Mount McLean

Henry Blewer · June 21, 2011, 12:57:44 PM

My second attempt using Terragen 2 for animation.
The landscape was a test for using the twist and shear shader. I thought the result was interesting enough for a camera flyby.
I kept it really simple. This was rendered using a Pentium 4 HT in about 2 weeks at 720 x 480.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/njeneb/5856780135/in/photostream/lightbox/

freelancah · June 21, 2011, 01:22:18 PM

not sure if it's just me but I cant get the video to play?

jbest · June 21, 2011, 04:51:06 PM

Very interesting animation, the camera does move kind of slowly. Also, where'd you gt McLean from?

Kadri · June 21, 2011, 05:38:23 PM

Quote from: freelancah on June 21, 2011, 01:22:18 PM
not sure if it's just me but I cant get the video to play?

At first i had the same problem , Freelancah . Reloading the page solved it.

Njeneb , i like this animation!
No offense to others , but too quick , abrupt and too clean moves do look like CGI in animations mostly .
Your animation looks like it could be taken from a plane . Very nice

Henry Blewer · June 21, 2011, 07:53:54 PM

A McDonald's ad was on tv. Also the twist shader made the landscape lean.

miqtidar · June 22, 2011, 10:56:34 PM

Nice work,

Can you post your render settings?
Did you use fill lights?

Henry Blewer · June 22, 2011, 11:21:55 PM

Sure. I did use one fill light, just to lighten the darker/shadow areas.

http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=12642.msg125885#msg125885

Mor · June 23, 2011, 02:57:48 AM

Nice work! I like the smooth and slow movement.

schmeerlap · June 23, 2011, 07:19:25 AM

Very smooth video. Loved it.

John