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[inkydigit]

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the latest version, from this world:  http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=8593.0
tweaks include pov and qua;ity etc...200 minutes or there abouts for render time....
feel free to comment crit, etc as these are always wlcome and appreciated!

[Kadri]

It is really better now , Inkydit .
But the trees on the foreground , the leaves seem unnatural to me. It isn't your fault .
Do you have more natural looking ones ?

Kadri.

[inkydigit]

It is really better now , Inkydit .
But the trees on the foreground , the leaves seem unnatural to me. It isn't your fault .
Do you have more natural looking ones ?

Kadri.

thanks, and
yeah, you are right Kadri.. almost like they are painted?
I guess I will try another species... next!

[schmeerlap]

It's looking good. What's your horizontal fov? 'cos you've got some serious keystoning (that can be corrected in Photoshop etc with the Free Transform tool).

John

[Dune]

One crit is that the walls are not 'bumped'. They appear very flat, despite the texture. Why don't you add an extra image map and displace it in the object?

---Dune

[inkydigit]

It's looking good. What's your horizontal fov? 'cos you've got some serious keystoning (that can be corrected in Photoshop etc with the Free Transform tool).

John

Thanks John, horiz. fov was 60...do you have any recommendations?

[inkydigit]

One crit is that the walls are not 'bumped'. They appear very flat, despite the texture. Why don't you add an extra image map and displace it in the object?

---Dune

Thanks Dune, there was a 'normal' map included with the object (though not loaded neither was the specularity image, but I loaded that), do I load this as is for the displacement image? or do I have to process it in any way?

[Dune]

I don't really know. I figure the displacement inside the default shader doesn't work, so I added an image map between the default and the node under it. Displaced that, no color (I think). Chose the UV mapping in the drop-down list. See if that works for you.

[inkydigit]

I don't really know. I figure the displacement inside the default shader doesn't work, so I added an image map between the default and the node under it. Displaced that, no color (I think). Chose the UV mapping in the drop-down list. See if that works for you.

thanks Dune, I had a fiddle with the models and I am not sure if this is the correct method, but it seems to have worked anyway...I used the normal map as displacement image and set displacement multiplier to 1...I now have bump!

[choronr]

Now this is real good composition. The light is just right bringing out the colors and textures ...well done Jason!

[schmeerlap]

Thanks John, horiz. fov was 60...do you have any recommendations?

If your fov would have been wider than 60 I'd have recommended reducing it. I don't know why the objects leant in so much at that fov. But my solution to correct for the keystoning effect was post Terragen, using the Transform > Perspective tool of Photoshop, on a selection of your scene from the bottom of your buildings up.

John

[inkydigit]

Thanks John, horiz. fov was 60...do you have any recommendations?

If your fov would have been wider than 60 I'd have recommended reducing it. I don't know why the objects leant in so much at that fov. But my solution to correct for the keystoning effect was post Terragen, using the Transform > Perspective tool of Photoshop, on a selection of your scene from the bottom of your buildings up.

John

cheers John. I have experimented and  totally re-built the scene... camera way further back, and a tighter focus...foreshortening is an issue though..ta for the reply, I will keep you posted...!
btw great job on the pw!

[Oshyan]

I don't really know. I figure the displacement inside the default shader doesn't work, so I added an image map between the default and the node under it. Displaced that, no color (I think). Chose the UV mapping in the drop-down list. See if that works for you.

Displacement should work in the Default Shader. Remember though that when using Raytrace Objects, your displacement gets rendered as a bump map.

- Oshyan

[TheBlackHole]

For some reason, this image screams "game enivironment!!!" at me. Probably because the walls are so flat.

[EoinArmstrong]

The lighting and mood are lovely, but yeah - the buildings could do with a little added 'texture'