Springtime in Alberta !

[pclavett]

Hi All !
Have had some time to tinker with Terragen and this was made from a terrain generated in WorldMachine and imported into TG3.
Again amazed by the stability of this software in handling all the displacement and instances (again millions of them !).
Have run this at 4000 x 2000 at Quality of 0,8 and AA of 8...and with the new Mac Pro was done in 1:50H....even with all the water ! Quite satisfied with the speed !
There are 7 varieties of vegetation....Dune's 3 Tundraheather bushes and 2 Larch species modified from Xfrogs and 2 Douglas Fir modified from Xfrogs.
Rest is pure Terragen...plus a bit of postmark with curves and sharpening in PS.
Thank for viewing and appreciate any comments !
Paul

[yossam]

Nice one Paul. 

[Kadri]

Very nice.

I am afraid to ask you...Mac Pro...how many cores? 

[pclavett]

Hi Kadri
I bought the high end 12 core model with 64GB RAM and the 2 big video cards....in fact was fortunate enough for my corporate account to buy it for me...perks !
Mind you most of my friend spend on ATV, Snowmobiles and the sort...so convinced my wife that this was a good investment and actually was less than one of those toys...and it can be used all year....and absolutely fantastic for rendering !
Have enjoyed this fully with World Machine running in Fusion (with absolutely no hangups) and Terragen of course running native on the Mac....Thanks Oshyan and Al. for remembering us Mac Addicts !
As I stated previously many time, the stability is amazing despite incredible parameters inserted in the chain. Planetside has to be commended for producing such a piece of software.
Also, not to be forgotten, is the fantastic community involved with Terragen and the absolutely awesome help given in the Forum for all involved with this software. You are all great !
Thanks !
Paul

[Kadri]

Paul that is a monster

[otakar]

A monster machine, indeed. 64GB RAM? Wow. Still, I am amazed at how quickly this got rendered. It's a beauty, you can feel the crispness of the air just by looking at the scene.

[inkydigit]

Beautiful results from a beautiful machine in the hands of a master!
Great stuff Paul!
Cheers
Jason

[TheBadger]

Another good one! The last image that I commented on from you is one of my favorites from this year, so I am biased against this image 

Re Apple stuff
You think that, that 5k imac screen will be available as a monitor? mmmm 5k... Well for as much as the monitors cost it may make sense to buy the imac and plug that into the new tower  Exspecially if you don't have to pay

[Dune]

Very beautiful and balanced render, Paul. Got copied into my favorites folder.

[DocCharly65]

My compliments! Great picture!

[pclavett]

Thanks guys...you are kind and your comments are appreciated ! Happy holidays to you and yours !
Paul

[archonforest]

Thanks guys...you are kind and your comments are appreciated ! Happy holidays to you and yours !
Paul

Wow what a great view!! Very nice stuff again

[Upon Infinity]

Given that I actually live in Alberta, I can give this a "Very Close" representation.  My only sticking point would be that the mountains would continue on into the far background in the middle.  Still good, though.

[choronr]

A gorgeous image Paul. And, your new equipment is like warp speed!

[masonspappy]

I bought the high end 12 core model with 64GB RAM and the 2 big video cards.

MUST...FIGHT... CORE...ENVY.....