Museum wall

[Dune]

Thanks Kadri.

[Dune]

Sometimes when doing a larger test some nasty mistakes turn up... 

[choronr]

I think you are pointed out that dark shadow at the base of the tree?

[Kadri]

Sometimes when doing a larger test some nasty mistakes turn up... 

I think i know how you feel about this , but with a render this big and without animation-right?- i would correct many things in post.
Someone like you can do this easily !

[Dune]

No, not the shadow. The smaller branches have a wrong UV ratio (too large and stretched) and the tree that's behind the first one has too large leaves. I'm redoing them as we speak.
This is a combination of 2 renders from 2 files, by the way. Like all frames they fit exactly, even though these are from 2 different tgd files to cover the total 14 frames of 45º, in the second file the terrain outside the camera hill is overhauled. The 2 trees are in both files on exactly the same spot, and obscure the change in more distant land- and cloudscape. So this little test was quite helpful.

You're right, Kadri, I will and can do a lot in post. Like paint in some people and stuff, and correct things. I'll paste an image of myself somewhere obscure, like Hitchcock did 

[mhaze]

Which software did you use to create the tree?

[Dune]

Some Speedtree, some in XFrog. The one I mentioned in Speedtree.

Here's your reindeer at final resolution, Michael! Added one of your last postures to 4 that were there.

Ah, I just see some 'Mozeslike' reindeer...

[Dune]

Biggie as test, but with defer atmo off. No good clouds, and I have to check the tree as well, still the wrong branches, and the oak leaves have a white border. I have to check whether that's due to the unpremultiply thing or whether the alpha tif is no good. Maybe I change the tree, it needs to be a very precise specimen, as it will be right in front of you and 3m high.
I also need to extend the grass mask to cover more distance.

[Dune]

How stupid can I be:
1: I hadn't set TG to automatically save renders    
2: I rendered certain frames, but didn't copy them all immediately to my working machine 
3: I made a backup of my working pc, and backed up my render machine 

Conclusion: I lost 25+ hours of work.... damn frustrating. File recovery software I have crashes on win7... recycle bin didn't reveal anything... 

And Kaedorg had a power loss due to the storm and also lost hours of working on a frame for me.

Second conclusion: I will be very happy once this project is done.

[Hannes]

I was looking at your tree image (Reply # 166) for minutes and I had no idea which nasty mistakes you were talking about.
Now that you've mentioned it, I see what you mean. Sometimes some mistakes may be barely noticeable, but I know, as the creator it's impossible to say, I'll leave it like that, because nobody will notice it.
In one of my images I saw, that, after a long render had finished, all the opacity maps for the trees' leaves were inverted. It was again barely noticeable from a distance, but I had to render it again.

[Dune]

This is especially a problem if you need to render a meters big image. Viewers will see everything, whereas for a magazine or something, small mistakes won't be apparent.
I also noticed that the sandy gravel I intended is a bit more like smooth rounded pebbles, even though the fake stones were 0.005 and (less) 0.01 m, so I might do a crop with improved rough gravel.

By the way; I found a free recovery tool that DID RECOVER MY LOST 25+ HOUR FILE! So I'm happy again.

And here's a small sample of the final image, with a little painted in, perhaps 0.01% of the total 

[Hannes]

Insane!! I'd like to ask you, are you really a human being? Do you sleep sometimes? Eating and drinking can be done in front of the screen, but some other things...
I mean, you seem to spend 26 hours a day for this project, don't you?

[Dune]

I must admit I'm totally dedicated (mildly said), working 7 days a week, if I am not dragged away by my wife. I indeed have breakfast in front of the screen, but at dinner time, the machine is supposed to be shut down. Supposed... 

Just received a file Martin did for me. Fantastic. One floating tree, but I'm really pleased with this. Here's a very small part again.

[kaedorg]

Then Ulco, I do understand why you dedicate your books to your wife 

[Dune]

Yes, without her I couldn't do what I do. She's a sweetheart!