Canyon with room for future waterfall

Henry Blewer · March 16, 2015, 12:49:45 PM

I get to figure out how to make a decent waterfall now. It should be fun.

archonforest · March 16, 2015, 01:15:02 PM

Nice one Henry!

zaxxon · March 16, 2015, 01:27:50 PM

Very, very nice! No need for a waterfall if it isn't up to the quality you've already laid out here (imo). Just polish this one into a spectacular image.

Lady of the Lake · March 16, 2015, 02:17:17 PM

I agree, no waterfall needed. This is very nice.

Dune · March 17, 2015, 03:10:45 AM

Agreed, you got a very pleasing area here; make use of it and refine! More tree species, some shore veggies and wetness, perhaps even a natural sandy beachy area, some shore debris.
After that you can try a waterfall

mhaze · March 17, 2015, 04:20:48 AM

And some cracking and strata in the rocks

Nice one Henry.

choronr · March 17, 2015, 11:28:26 AM

Its all been said. Try those suggestions to refine. But, what you done so far is excellent.

ADE · March 17, 2015, 03:25:48 PM

a thin waterfall.....but having said that it will steal away the scene

yossam · March 17, 2015, 05:28:16 PM

I like the way it is now.............but it is your image, have at it.

Henry Blewer · March 17, 2015, 08:14:29 PM

Thanks for all the good advice. I am working on the strata some more. I think it is looking better.
I was going for a thin waterfall; just a creek spilling over the edge of the cliff. The cirrus clouds need a little more work, but they are close to being right.

Clay · March 22, 2015, 04:35:27 PM

Very cool! Looks like where I live. I'm new to the software but its amazing what can be done with it, I helped develop Bryce and Mojoworld back in the day and this software is leaps and bounds in difference LOL!!! Nice work.

bobbystahr · March 25, 2015, 09:14:49 AM

Quote from: Clay on March 22, 2015, 04:35:27 PM
Very cool! Looks like where I live. I'm new to the software but its amazing what can be done with it, I helped develop Bryce and Mojoworld back in the day and this software is leaps and bounds in difference LOL!!! Nice work.

Thought I recognized your name but couldn't suss out from where. I still use Bryce for, if you can believe it, modeling as I no longer have access to Imagine3D on this computer...Welcome to the world of reality in TG....

Henry Blewer · March 26, 2015, 08:36:15 AM

I changed the cliff faces entirely. The waterfall is on hold until I can figure out how to do one decently. I tried the cloud option and the water shader option. These just did not look right.

The best way i found was to keep away from transparency, using just a displacement shader on a displaceable plane. More on this on another thread when I get further with it.

Dune · March 26, 2015, 09:36:37 AM

Cliff is way better! You could add some fake stones at the water's edge, interspersed with grasses or reeds. I would also recommend using a reflective shader with soft reflection (0.02 or so); that would eliminate the specks on the water.

Henry Blewer · March 30, 2015, 11:31:29 AM

I had a lot of trouble using a reflection shader for the water. Even extreme GI padding in the render settings left bucket edges. So, I gave the new glass shader on the water a try.

I also changed the lighting to bring out the red walls of the canyon.

Someday I may revisit this terrain. But, I have rendered and re-rendered enough on this one.