Some try with clouds

christianfly · June 23, 2009, 12:03:15 PM

Just a try with distance shader attached to a camera

Christian

Seth · June 23, 2009, 12:05:23 PM

wow big clouds !!!
nice shores Christian

rcallicotte · June 23, 2009, 12:12:23 PM

Very nice clouds, especially that big one in the middle.

MacGyver · June 23, 2009, 12:39:15 PM

Huge

littlecannon · June 23, 2009, 12:49:24 PM

This is looking gooooood. Love the massive clouds. I'm still trying to understand this "distance shader with camera on the clouds" type thing at the moment... I have been deconstructing Franks clouds and kind of understand what's happening, but can't seem to replicate it at the this point in time. So if anyone out there fancies explaining this way of masking, I'd be very grateful. Sorry to hijack this thread. Simon.

deepdish · June 23, 2009, 01:19:08 PM

Quote from: littlecannon on June 23, 2009, 12:49:24 PM
This is looking gooooood. Love the massive clouds. I'm still trying to understand this "distance shader with camera on the clouds" type thing at the moment... I have been deconstructing Franks clouds and kind of understand what's happening, but can't seem to replicate it at the this point in time. So if anyone out there fancies explaining this way of masking, I'd be very grateful. Sorry to hijack this thread. Simon.

Me too, I tend to have a problem where if I use the distance shader with some cumulus clouds, it gives me a solid line of cloud that looks nothing lie a normal cloud

but all problems aside, this is an amazing picture! The clouds would be good on their own, but the amazing islands below make it truly awesome

I gotta try harder in terragen

buzzzzz1 · June 23, 2009, 01:20:56 PM

Very Nice Christian!

buzzzzz1 · June 23, 2009, 01:22:01 PM

Quote from: littlecannon on June 23, 2009, 12:49:24 PM
This is looking gooooood. Love the massive clouds. I'm still trying to understand this "distance shader with camera on the clouds" type thing at the moment... I have been deconstructing Franks clouds and kind of understand what's happening, but can't seem to replicate it at the this point in time. So if anyone out there fancies explaining this way of masking, I'd be very grateful. Sorry to hijack this thread. Simon.

Frankb put out a tutorial, I guess you missed it? Anyway it's here----> http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=6784.0

christianfly · June 23, 2009, 01:50:13 PM

Yes, you're right.
Thanks to Frank for sharing this!
Basically, you create a camera and attach a distance shader to this camera that will be used as blend shader for the clouds.
The cloud coverage MUST be 0.0!!
You can play with the minimum and maximum distance to apply the coverage where your clouds will be. And don't forget to play with the focal length.

inkydigit · June 23, 2009, 01:52:53 PM

j'accord avec seth!!

littlecannon · June 23, 2009, 02:17:38 PM

Thanks peeps... I'll check the tut. I must have been away from the scene at the time (pun intended).

Phylloxera · June 23, 2009, 02:51:14 PM

C'est chouette je dirais même mieux c'est Couette !

Naoo · June 23, 2009, 03:07:22 PM

Hi

Excellent work. I love the surf!

ciao
Naoo

FrankB · June 23, 2009, 03:08:58 PM

Quote from: christianfly on June 23, 2009, 01:50:13 PM
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The cloud coverage MUST be 0.0!!

Salut Christian, why? the cloud coverage is not important for blending clouds through a distance shader, to the best of my knowledge. I mean, my cloud coverage is almost never at 0

Regards,
Frank

domdib · June 23, 2009, 03:14:17 PM

Fantastic realism - love the island and the clouds.