First Snow

[Gannaingh]

Even before the leave of the alpine groundcover had begun to change to a brilliant display of yellows and reds an unexpected snow blanketed the land. In the days that followed the clouds broke and the fog thinned revealing a fresh blanket of brilliant white snow covering the ground and the upper limits of the alpine conifers.

It's been a long time since I've posted anything so it feels good to get back into Terragen. Thanks for taking a look!

[mhaze]

Chilly! Great work as ever.

[Hannes]

Absolutely gorgeous!!! I took a look for some time now, and I don't have any crits! This looks so natural and realistic! I love the diversity of the trees. Great work!!

[pclavett]

Stunning realism ! Superb Render !

[Gannaingh]

Thank you!

[WAS]

Very realistic with a exacting sense of detail. I definitely approve haha

[Dune]

It is indeed one of your exquisite works again. Very realistic and pleasant to look at. I love the submerged trees. There's one tiny thing that bothers me, and that's the repeated pattern in the snow. I know, it's hardly visible at first glance, but I wonder where that originated. I see no strata that could be the base, so perhaps fractal warp, or Gaea mask?

[WAS]

It is indeed one of your exquisite works again. Very realistic and pleasant to look at. I love the submerged trees. There's one tiny thing that bothers me, and that's the repeated pattern in the snow. I know, it's hardly visible at first glance, but I wonder where that originated. I see no strata that could be the base, so perhaps fractal warp, or Gaea mask?

Could be erode v3. Looks exactly like what I was getting earlier prior to adding smooth for my smooth snow areas. Basically anything that wasn't a fluvial streak (more flat and not vertical areas), was all bumpy like a billows map. Dunno if it's a bug but doesn't seem like erosion or what I remember for the past.

[Stormlord]

Very realistic render, really a very good scene and it comes with a chilly mood!
It looks very natural and crisp!

STORMLORD

[Gannaingh]

Thank you! I believe the texture in the snow is a result of some combination of an erosion shader, as WAS said, and the intersect underlying/smoothness settings of the snow layer. I'd really love to figure out the cause and eliminate it, but so far I haven't had any luck.

[Tangled-Universe]

Very nice Jeff  Curious to see where this goes!

Thank you! I believe the texture in the snow is a result of some combination of an erosion shader, as WAS said, and the intersect underlying/smoothness settings of the snow layer. I'd really love to figure out the cause and eliminate it, but so far I haven't had any luck.

Are you using thermal erosion?

[Gannaingh]

I am, but I checked the area that the erosion shader is covering and, unfortunately, this portion of the image is not actually being eroded.

[Tangled-Universe]

If I understand correctly the area is outside the area defined in the erosion shader?
Then I suspect it's an issue with the intersect underlying you're using. Guess you'd need to play with compute terrain patch size vs shift settings.
I'm usually lazy with that and just animate a whole bunch of settings and cherry-pick from the results. Let me know if you need any help (can't imagine that, but anyway).

[Dune]

Could also be fractal warp. I noticed that often doesn't smooth out very well.

[Kadri]

Wonderful !