WIP: Canyon Bridge

[sonshine777]

Canyon bridge was created for my desktop wallpaper on my work computers dual monitors.

I still need to work on the grass and water.

The model was downloaded from the Terranuts site, it was created by "zhotfire"

[dhavalmistry]

ah man....this is an amazing pic....love the fake water transparency...great tree variation....and amazing terrain...did you use DEM by any chance?

just a suggestion...since teh bridge doesnt have textures (or does it)....I would love to see it with lower sun elevation......

[old_blaggard]

I agree with dhavalmistry: great image!  I too love the terrain and the fantastic integration of the bridge.  My only complaint is that your plants are simplistic.  As you said, the grass needs some work (think populations ) and I feel that the trees are both too uniform in color and also too saturated.  I think your water looks great, though.

[rcallicotte]

Hope we can see the final.  The bridge is cool.

[sonshine777]

I agree with dhavalmistry: great image!  I too love the terrain and the fantastic integration of the bridge.  My only complaint is that your plants are simplistic.  As you said, the grass needs some work (think populations ) and I feel that the trees are both too uniform in color and also too saturated.  I think your water looks great, though.

I will be adding some grass and may add some more trees for variation, as for over saturation of the tree colors, I don't know, living in the Northwest (USA) you see colors that are much more vibrant than what I have here. That's the reason that I moved here 25 years ago. I am always amazed when I go out into the forest, how green things are here, and it does come out in my renders I guess.

ah man....this is an amazing pic....love the fake water transparency...great tree variation....and amazing terrain...did you use DEM by any chance?

just a suggestion...since teh bridge doesnt have textures (or does it)....I would love to see it with lower sun elevation......

The DEM I used is called navajo4.ter I have had it for years and can't remember where I got it. The bridge does have a texture but I made it very subtle I wanted it to appear painted the green that so often adorns bridges around the US. I may try other sun elevations and locations. We'll see where this bridge will take us.

[mr-miley]

Ahhhh navajo4.ter, one of my favourite bits of terragen landscape. I have used it a lot and am in the process of "having a go" with it in TGTP2 as we speak. Nice image by the way

[ProjectX]

I'm not a fan of the fake transparency trick, I think it just slips into the uncanny valley for me. The colours seem a bit unrealistic, and a tad bland at the same time, but the scene is awe-inspiring.

[old_blaggard]

I wonder if there's a way to wash out the colors (Color adjust shader, maybe?) to make the transparency colors look a little less vivid and more submerged looking.

[sonshine777]

I wonder if there's a way to wash out the colors (Color adjust shader, maybe?) to make the transparency colors look a little less vivid and more submerged looking.

I'm currently playing with a distance shader to try to mute the distant shore, that is after I find out why it keeps crashing when it gets half way through the water. This happened after I moved the merge shader more toward the water and less image. The only problem is it still crashes after I set it back (so more trouble shooting )

I'll continue to keep working on it though because I really like the composition.

[bigben]

You might want to have a play with the Enviro Light settings.  The "glow" off the trees is a bit strong on the underside of the bridge. It's a good demo of GI in action though

[sonshine777]

You might want to have a play with the Enviro Light settings.  The "glow" off the trees is a bit strong on the underside of the bridge. It's a good demo of GI in action though

That's one of the things to work on after I figure out the water.