Cumulo-nimbus/cirrus test

Started by srb2001, February 05, 2007, 02:20:15 PM

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srb2001

My first attempt at big cloud structure.

Non-registered version.

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Will

neat, you may want to clowing the edging sharpness though.

Regards,

Will
The world is round... so you have to use spherical projection.

srb2001

Quote from: Will on February 05, 2007, 03:28:19 PM
neat, you may want to clowing the edging sharpness though.

Regards,

Will

Thanks for the feedback, Will.  Did you mean to write 'glowing the edge sharpness'?

How to do in TG, or do you refer to post-processing, ala PhotoShop?

TIA.

Will

sorry I ment Cloud edge sharpness, im not completely coherent it is the day after the super bowl.

Regards,

Will
The world is round... so you have to use spherical projection.

king_tiger_666

there is a thread on the general forum about this topic and might be worth a read 4 or so pages

you might get some more ideas here http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=34.0

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srb2001

King,

Your work shown on that thread looks great -- that's what I wanted to achieve.  After researching advice from Oshyan regarding how cloud settings operate, I found that my guess at keeping the sampling rate high was a mistake.  Very low edge sharpness settings (0.03 in my case) create the correct fractal wispiness of cloud structure for impressive photorealism.

I'm glad I'm taming this TG2 beast, the results appear stunning.

Here's my 2nd go at it, muchly improved:

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old_blaggard

This is a fantastic image.  Your clouds really are beautiful.
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Arkanias4

Great improvement. The kind of clouds I'd love to achieve. The tgd file would be very appreciated to understand the fine tuning  :)

inkydigit

agree this looks very nice...it'd be interesting to see your settings for sure! ;)

srb2001

Thanks for the compliments, Terranauts!

.tgd attached ...

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king_tiger_666

great to see you getting the hang of it... kind of the reverse I did i used lots of samples. highish density, and almost no edge sharpness

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Lucio


Tangled-Universe

Awesome clouds srb :)
Love the "glowing" edges and the consistent formations.
The cirrus layer really ads depth and realism, great!
I'm especially curious about the pattern settings, because I still don't get a hang of it, so when I'm back home I'll have a look at your file. Thanks for sharing!

Martin

Arkanias4

Thanks for sharing, sure I'll check the file later today when I have time.
Bernard