Two humpbacks launch out of open sea, and the ocean has to react: a column of water torn up with them, spray thrown into the air, and foam spreading across the surface as they crash back down. Nobody films that to order, so every drop of water in this shot was simulated in Phoenix FD inside 3ds Max and rendered in V-Ray. Two humpbacks breaching: water simulated in Phoenix FD for 3ds Max, rendered in V-Ray. Why water is the hardest thing to fake Everyone knows what water looks