Ferns and Pines

[Henry Blewer]

I've been hanging out in the chat, and working on this. This is a default Full Render at 800 x 600.

It really needs higher resolution and AA.

[Zairyn Arsyn]

i like where this is going.....

looks good so far, i look forward to seeing a render with higher resolution & AA

[domdib]

And Max quality on the plants. To my eye, the sun could be a little softer too. Keep it coming!

[Henry Blewer]

I was just over on the NWDA chat. FrankB and Martin both commented that it needs more fill light. I bumped up the detailsettings and did a partial render. I agree. Tweak, tweak, tweak...

[dandelO]

I think a simple 3 point fill setup of suns would do a nice job, about 0.25 strength. But, as Frank said, you really need GI to take things to the next level.

I really need a new computer to take advantage of the GI in TG again, I rarely do a full final render with GI anymore due to limitations of my machine, I just can't afford the time it takes on this old beast.

Most of my renders for about the last 6-7 months haven't used GI at all, I've even found ways around it when using clouds. Still, I'd like to be able to crank the GI up again.

Nice scene setting. AA about 8 would do it wonders.(9 is a strange number, Frank, that I wouldn't normally use for AA, although, it'd look better, of course. )

[Henry Blewer]

An AA of 6 seems to work ok with images at 1920 x _ _ _ _ .    I use a paint program to clean up if needed.

[Henry Blewer]

Here is the final version. I used Mr. Lamppost's grasses and bushes. I also used Walli's pines and ferns.

http://njeneb.deviantart.com/art/Pines-and-Ferns-143557119
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4103071336_872f408a34_o.png

I did some post work in Corel Paint X2. It seemed too bright and a little out of focus. With this old monitor, it may look worse than the straight render. Another experiment...