Multitude of sins...

[choronr]

One of the things I'm learning about is: you could hide a multitude of sins with Terragen 0.09; with TG2, you cannot!

[ZStar]

LOL - I have often said that low resolution hides a multitude of sins.     

[moodflow]

Couldn't have said it better.  I'll do a TG2 pre-render at 400x300 or so with high detail before the final, and it will look fantastic.  Then I'll do a larger 1024x768 render, wait the day or two, then open the screen to find a "marginal" image   

Heheh

[rcallicotte]

The only way I've found to overcome this (I've done this many times as well) is to try to crop-check it before the final render by using a large size and scrutinizing each crop.  But, then the crop usually looks richer than the final.  It's sort of a challenge at times.  What is really baffling is when the preview screen looks better than my final.  Sheesh.   

[Tangled-Universe]

I always make croprenders at the target size and detail to check my final outcome. I also do it during the design of the scene, which seems quite logical to me.

Martin

[choronr]

I think Terragen 2 needs 'noise reduction.

[bobbystahr]

It in fact has noise reduction what with all the adjustments...You only need the registered ver. to get the High AA and Detail setting that take advantage of it.. ...

[Seth]

I think Terragen 2 needs 'noise reduction.

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AA 20 and atmo 128 => no noise ^^

[choronr]

It in fact has noise reduction what with all the adjustments...You only need the registered ver. to get the High AA and Detail setting that take advantage of it.. ...

I think Terragen 2 needs 'noise reduction.

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AA 20 and atmo 128 => no noise ^^

I have started a re-render increasing both AA and 120 Atmo samples for my current picture ...we'll see if there is any improvement; thanks Bobby and Seth. And, I do have the registered version - alpha 5 which works very well. Yet, having an ant-noise setting in the renderer settings could be a good idea setting the optimum choices for the composition. This way there may be no guess work. I'll post the comparisons when completed.

[Seth]

cool ! i'll wait for it

[bobbystahr]

I'll wait as well.. ...

[choronr]

It in fact has noise reduction what with all the adjustments...You only need the registered ver. to get the High AA and Detail setting that take advantage of it.. ...

I think Terragen 2 needs 'noise reduction.

?
AA 20 and atmo 128 => no noise ^^

I have started a re-render increasing both AA and 120 Atmo samples for my current picture ...we'll see if there is any improvement; thanks Bobby and Seth. And, I do have the registered version - alpha 5 which works very well. Yet, having an ant-noise setting in the renderer settings could be a good idea setting the optimum choices for the composition. This way there may be no guess work. I'll post the comparisons when completed.

I've made two renders; the original 'Return' and the second 'Return II' which employed an increased AA and 120 Atmo samples. The second render took about 5 hours longer. The original too 1 hour, 19 minutes. Thanks again to all of you for these reminders. The changes make the most significant appearance in the vegetation; and, there is somewhat softness to the rest of the image.

Thanks to: Markal for the terrain; jcinbama for the Eucalyptus trees; Xfrog for the fir trees; and, to a friend for the airship who will remain anonymous.

[choronr]

Ooooops; I could not post both pictures due to the file size limit; so, here is the picture with high AA and Atmo settings.

[bobbystahr]

ReturnII is mos def a better render all around...like you said the veg benefits the most but it's evidenced in all the features if you look closley...great pic and thanx for the compare example.. ...