discoveries

Reference lookNew custom preset nameSaved locally

Built-in ocean presets are read-only.

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Shallow SandLittle sea turtle340 particlesDirectional sun · caustics on