Wave World

The Wave World effect is available from the Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com) after you register your copy of After Effects. Use this effect to create a grayscale displacement map for use with other effects such as Colorama or Caustics. This effect creates physics-based liquid waves. Waves emanate from an effect point, interact with each other, and realistically reflect off their environment. Use Wave World to create a top-down view of a logo, with waves reflecting off the logo and the sides of the layer.


Wireframe view (left), Height Map view (center), and resulting image (right). The result is used as the Water Surface source for the Caustics effect example.

Wireframe view (left), Height Map view (center), and resulting image (right). The result is used as the Input Phase for the Colorama effect example.

To understand how this effect works, consider the following information about the physics of waves: A wave consists of a peak and a trough. The amplitude of a wave is the height, or distance, between the peak and trough. The wavelength is the distance from one peak to the next. Frequency is the number of waves per second passing a fixed point.

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View controls for the Wave World effect
Wireframe Controls for the Wave World effect
Height Map controls for the Wave World effect
Simulation controls for the Wave World effect
Ground controls for the Wave World effect
Producer 1 and Producer 2 controls for the Wave World effect