Create foam using existing Vue materials
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Open Vue and choose the 'Wispy Winter' atmosphere from the 'Daytime' collection.
Create a sphere
and place it anywhere in front of the main camera. We'll use the sphere
as a pattern. Press the 'Load material' button
and apply the 'Default water' material to the sphere. The procedure to edit the material is simple in Vue:
Right click the sphere in the 'Object properties' panel and select 'Edit material' to load the 'Material Editor'.
Right click the color pattern in the 'Color production' box 
and select the 'Load Color Map'.
From the 'Solid' collection, select 'White' and press OK.
Select the 'Bumps' tab. 
Right click the sphere in the 'Bump production' section and select the 'Reset
function'.
Select the 'Highlights'
tab. 
Set the
'Highlight global intensity' to 100% and the 'Highlight global size'
to 80%.
Select the 'Transparency'
tab 
Check
the 'Variable transparency' option. 
Right click the sphere in the 'Transparency production' section and
select 'Load Function'.
Choose the 'Clumps' from the 'Spots' collection
and then press OK.
Right click the sphere again and select 'Edit Function'. In the 'Scale' box, set the Y value and the Z value to 0,3. Press OK.
Select the 'Effects' tab. 
Drag
the 'Luminous' slider to 80%. 
Press OK.
Right click in the
'Object properties' window and select 'Save Material'.
Here is another example of foam you can achieve. It is a 'solid' one.
The materials properties
depend on several parameters. They can look completely different in
various environments. It is important to have full control of the material
parameters. As you see, in the 'Material Editor' you can easily control
your materials.
In the next part of this tutorial, I'll show you how to apply the foam
material using a special technique.
Click here!