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"Mackerel" 4k
Started by eartheryl, July 27, 2025, 11:33:56 AM
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eartheryl
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"Mackerel" 4k
July 27, 2025, 11:33:56 AM
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: July 27, 2025, 11:40:31 AM by eartheryl
"Mackerel" 4k render
This scene was rendered in Terragen 4.8 at 4K resolution. The altocumulus "mackerel" cloud uses a density shader, masked with a bitmap image I created entirely in World Machine. The airplane model was sourced from CGTrader.
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Re: "Mackerel" 4k
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July 27, 2025, 07:13:01 PM
It looks like a real airplane to me.
The thin line clouds look a little grainy.
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Re: "Mackerel" 4k
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July 28, 2025, 01:37:40 AM
Great cloud scene, but I agree about the mackerel clouds being too grainy. Cloud like that can also be done with a x (or y) to scalar, a sinus, a divide by a constant, and warp, and a mask to keep it to a certain area.
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Re: "Mackerel" 4k
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July 28, 2025, 04:19:12 AM
Thanks for pointing that out, I actually wasn't sure whether to add more blur to the cloud to make it more wispy. What could I use to achieve this?
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Re: "Mackerel" 4k
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July 28, 2025, 12:59:54 PM
I made you a simple setup. You'd have to elaborate on this.
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Re: "Mackerel" 4k
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July 28, 2025, 05:48:03 PM
Dune,
Thanks for all your examples. Gives me a lot of help.
This example is to wavy for me so i did this.
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You're welcome. It was just a basic setup, a start, so not perfected at all. You may also want to further mask it by smaller whispy cloud fractal or PF, etc. Your adaptation looks good.
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Thanks! Your example looks great. I'm still getting the hang of Terragen nodes, as WorldMachine's felt easier to grasp.
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