Latest Cloud Study

[moodflow]

Wholly crap!  That last one is amazing.  How much (if any) post-processing did you do?

The only thing that looks "off" is the stars, as they are too piercing, but that's just a secondary effect. 

Do you have a "sharable" .tgd?  This is one of the best planet cloud render's I've ever seen.

[nvseal]

The only post work I did was to increase the contrast because the atmosphere was sharp and did not blend into space. I almost always have to do this. This is also why the stars look "off" (and I agree with you about that).

As of yet I do not have a "sharable" tgd. I will tell you that this image has 7 cloud layers -- which increase the render times a lot. That last render took, if I remember, just a little past 9 hours (cloud quality at .5/atmosphere at  30/ render quality at 0.9/ GI 2). And the closer the camera is to the surface, the longer the render time.

[nvseal]

11 hours. It really needs to be a higher res, a lot higher. I've been quite tempted to buy deep recently. 

[rcallicotte]

This is very nice work.

When you believe you need Deep, I hope you'll consider it.  You do extravagently beautiful work through the Free version.

Maybe it just isn't useful for you?  Not sure.  If you ever get it, I'm sure it'll be an amazing tool for you.

[nvseal]

My main probelm is that I have no income at the moment. That's what I get for going to college.  All I have is a limited supply from working this summer and $200 (or $300) is quite a bit to take out just for a hobby.

[rcallicotte]

Is it just a hobby?  I bet you might be surprised to learn what you can do with TG2.

[moodflow]

Well keep these good results up!  I saw that you even impressed Mr. Bianco himself (on your renderosity post).

You should definitely consider upgrading. 


Additionally, I have 2 Dual Core PCs sitting here waiting for a new render, so if you want, I can try to render this image at a much higher resolution for you (and its not just a ploy to get the file from you - I just want to see this baby in high res!)

[sjefen]

I also think you should consider upgrading.
It would be nice to se your work in high resolution

[nvseal]

moodlfow, I'll take you up on that. PM me your email address and I'll send you the file.

Edit: Another test after adding some basic land forms from an old tgc. As you can see with some of the closer clouds, there is still work to be done.

[old_blaggard]

This looks fantastic.

[rcallicotte]

This is very nice.

[NWsenior07]

Your progression with these large scale cloud structures is impressive to say the least, especially when its just a hobby. I know that the kind of realism you are producing is beyond me at the moment! I'd love to see what you could do with a upgraded version (but as a fellow college student I understand the money thing...) Where are you going to school?

[nvseal]

Where are you going to school?

Arkansas Tech University.

[moodflow]

Not to spill the beans early, but nvseal sent me the file to render on the renderfarm.  Its about 50% done, and looks amazing at 1280x800, quality 0.7, AA-5.

[efflux]

Get the deep nvseal, because these renders need to be huge. They'll be brilliant.