Savannah

Hannes · February 06, 2009, 05:53:16 AM

I started to try out my own Mongolia file and added another terrain, adjusted some settings and after a while it looked a little bit african. So I looked for a tree and found that Klas' bonsai was the most similar to those typical african umbrellalike (Acacia-) trees.
I don't remember where the elephant came from. Credits to the creator. Hope you like it.

RogueNZ · February 06, 2009, 06:32:03 AM

... Absolutely amazing, render it bigger!

FrankB · February 06, 2009, 07:13:06 AM

I like this a lot, Hannes, well done! The elephants integrate nicely. I find the trees somewhat suspicious, but the overall impression of depth is great.

Cheers,
Frank

Hannes · February 06, 2009, 08:00:25 AM

Thank you! If there's anyone out there who can provide me with the acaciatree (image - look below) and maybe a .ter file of Mt. Kilimanjaro, let me know!

Saurav · February 06, 2009, 08:05:16 AM

Absolutely a must for a bigger render.

Tangled-Universe · February 06, 2009, 08:05:47 AM

Looks good Hannes! The elephants are a nice addition. I like the colors and atmosphere. As Frank said the depth is great.
You might consider slightly decreasing the haze density to make the background-mountain a little bit less blue and hazy.
But it should remain blue and hazy of course, like in real life.
It's a pity that TG still can't handle the edges between water and land a bit more naturally. It looks a bit like it's floating.
Nonetheless a very good image!

By the way...the accaciatree you mention is not shown below. Also...I have seen a DEM of Kilimanjaro somewhere in the past. I'm quite sure. Shall look if I can find it!

Martin

edit: I can see the image now...probably was too fast replying

Hannes · February 06, 2009, 08:19:31 AM

Thanks again. Yes I forgot to add the image. Now it's in. The render is 1280 px wide. The original is 3000 px wide, but I think it looks better 1280.
There are ugly banding artifacts in the water down left. Any idea how to prevent this?
Here's the big mac:

rcallicotte · February 06, 2009, 08:37:03 AM

Cool, Hannes. The elephants almost look real and the total image is quite an undertaking. I love the mountain in the background - cool!

I know there's a way to eliminate the banding, but I don't remember if it's through the density control or less noise.

Saurav · February 06, 2009, 08:53:07 AM

Hannes I have sent you an email with a ter file of Kilimanjaro. Its low resolution but for distance it will work fine.

Tangled-Universe · February 06, 2009, 09:19:07 AM

Quote from: Hannes on February 06, 2009, 08:19:31 AM
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Any idea how to prevent this?
Here's the big mac:

Yes, you can prevent this by having "microvertex jittering" enabled in the extra tab of the renderer.
Did you enable that option? It should help.

Martin

Hannes · February 06, 2009, 09:29:31 AM

Hooray, I'l give it a try. Thanks a lot!!

Linochette · February 06, 2009, 10:05:23 AM

would be great as a postcard. remembers me of my last holiday in Tanzania. Lovely view.

efflux · February 06, 2009, 08:52:29 PM

This is great. I especially like the water edge area. That is very convincing.

efflux · February 06, 2009, 08:56:11 PM

One problem I just noticed and I'm interested to know what causes this - the parallel lines on the water surface. I've had this problem on land surfaces.

C.A.C. · February 06, 2009, 10:50:57 PM

The microvertex jittering should definably get rid of those lines.