Hello All,
I'm trying to make a series of animated shorts using wooden trains and boats (ala Brio, Thomas etc...). As most of the action will be taking place at a harbor with cranes, container ships etc... I'm looking for the best way to add water motion effects. Namely, it just needs to make the boats look a little more realistic as they move through the water with bow waves and wakes.
I tried using cellophane and various tricks during production but I ultimately settled on adding the water graphics in post-production.
At present I'm using FOSS 2D editing tools incl. GIMP, Inkscape and TUPI-2D for my visual effects though I'll probably move on to Openshot or similar for adding sound and other final effects.
Can anybody recommend a good approach or plugin or tutorial that would help with adding subtle water effects (for bow wave effect etc...). In general, I try to use Inkscape as much as possible as I find the GIMP interface very frustrating at times. Nevertheless, if there is a clear, accessible tutorial on achieving the desired effect with GIMP, I will gladly take it!
Thank you very much and I look forward to hearing your input.
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