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[Oshyan]

You may simply be running into the memory limit on your system. Are you running a 64 bit OS?

- Oshyan

[Mohawk20]

Nope. I have set the sub div cache to 150 with pre allocate on and the last cropped piece is rendering now. But the memory use is at 1.179.664 and the virtual memory at 1.477.280, so I won't be able to add another population...

I'm really running on the edge of the hardware and software. I'm looking for a cheap XP64 version, but it's not available in any pc store around here. Maybe on the I-net, but I might as well wait for the 64 bit version of Windows 7 to get out of Beta.

[Tangled-Universe]

Nope. I have set the sub div cache to 150 with pre allocate on and the last cropped piece is rendering now. But the memory use is at 1.179.664 and the virtual memory at 1.477.280, so I won't be able to add another population...

I'm really running on the edge of the hardware and software. I'm looking for a cheap XP64 version, but it's not available in any pc store around here. Maybe on the I-net, but I might as well wait for the 64 bit version of Windows 7 to get out of Beta.

Do you work or study at an university or other government organisations? If so you can buy software for a bargain.
My copy of XP64 cost 17,50 euros... For a list of companies/organisations check surfspot.nl

Martin

[Mohawk20]

That IS a bargain... sadly I work at a company that's pretty small so it wouldn't support this kind of thing. But I'll have a look anyway.

I finished the bottom crop, but I discovered I messed up some displacement making it simply ugly, so I changed that and rendered a bigger crop again. Should be done tomorrow.

[buzzzzz1]

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[buzzzzz1]

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[Mohawk20]

Nice Buzzzzz1, but you might want to start your own thread for that 

So I finally got the next version done. I like how this is looking...
I did some levels and colour adjustments in post.

For the next version I have to fix that foreground displacement, and increase max altitude on the tree distribution. And some nice clouds to top it off.

But before that, does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve the mountain, maybe in displacement or colour?

[Seth]

the first ground is stunning !!!

[buzzzzz1]

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[tumasch]

Oh my, this foreground is unbelievable! Really real!! The mountain is very TG0.9-like and as such the only part of the image that reminds me of the original render. But to be honest, I love the way you're developing this further.

[buzzzzz1]

This is looking very good.  To be honest the mountain looks fine to me. If you are thinking more detail, at this distance you wouldn't see much detail anyway. I think your thoughts of the trees going farther up the slopes and some nice clouds would top it off.  Wish you luck!

[Oshyan]

Wow, this is looking really good! I love the new lighting angle.

- Oshyan

[littlecannon]

Mass improvement. The new lighting angle has made this much better. It has lost the flat look. Lovely foreground and I do love the mountain in the background, but it does give the image away as CG. There is just something about it that doesn't look real... textures maybe, DOF maybe.
Simon.

[Mohawk20]

I do love the mountain in the background, but it does give the image away as CG. There is just something about it that doesn't look real... textures maybe, DOF maybe.

My thought exactly, but I need a way to fix it...

[Mohawk20]

I had a bit of an accident while tweaking the clouds. This is only 1 cloud layer, but with large shapes and a depth of 4061.
It does fix the mountain a bit, but still...

Can anyone give any hints on better surfaces?