Andrew "BlenderGuru" Price has a video on "the secret ingredient to photorealism". Give it a watch. It turns out -- the secret was Filmic.

>>699480
anyone that claims to "know the secret" to anything just wants something from you, be it likes, exposure, or money

>>699628
He was trolling

>>699643
No he was dead serious, and for good reasons. That video is actually on light more than anything. A video worth a watch.

>>699479
>whats the secret to realism?

desaturisation and fucking dark lights

It's a video and not realtime cutscene. That's the secret.

>>699479
The real question here is does the water actually affect the skin sim or are they separate.

>>699480
it was a rhetorical question anon.

>>699664
>The real question here is does the water actually affect the skin sim or are they separate.

"I wanted to change the skin, but in the end it changed me."
- The Water

"Maybe the real change was the affect we made along the way"
- The Water

>>699664
No, I believe they are separate as per the picture. The hand is a collision and the water is simulated with gravity.