Sunshine (V2)

GioMez · May 08, 2009, 01:39:36 PM

Another image that was originally a sort of lighting test...
I want to work on it during the weekend to tweak something (grass and leaves first!), I hope to find the time

I also planned to render it at higher resolution, but continuos unknown thread errors are frustrating...

Models made by Walli (thank you for sharing your pack!), me and Xfrog.
100% Terragen 2 (exept some minor color adjustment and the signature made in GIMP).

Hope you like it!

Tangled-Universe · May 08, 2009, 04:15:51 PM

The lighting on the leaves is great! Unfortunately the bark doesn't get along very well.
Perhaps it would be nice to have a dense population in the background and then blur it a bit with a TG2-DOF.
Hmmm...seeing you have thread errors, so my suggestions/wishful thinking could be troubling your pc

Martin

Hetzen · May 08, 2009, 04:32:23 PM

Those leaves are fantastic, best part for me. I also like your population in the far left, looks very natural. The bloom filter you've rendered this with makes those thinner trees on the left look as if they're on the wrong side of the river. Just a suggestion, on your rock out crops, on the steeper angles, maybe make the displacement scale larger, so the displacements on the lower angles look like scree/fallen rocks would help break up your rock structure. Just a thought.

GioMez · May 08, 2009, 04:50:07 PM

Thank you for your useful comments

TU, the errors appened when it was the turn of the water, so maybe the problem is there. I'll try to make population denser! And I agree with you about the bark: it needs some work (maybe I've also rose too much the displacement multiplier).
Hertzen, I'll work on the displacements. Also because there are some "exploding stones" issues

Phylloxera · May 09, 2009, 03:34:46 AM

Full with good ideas but the result is rather unmethodical!

GioMez · May 09, 2009, 05:03:48 AM

I know... there are a lot of things I must learn in TG2, but I'll try to get better

Zairyn Arsyn · May 09, 2009, 02:48:57 PM

I really like the blurred reflections on the water

kaisersuzuki · May 09, 2009, 04:34:42 PM

can you share your translucency settings for those leaves or how you got that look? I am trying to reproduce similar effect.

Phylloxera · May 10, 2009, 06:55:42 AM

Quote from: GioMez on May 09, 2009, 05:03:48 AM
I know... there are a lot of things I must learn in TG2, but I'll try to get better

Of course !

GioMez · May 11, 2009, 05:48:07 AM

Quote from: kaisersuzuki on May 09, 2009, 04:34:42 PM
can you share your translucency settings for those leaves or how you got that look? I am trying to reproduce similar effect.

Sorry for the delay!
Diffuse color: 1.1 - Color: 255, 255, 255
Translucency: 1 - Color: 255, 255, 255

Keep in mind that other factors could influence the result (such as heading and power of the sunlight)

Saurav · May 11, 2009, 06:13:40 AM

Excellent render, the only thing bothering me is the barren areas, they seem very ordaniray compared to the rest of the scene. Colours are spot on. The blur makes it look like giant tress on the far bank of the river.

rcallicotte · May 11, 2009, 09:14:14 AM

I like the left side of the image best. It looks realistic enough and beautiful. The right side lighting just seems strange...sort of unnatural.

GioMez · May 20, 2009, 05:42:32 AM

Version 2
Worked on many things: leaves, rock surface, fake stones, populations and settings.

domdib · May 20, 2009, 05:50:05 AM

Lovely. The only thing I would change is make the water colour a little less saturated. And I really like the rich patches of dark green veg on the cliff (not the bushes, though they are cool too, but the patches that look like v thick moss or v fine grass). How did you do that?

tumasch · May 20, 2009, 06:36:30 AM

Ooh, I like the ground cover a lot. Nice lighting, too.