Coriolis Effect Test

nvseal · February 21, 2008, 06:51:25 PM

Subject says it all. These are NOT the actual clouds, these are merely the density fractals so I can see how it is working and make adjustments. There are some things that need fixing (for example, the longs wisp), but over all, I think it looks okay (still not the real thing though

). The good thing about this method is that it warps every cloud fractal so that every cloud type is warped in the same way no matter how many there are.

rcallicotte · February 21, 2008, 07:02:56 PM

Geez. How did you figure this out? You must have been busy.

I do see some spots on it, though...little speckles.

Sethren · February 21, 2008, 07:05:19 PM

Neat. Could you make it bigger in scale like seen here.

http://ccrc.unh.edu/~stm/AS/Common/ITCZ.JPG

Like is the effect along the upper and lower hemispheres.

dhavalmistry · February 21, 2008, 07:07:12 PM

besides some artifacts...it looks great!

sjefen · February 21, 2008, 07:12:17 PM

Awesome clouds. I wonder how they look from the ground

nvseal · February 21, 2008, 07:14:19 PM

Quote from: Sethren on February 21, 2008, 07:05:19 PM
Neat. Could you make it bigger in scale like seen here.

http://ccrc.unh.edu/~stm/AS/Common/ITCZ.JPG

Like is the effect along the upper and lower hemispheres.

That is the number one biggest problem I have been trying to fix.

In fact, that is what I'm working on right now. Those artifacts are what happen when a cloud density fractal it used as a surface layer, or so I think

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nvseal · February 21, 2008, 07:46:12 PM

Quick test render 1.

Edit: Number 2

Will · February 21, 2008, 07:47:10 PM

nice

Sethren · February 21, 2008, 11:36:16 PM

That is an excellent start.

All i think what it needs now is larger gaps in between the bigger clouds and a slightly higher falloff from the hemispheres to the equator

old_blaggard · February 21, 2008, 11:38:09 PM

Quite nice. I still feel like the warping is a little off, though. You'll notice that in the satellite picture, larger systems tend to be warped more than smaller ones - it seems to be the other way around in your tests. These still look great, though. Not to be a nag, but I'll say again that there are lots of us here who would like to be able to take a peek at a clip or tgd file

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moodflow · February 22, 2008, 01:14:23 AM

This is looking incredible. Keep it up!

nvseal · February 22, 2008, 08:05:34 AM

Test number 4. old_baggard you are right about those smaller clouds and you can really see that come through in this render. The clouds being used in these test are not from my good cloud setup so I will be adding them later (although I might have to make it all from the gound up, again).

Quote from: old_blaggard on February 21, 2008, 11:38:09 PM
Not to be a nag, but I'll say again that there are lots of us here who would like to be able to take a peek at a clip or tgd file .

You'll get it. Just not yet.

rcallicotte · February 22, 2008, 10:52:46 AM

God, this is fun. Thanks, nvseal for making TG2 seem even more interesting. I love the divergence we see across board with this software.

moodflow · February 22, 2008, 06:04:34 PM

I just set that sucker as my desktop background.

Now I'm inspired to do some planets. Many thanks NVSeal.

Bidmaron · February 22, 2008, 08:27:12 PM

This is looking fantastic, NVSeal. Are you still using your masking method with cloud images or is this procedural now?
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