WIP: Procedural clouds from space

[mrwho]

fantastic! care to share the updated TGD??

[nvseal]

Thank you calico and old_baggard. I will be sharing the tgd but not yet (maybe later today). Here is a shot of the entire planet. As you can see, there are some strange fractal  issues in some areas but not to any great extent.

[nvseal]

Edit: Moved to file sharing forum. http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=1511.0

[sjefen]

It's awsome and very nice of you to share it
Thanks

[Will]

I'm going off to play with it right now thanks

Regards,

Will

[nvseal]

Here's an image I came up with just playing around (trying to improve the look of the planet itself). I might take what I've learned here to start a new test sometime but I'm done for right now (can anyone say warp shader!  ). If anyone makes any improvements please share them because there is still quiet a bit that could be done.

[mrwho]

simply incredible

[rcallicotte]

nvseal, incredibly realistic and beatiful 3D.

[old_blaggard]

Great clouds!  I'm a bit iffy about the water color, but other than that it's great.

[nvseal]

Great clouds!  I'm a bit iffy about the water color, but other than that it's great.

Yeah, that water color is just a test so I can see how it looks. The distribution is terrible at the moment. I'm hoping to restrict it to the shore line.

[Sethren]

It is getting more interesting every time.   

What you might want to do is research the "Blue Marble" Next Generation imagery so that you can get an overall good idea on true planet colors.

http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/7105/world.topo.bathy.200406.3x5400x2700.jpg

I tend to always use this for my research.

The oceans seem very dark but since there is no atmosphere and reflection to account for it would make sense that the oceans are the color they are.

[nvseal]

Thanks, I'll look into that.
I may decide to start a new project. After looking up some cloud formations such as in this picture (http://typhoon.wcp.muohio.edu/tropicalvideos/hurricanes03/Isabel.A2003255.1500.500m.jpg), I don't know if I can resist trying to make it better.  It really gives an idea of just how far there is left to go.

[Will]

I have some cloud pic from the plan ride to russia if you want them.

Regards,

Will

[nvseal]

That would be great.

[old_blaggard]

That's a really nice picture, nvseal.  Will, if you could set up a little Flickr gallery or something that contains all of the good reference pics you took while in Russia, that would be great.