Sooo.. got to playing with clouds again

Clay · May 07, 2015, 12:47:13 AM

So I decided to do some funky stuff for tests, I made a terrain in Bryce, saved it as a .tif file then added it to a cloud structure. Can get some neat effects, its a bit noisy but I think but tried various settings of samples etc on all levels and its still a bit noisy, but I'll upload the file if ya want. And BTW dunno what the hell is that banding and "mirroring" on the bottom. still learning:-)

DocCharly65 · May 07, 2015, 01:29:41 AM

I don't know anything about Bryce, but I like the couds!
Would it look even better with more frayed edges?

Clay · May 07, 2015, 02:52:53 PM

So I added some perlin hills to the cloud, again made in Bryce then imported the image in to use, still doing tweaking on getting everything to play together nice, but its starting to come together.

mindsap · May 07, 2015, 03:42:53 PM

I really like how the underside of the clouds look.

Nice work.

bobbystahr · May 07, 2015, 03:43:37 PM

Quote from: Clay on May 07, 2015, 02:52:53 PM
So I added some perlin hills to the cloud, again made in Bryce then imported the image in to use, still doing tweaking on getting everything to play together nice, but its starting to come together.

Very cool, been mainly using Bryce7 as my default modeler and had never thought of this...Where did you put the tif?..I'd
like a .tgc of the perlin hills one...don't forget to include the tif..I have done that, to my embarrassment...

Clay · May 07, 2015, 10:55:34 PM

Gonna upload in a bit Bobby

bobbystahr · May 07, 2015, 11:08:50 PM

Quote from: Clay on May 07, 2015, 10:55:34 PM
Gonna upload in a bit Bobby

Clay · May 07, 2015, 11:45:03 PM

Should I put the files here or in the file sharing thread?

Clay · May 07, 2015, 11:48:43 PM

Ehh here ya go. .zip file, I added a couple other variations of .tif files you can add to the clouds.

DocCharly65 · May 08, 2015, 03:53:31 AM

Yessss! The second one is exactly what I meant!

bobbystahr · May 08, 2015, 08:24:33 AM

Quote from: Clay on May 07, 2015, 11:48:43 PM
Ehh here ya go. .zip file, I added a couple other variations of .tif files you can add to the clouds.

Technically, File Sharing as that way the files are easily locatable but here is fine...and thanks very much.

bobbystahr · May 08, 2015, 10:47:16 AM

Just playing with this file and had the Density Fractal preview window opened. I clicked the camera in there and it came to life...you can rotate the camera from there if the top down view shows clouds you'd like to see other than in the cameras view...this is gonna be a time saver...

Clay · May 08, 2015, 01:15:58 PM

Yes I did note that you can move the camera around, you can also til and rotate the terrain too.

Clay · May 08, 2015, 01:48:19 PM

Be sure to post results:-)

bobbystahr · May 08, 2015, 02:19:07 PM

Will do, but I got a bit distracted by your creativity and decided to make my own water on a Plane...workin' good so far. But the upshot is on my box your clouds take an age to render within the free version restrictions for size etc. Mine won't have you AAA or Detail settings so may be a bit noisy from test renders. still a cool and useful technique. I've never saved terrains as a .tif out of Bryce...is that an obvious menu selection?