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by matt-attack 2355 days ago
On a related note, I find it fascinating that modern CGI cannot quite simulate wet fabric. I watched Frozen 2 and the rendering is absolutely breathtaking on most materials. Water, fabric, hair, etc. All impeccable.

But the minute fabric gets wet, it looks so unrealistic. It looks plastic-y or greasy. I can only assume this is an active area of research, but we’re clearly not there yet.

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Well, we may well be able to simulate it perfectly, but it might not fit into Frozen 2's limited budget for rendering.
I thought I'd read up, and googled "cgi wet fabric". For me the number one result was my own comment above!
For me, when I google "cgi wet fabric" the top result is your comment here referring to the top result that you found in Google when googling "cgi wet fabric"!