Thunderhead

[FrankB]

The shadow areas are looking much better now however you've lost a bit of the sharpness on the highlights which I originally liked, but it's a balancing act I guess. Maybe the sharpen filter in post might work here. Like you it's also been one of my goals to create a big fluffy monster like this in TG. Congrats on this version.

Thanks Saurav! In this case, I took the artist's freedom to intentionally let the bright areas shine a bit, on the expense of sharpness. I feel that matches my viewing experience with real skies quite good. You know, those bright parts in contrast with the dark parts, they glare a bit in your eyes.

p.s I think there is a tiny issue on the shadows areas in the terrain where you have crop rendered.

Yeah, you spotted that :-D
I must have forgotten to blur this away ;-)

Cheers;
Frank

[monks]

Awesome! The base looks a lot better now- overall it looks more natural. The lower left does look flat, but I think it serves the depth of the composition overall. If you made that area clearer, you would be in danger of presenting a prefect cloud model, rather than a landscape-

monks

[dhavalmistry]

I am gonna be picky here and say the flatness of the base is a little too sharp...everything else is looking great!

[rcallicotte]

Nice, Frank.

[moodflow]

Looks like you have this pretty much dialed in.  This is looking really nice now.

Any tips on the settings you used?

[FrankB]

well, clouds are 5000m tall
density 0.2
edge sharpness 3
The key to get the right cloud profile is in reducing the coverage gamma, though, so that the point from which clouds begin to "grow" is pulled down.

The fractal feature/lead-in/smallest scales = 5000/15000/20
Perlin Billows
upped buoyancy
no warping

That's pretty much it. It helps with the lighting to blend by a distance shader so that before and behind your main cloud, the sky remains empty.

Cheers,
Frank

[nvseal]

Thank a lot for sharing your settings, very generous of you. 

[moodflow]

Many thanks for these settings Frank. 

[rcallicotte]

Thanks, Frank.  More to apply.  The last time you shared your settings for masking clouds revolutionized how I saw the cloud thing and I did one of my best cloud renders.  Here's to more of that!   

[Tangled-Universe]

Fantastic work Frank, impressive scales...awesome
Thanks for sharing your tips/tricks and settings!

Martin

[sonshine777]

Thanks Frank, you wouldn't happen to have the Density fractal seed value for that cloud would you? I have found that the seed value changes things very much.

[FrankB]

Thanks Frank, you wouldn't happen to have the Density fractal seed value for that cloud would you? I have found that the seed value changes things very much.

You can have it, but I doubt it's going to help you much. Of course the seed changes everything, but it's more in the other settings that give you the TYPE of cloud you want.
Here's the seed: 2778

Cheers,
Frank

[sonshine777]

Thanks.