There is a YouTube video making the first image below, but it is not a tutorial and just the user’s doing things fast. Also, it is using old Blender 2.8 and Eevee. I am using Blender 3.0.1 and Cycles, so things are different. I want to have that water effect, but I could not get a similar result. Th…

There are a lot of factors here that affect how the water looks. If you want yours to match the video you are following, you have to try and match the shader settings, the lighting and environment, as well as the geometry used. I made a few quick changes to the file you provided to show the differe…

Water that shows things inside

Support Materials and Textures

loserlearningblender (Loser) February 28, 2022, 9:45pm 7

I applied your answer, and I think it looks better.

water test.blend (143.6 KB)

Transparent ramen broth texture