First work of my "decommissioned server"

[Oshyan]

It's great to have the sysadmin on your side!

Don't bother increasing the subdiv cache though. It doesn't make much of a difference in most cases, and generally you need the free memory more (for other parts of the scene and rendering process that are not controlled by that setting).

- Oshyan

[DocCharly65]

Thanks for the tipp Oshyan.

Amazingly, after I restarted the server today it has a strange speed-behavior!
Calculating GI Cache it's more then 2 times faster than my Core i7
Also rendering is faster now: 2/3 of my i7's speed...
But it gets really, really hot - especially the RAM...

Someone intersted in some sausages? -- there should be finished 2 pairs grilled on the server 


Unfortunately I had to rearrange some details in the scene. After some changes in the terrain I forgot to check my populations (floating trees) and had to restart rendering... But now I'm happy with the meadow...
(at least I will not make any more changes)

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[Oshyan]

Very dark for what appears to be a full daylight scene, but otherwise looks nice.

- Oshyan

[archonforest]

Echo Oshyan. Nice scene but what happened with the sunlight? There are no clouds around so some sunlight should be present.

[DocCharly65]

You're both right. Here at home I see it too.

Seems I have really big trouble with working on differnt monitors!
Unfortunately my spider calibtation tool is only licensed for one monitor.

Brightended version:

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[archonforest]

Oh yeah better. Are u gonna make a higher res version?

[DocCharly65]

Thanks archonforest 

For the moment I need a break and all PCs are rendering the animations. I have not even unpacked the new Core i7 since a week   

But I have planned something special for these scenes. I want to make a 360 degree spherical panorama of the landscape, one of the pool and one of the livingroom. I want to make images in 30 degree steps and use the Microsoft Image Composite Editor for stitching the spheres.

Perhaps the spherical camera function of Terragen can make this easier but I would have to learn this feature first.

[archonforest]

OKay cool.

You have an unpacked i7 since a week?? How can u not touch it??? hehehe...

[DocCharly65]

...sitting too much time at the PC 

[bobbystahr]

Nice scene...are those flowers Yarrow? If so where from?

[DocCharly65]

Yes, bobbystahr, GC01_Achillea_millefolium_Common_Yarrow from Xfrog

[bobbystahr]

Yes, bobbystahr, GC01_Achillea_millefolium_Common_Yarrow from Xfrog

Cool, but not a  free one...oh well. Nice plant...have em in my garden for herbal tea.

[DocCharly65]

One of my actual business: Bringing things together...

Somewhere behind the village near the poolhouse the stargate will be activated in the night after something alien escaped from the enterprise.

It was a long way but that part of the story is almost finalized (the script - not the renders      )

The village lights are a bit too bright and to big but it is necessary in the animation.

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The single frame is not really impressive. It's best seen at full screen mode. Otherwise it's to dark depending on your monitor settings.

[bobbystahr]

The village lights are a bit too bright and to big but it is necessary in the animation.

The single frame is not really impressive. It's best seen at full screen mode. Otherwise it's to dark depending on your monitor settings.

I dunno, I think the lights and lighting of the town seem appropriate.

[Kadri]

Looks good here.