vue - Spectral Atmospheres 2

[rcallicotte]

Animation looks easier in Vue than TG2, but that's maybe because the animation module still needs a lot of presentation, etc. in TG2.

But, anyway, I liked those two images.  Really nice work.

[rcallicotte]

Speaking of oceans - http://www.franticfilms.com/videos/flood_surf/flood_surf_demo_green_web.mov

[Xpleet]

There's a cool feature in Vue with which you can make realistic looking waves (sub surface scattering I guess TG2 has too lol), where waves become thin at the top, the lighting penetrates and they stand out.

I made a lil demonstrative pic http://rocky1990.deviantart.com/art/water-demonstration-95224398

I should have used more green tho

[moodflow]

Does anyone know of any or can anyone post any stills of these clouds? 

I saw the Vue 7 video, but as others have pointed out, this appears to be mostly Vue 6, and maybe even some Vue 5.  It looks great, but doesn't look like it would be 'usable' in a movie without severe post-processing.

[Xpleet]

doesn't look like it would be 'usable' in a movie without severe post-processing.

Are you kidding? To me those "Vue7" sponsored clouds they look more movie-ready than any TG clouds I've seen lol. I say it again, they can be reproduced in Vue6, it is merely e-on-artwork 'featuring' Vue7.

Here are some shots of good clouds by good Vue-men

Artur Rosa , one of the best I've seen at Renderosity.

http://renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1743914
http://renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1735476&member
http://renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1727525&member

those are actually driven by a single fractal node he told me, so you guess the potential.

http://renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1740591 by Merlin Studios

Some people seem to need a 'proof' that Vue-can-do, but as I said before Vue6 doesn't have the amount of dedicated people that TG2 has..

[rcallicotte]

Xpleet, thanks.  These are beautiful.

I'm sure someone here can pick them apart, but these look believable.  What do you mean about the Vue 6 group not having as many dedicated folks?  I'm surprised, since Vue 6 seems so much more commercialized. 

[Xpleet]

Xpleet, thanks.  These are beautiful.

I'm sure someone here can pick them apart, but these look believable.  What do you mean about the Vue 6 group not having as many dedicated folks?  I'm surprised, since Vue 6 seems so much more commercialized. 

I meant, that there are not so many people doing indepth studies to the mechanics of Vue and rather do things the simple (mediocre) way.

[Seth]

in these images, i don't think the clouds are the best part of the all render... and even if they are good, they are not better than TG2's and i still prefer the look of the renders i linked before.
sorry if it sounds stubborn ^^

[rcallicotte]

lol

sorry if it sounds stubborn ^^

[moodflow]

This is definitely in the domain of "eye of the beholder".  Those images look good, but to me, the clouds don't look "amazing".  TG2 is fully capable of those types of clouds in my opinion.

I'd love to see the Vue 7 clouds.  Hopefully we'll have some pics of these soon.

[Xpleet]

I could sit down and develope the thunderhead-type clouds that we see in TG2 so often in Vue (although not procedural yet) from Spheres or Rocks with the help of materials and sub surface scattering. They will not be procedural but who cares? I have too much time lol.

[sjefen]

...Some people seem to need a 'proof' that Vue-can-do

Of course we need proof. How else are we gonna know it can actually do it

- Terje

[rcallicotte]

I agree with Terge.  That's the only reason I bought TG2 - what someone else had already done.

[Bluestorm]

If you visit the website http://www.vue7.com/ you can see a first render of the new Spectral Clouds 2. It's hard to tell how much detail there's really in there, the image is to small for that. But IMO it's already a big improvement over the Vue 6 clouds. Whether it is as good as TG2 remains to be seen, though.

[moodflow]

Here is another possible image link (the above looks nice, though I think TG2 can do the same)

http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/event/NewsSiggraph2008.php