So are they really 'Easy'? Certainly they reduce a lot of the complex set ups from past TG versions. Seems like a lot of 'Blue Nodes' are under the hood here to create this cloud tool(s), so from my view they're 'Easier' but that name has no marketing pizzazz. I see why Matt posted this thread as the word 'Easy' is a simplification that may frustrate some users. And, as Dune pointed out, the new cloud types are processor intensive, but 'no pain no gain', so the trade off is higher quality imagery. As a former marketing guy I'm all for descriptive labeling and not setting false expectations from a name. To me the new set ups are 'optimized'. The entire set up is 'simplified' as there are certainly less parts to the node network to create a similar effect from past TG versions (and no pesky blue nodes...). Also, as the set ups are categorized as Cumulus, Cirrus, etc. they are indeed fine tuned to create the desired type. Having waded thru Frank Basinski's brilliant cloud set ups in the past it occurred to me that I might never be smart enough to figure what the hell he was doing and could only hope to marginally achieve some of those results. The 'Easy' clouds probably can't do those things either, but at least I can forgo the headache meds
. Plus, and this one is huge: They are much faster to set up and get great clouds. That, coupled with the RTP, which btw does an amazing job of previewing the changes, makes a quantum leap for showing TG's already formidable atmospheric engine. So I think "Optimized" would be my suggestion for the new cloud set ups, after all isn't that what's really occurring here? One definition in the OED of 'optimize' is "rearrange or rewrite (data, software, etc.) to improve efficiency of retrieval or processing". The ad stuff would look something like: "New Optimized Cloud Settings" ("NOCS" for the twitter damaged folks). The creation of atmospheres in TG will never be truly simple or easy, that's what tgc files are for if you want to just copy and paste to get a nice sky. So how about "Optimized"?