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Hannes · January 30, 2021, 12:01:08 PM

Quite an argument, but sometimes it's worth the waiting I'd say.

zaxxon · January 30, 2021, 02:20:11 PM

Better and better. You continue to amaze and delight!

DocCharly65 · February 01, 2021, 01:52:18 AM

Quote from: Hannes on January 30, 2021, 12:01:08 PMQuite an argument, but sometimes it's worth the waiting I'd say.

Echo

Dune · February 03, 2021, 02:38:38 AM

You're right, but it's experimenting to stretch the possibilities. Here's another setup. Just two default shaders used, all one layer. Rocks are not the best, but well.

Dune · February 05, 2021, 07:56:22 AM

And another.

DocCharly65 · February 05, 2021, 08:38:44 AM

Great jobs again, Ulco.

My absolute favorite is "Stream_25-01-21_v5_test 8 no refl_140min.jpg"

In the last one the POV let's me pesonally miss some reflections of the surrounding because there are many things close to the water that could be reflected. But the one before doesn't need it so much because of the different camera angle the plants population and the whole POV. In my eyes quite perfect!

Dune · February 07, 2021, 02:51:17 AM

Well, two more weird variations then before I get tired of it. Just default shaders.

And a few samples of what I'm actually after.

Kadri · February 07, 2021, 10:31:47 AM

I am sure you can get closer to what you want Ulco.
But i think some of the look from photos like those comes from motion blur too.
If we had real motion blur in Terragen you might get this look easier probably.

Dune · February 07, 2021, 10:42:11 AM

You are right, but it's the principle I'm after; stones in a stream warping and 'redirecting' the water, be it in one layer or two. With a bit of smoothing (filter) foam can be made quite 'motion-blurred'.

Kadri · February 07, 2021, 10:50:58 AM

Quote from: Dune on February 07, 2021, 10:42:11 AMYou are right, but it's the principle I'm after; stones in a stream warping and 'redirecting' the water, be it in one layer or two. With a bit of smoothing (filter) foam can be made quite 'motion-blurred'.

Yes.

zaxxon · February 07, 2021, 06:05:31 PM

Stream 6 is very close to perfect to my eye, it looks very real. The last one (stream 3) has that 'blurred' look of a longer exposure photo, the type of image that seems so popular with nature photographers. A stylized look rather than a 'natural' one in my opinion. Great work here Ulco!

Dune · February 09, 2021, 02:33:54 AM

I'm afraid stream 6 is not of my hand, it's a reference photo (along with the blurred one) to show what I'm after. But I'm getting closer, though finesse is still lacking.

Hannes · February 09, 2021, 05:09:50 AM

I have to say, your stream attepts are fantastic! Although you wrote, you'd try to find a solution for the rocks to influence the foam stuff, it already looks as if they did. Insanely good!

Dune · February 11, 2021, 02:40:51 AM

Final one for now.

DocCharly65 · February 12, 2021, 01:30:58 AM

Great, the last one is unbelievable! That's it!