Aurora Boriellis

Balletdude · September 12, 2021, 12:05:14 PM

This is my attempt at the latest @terratuts tutorial on Youtube. For the extra colour I just created a second cloud layer higher up and in a different colour. For the multiple streaks, I combined 3 simple shape shaders together with an add colour node. The landscape was from an old render I made that I wasn't 100% happy with.
Hope you like it

If you notice weird names for my files I upload, it's because i have an obsession with films, and do random names. This one is named after a song called Aurora from and old Abbot and Costello vive. Bonus points if you name the singers and the film

Dune · September 13, 2021, 02:23:49 AM

Nice, arty composition. I like it. A few tiny remarks; I miss (at least some) stars, and the left aurora starts in line with the mountain slope, which I would change.

Balletdude · September 13, 2021, 02:47:28 AM

Thank you

Yeah didn't notice the one in line with the mountain. There are stairs there, but I think the compression to Jpeg has made them really hard to see. May try and increase their brightness

mhaze · September 13, 2021, 03:49:04 AM

Well done.

Rezzin8 · September 13, 2021, 12:30:12 PM

That's a wonderful effect! Nice!

Stormlord · September 13, 2021, 06:23:28 PM

Aurora Borealis

I tried it also, just with some stars.
Nice Tutorial!

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WAS · September 13, 2021, 06:38:22 PM

You can use the ambient colour map to add colour at diff altitudes. Start with the top colour, and then add another surface layer with a maximum altitude cut off somewhere you like, which will reveal the first surface layers colour above it.

Stormlord · September 14, 2021, 01:50:37 PM

I tried another approach with a masked photo in the foreground (Yes, it should made with TG, it's just a try to get an overall impression)...

Aurora Borealis Triplet by STOMLORD.jpg

Aurora Borealis Triplet

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Balletdude · September 14, 2021, 04:10:02 PM

Nice work

Quote from: Stormlord on September 14, 2021, 01:50:37 PMI tried another approach with a masked photo in the foreground (Yes, it should made with TG, it's just a try to get an overall impression)...

Aurora Borealis Triplet

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Hey if it works, it works!!! I put stars in mine, but I didn't make them bright enough so They aren't really visible on the jpeg. Also I wasn't sure how well stars would be seen around the phenomenon eg can they be seen through it etc. Think that will be a bit of research, for me this week

WAS · September 17, 2021, 12:31:11 PM

Quote from: Balletdude on September 14, 2021, 04:10:02 PMNice work

Quote from: Stormlord on September 14, 2021, 01:50:37 PMI tried another approach with a masked photo in the foreground (Yes, it should made with TG, it's just a try to get an overall impression)...

Aurora Borealis Triplet

STORMLORD

Hey if it works, it works!!! I put stars in mine, but I didn't make them bright enough so They aren't really visible on the jpeg. Also I wasn't sure how well stars would be seen around the phenomenon eg can they be seen through it etc. Think that will be a bit of research, for me this week

Yes they can, as to the naked eye many auroras are pretty dim. Its the overexposure that make them really pop.

Refs added.