Forest test

archonforest · February 28, 2019, 04:22:57 AM

Here is my latest project I am working on. It is in an early stage. Plan to add birds and fog...and more details.

Dune · February 28, 2019, 05:43:05 AM

Very nice start.

archonforest · February 28, 2019, 07:58:27 AM

Thanks Dune.

DocCharly65 · February 28, 2019, 08:03:32 AM

Already looks better than just a "Start"

mhaze · February 28, 2019, 08:26:32 AM

Excellent - look forward to the finished version(s)

archonforest · February 28, 2019, 09:51:06 AM

Thanks Doc and mhaze. Doing the details now. Then fog....and then hunting for birds...

bobbystahr · February 28, 2019, 10:09:03 AM

Agree w/Dune...interested in seeing where you take this.

archonforest · February 28, 2019, 04:12:42 PM

Thx bobby. Now fighting to make the fog noiseless... $:-\$
Not an easy task. Keep pumping up the numbers but can't see big changes yet...

RichTwo · February 28, 2019, 05:10:03 PM

Yah - really good looking trees - noiseless fog? For most intents and purposes, simply checking "Defer clouds and atmo" in the Render node helps a lot. I used a low global cloud for my "Bare Trees" image here. Not easy to tweak just right but it worked. Good start and good luck!

bobbystahr · February 28, 2019, 06:42:27 PM

Quote from: archonforest on February 28, 2019, 04:12:42 PM
Thx bobby. Now fighting to make the fog noiseless... $:-\$
Not an easy task. Keep pumping up the numbers but can't see big changes yet...

Have you tried using either of the bloom options on the Filters Tab?

Agura Nata · March 01, 2019, 07:26:17 AM

Great start!

archonforest · March 01, 2019, 12:08:11 PM

Thank you Rich and bobby for the ideas. Defer Atmo is checked already.

Bloom options? hmm... it help to tackle noise? interesting idea and will take a look.

Oshyan · March 01, 2019, 05:35:42 PM

Bloom doesn't actually address noise, but it can sort of hide it since it's a post effect applied over the top of the render (in most cases) and it kind of softens things.

How to best get rid of cloud noise depends on whether you're using v2 or v3 clouds. In this case I would probably recommend v2 if it's not very dense mist, it will render faster and results are similar to v3 at low densities and depths. In that case, with v2 clouds, the cloud Quality slider is going to be the main influence along with antialiasing if Defer Atmo is enabled. For v3 clouds I would actually first recommend increasing Voxel Scatter Quality in the GI settings for clouds, default is I think 100 now, but try 200 or even 400 to get rid of noise.

- Oshyan

archonforest · March 02, 2019, 04:21:29 AM

Thank you Oshyan. I have V2. I knew quality will help but forgot about the AA setting. I was doing test renders with relatively low AA(3) thus pumping up the cloud quality didn't show up correctly. Now doing test render with AA8 and cloud quality 1. It looks waaaaay better....
Thank you for the tip. Very useful.

gao_jian11 · March 02, 2019, 09:01:57 PM

I am also working on a similar forest, using v3 clouds, my tree color looks too green and monotonous than your color.