Cloud banding..

bobbystahr · April 30, 2015, 04:45:28 PM

When you use the PF as a mask it prevents the strata shader from applying in the masked areas.

Gonna have to try mhaze's suggestion myself.

bobbystahr · April 30, 2015, 05:37:37 PM

Have a look at this Clay. I made it a while back when figuring out Surface layers. It's all preview colours so just turn em off and apply your own preferences

Clay · April 30, 2015, 06:39:59 PM

Ok went through your file, where the hell are you adding the color variants? Its all blacks and greys and whites, this has to be a mac and a PC and version thing.

Oshyan · April 30, 2015, 06:56:28 PM

The Mac and PC versions work identically in terms of shading, etc. The only differences are hotkeys, minor UI layout variances, and access to the native OS color picker.

- Oshyan

bobbystahr · April 30, 2015, 06:57:55 PM

Quote from: Clay on April 30, 2015, 06:39:59 PM
Ok went through your file, where the hell are you adding the color variants? Its all blacks and greys and whites, this has to be a mac and a PC and version thing.

I don't get that at all. The preview colours are added in the Surface layer with the click box...that really has to be a mac thing as I see no preferences for the preview window. Could it be you have shaders disabled in 3D preview, the button next to Reset at the top of the Preview window?

Clay · April 30, 2015, 10:42:54 PM

I got it figured out now after watching a bit of geekatplay's shader tut on youtube, now it makes sense<---feels like a dork now LOL!

bobbystahr · April 30, 2015, 10:58:39 PM

Quote from: Clay on April 30, 2015, 10:42:54 PM
I got it figured out now after watching a bit of geekatplay's shader tut on youtube, now it makes sense<---feels like a dork now LOL!

heh heh...been doing 3D since Imagine on Amiga and this baby has totally bamboozled me at times....

Clay · May 01, 2015, 12:28:58 AM

Ever try using Maya unlimited? Been using it for years and years, but they change it so much its a il hard to learn LOL!! It is overload!

bobbystahr · May 01, 2015, 01:45:57 AM

Quote from: Clay on May 01, 2015, 12:28:58 AM
Ever try using Maya unlimited? Been using it for years and years, but they change it so much its a il hard to learn LOL!! It is overload!

Gave it a try back when I was still mainly working in Imagine and Bryce..wasn't a fit with me and good thing cuz I couldn't afford it then or now. The program that's always intrigued me is C4D..has a similar feel to Imagine but 21st century. Imagine was barely out of the Amiga in it's thinking.

Clay · May 02, 2015, 03:23:30 AM

Ok, so here we go with another, I'm getting the clouds, so disregard the basic landscape hehe. I made it look cartoonish so I could see the shader network:-P

Clay · May 02, 2015, 03:25:14 AM

Quote from: Clay on May 02, 2015, 03:23:30 AM
Ok, so here we go with another, I'm getting the clouds, so disregard the basic landscape hehe. I made it look cartoonish so I could see the shader network:-P

Oh and I circled the edging? why does that happen? I know how haze and such works, but it looks "masked out" might be one of my settings being off?

bobbystahr · May 02, 2015, 09:08:27 PM

Do you have Fake dark power and Fake dark sharpness settings on in the cloud's Tweaks settings? It's often easier if you just attach the .tgd to your message then we can look under the hood

Clay · May 02, 2015, 11:33:10 PM

Ok I'll start doing that I spect, attching the files.

bobbystahr · May 03, 2015, 04:11:54 AM

So did that help?