My first try with terragen 2.0

NeroTBF · March 26, 2009, 12:48:43 PM

Hi,

It's my first test with terragen 2.0 so don't do a incredible picture but just experiment some feature of new TGD engine and find my old mark of terragen 0.9.
I'm open-minded for all criticism for improve my skill.

Best Regards,

NeroTBF

rcallicotte · March 26, 2009, 12:50:09 PM

Good lighting. I like your terrain and your texturing. Maybe a different point of view to show us the terrain closer and / or some foliage would make this closer to realism.

MF_Erwan · March 26, 2009, 01:20:24 PM

It's more photorealistic than all I have tried to obtain so far!

Erwan

old_blaggard · March 26, 2009, 02:34:06 PM

It's very nice. The detail on the stones is quite good, and I like the pebbles and rocks on the ground. The images looks really soft - what detail settings did you render at? If it's below .75 try pumping it up a little. I would also consider tweaking the lighting a little... perhaps bring the sun more behind you and to the side rather than in front of you.

Saurav · March 26, 2009, 06:36:12 PM

This is a very good test with TG2, the canyon walls are already looking very realistic. Perhaps you could add layer of sand/soil on the lower slopes of the wall and the floor.

inkydigit · March 26, 2009, 06:50:03 PM

some subtle warping of the horizontal strata(try redirect shader on y axis?), would make this perfect!

NeroTBF · March 27, 2009, 07:50:27 PM

Thanks for your reply and your comment. I'll try to improve this picture with our advices.

ps : I use 1 for detail setting so I don't know if it's possible to pumping it up more

Mr_Lamppost · March 27, 2009, 10:04:27 PM

For a first test that's a very nice scene; well done.

It looks to me like the colour variation in your strata is being derived from a through camera image projection, try replacing that with a one of the side projections (Side X or Side Z), or better still use Power Fractals and make the variation entirely procedural.

There is a lot to learn and everyone will tell you different things. My best advice would be; don't try to do everything at once, take your time and don't be afraid to experiment.

Oshyan · March 30, 2009, 03:20:31 PM

Great first effort! I think the lighting is top notch, and good displacement too. This definitely doesn't look like an amateur's attempt.

I don't think detail is what's causing the softness here. Did you change the "pixel filter" in the Render "Extra" tab?

- Oshyan

Zylot · March 30, 2009, 07:08:33 PM

not bad at all for a first shot.

Sen · April 08, 2009, 03:42:56 PM

This looks very realistic. Cool canyon and feeling for realistic colours.

PG · April 08, 2009, 03:48:45 PM

Great work there Nero. I'd like to see some cloud work.
JPEG compression affects the detailing of surfaces, especially displaced vertical ones for some reason. On that canyon one I did, people told me to increase the detail settings to get some more definition in the rocks but there wasn't anything I could really do, because I have to convert it to jpeg so it'll fit on the upload here, or upload it somewhere else which is tedious, you always lose detail and they'll look soft like this.

Tangled-Universe · April 08, 2009, 04:52:56 PM

Looking darn good for a first really serious attempt. Mine looked nowhere like that

I agree with the others about the sharpness of the image. Oshyan's suggestion is a good one.
I'd further suggest to test the different pixelfilters with croprenders, but I assume you are already familiar with that approach.
The lighting is very good!

I do not agree with PG to add clouds, because that would disturb the balance a lot in my opinion.
So hopefully you want make the mistake to fill every bit of the picture with lots of stuff.
Also, when adding foliage etc. don't over-do it.
It is nicely balanced now and the slightly overcasted sky gives this image a really staggering hot desert feel.

Martin

PG · April 08, 2009, 04:58:17 PM

It's got clouds in it

I said I'd like to see some improvement to them. But yeah I am a bit of a cloud fetishist.

Tangled-Universe · April 08, 2009, 05:01:16 PM

Quote from: PG on April 08, 2009, 04:58:17 PM
It's got clouds in it I said I'd like to see some improvement to them. But yeah I am a bit of a cloud fetishist.

You definitely know what I mean, stubborn

If you want improvements, it might then be useful for Nero to say WHAT you would like to see improved.

More defined and smaller clouds will only look the sky filled and busy and very distracted. Like I said it would disturb balance.
A change in POV and/or composition could justify adding (lots of) clouds, but not in this case, IMO.