overcast skies

Dune · February 23, 2010, 02:24:11 AM

Ladies and Gentlemen.... my vote goes out to...... variant 2!

Stunning cloud, Frank.

FrankB · February 23, 2010, 05:20:15 AM

Here's the last one, it's essentially the same as the previous, but with a higher cloud coverage.

I've packed them together as a shiny new "Overcast Skies Pack" at NWDA

http://www.nwdanet.com/buy-packs/7-preset-packs/53-overcast-skies-pack.html

Cheers,
Frank

FrankB · February 23, 2010, 05:22:19 AM

Thanks for your comments and voting

However, despite what's the most appealing scene as such, all 4 skies can be the right choice - just depending on what you are trying to do, or which lighting and weather conditions you are trying to simulate. So these 4 give you a little choice

Cheers,
Frank

Tangled-Universe · February 23, 2010, 07:27:09 AM

The last one looks nearly exactly what I had in mind when we're talking on IM, fantastic work!
This will make a very nice pack

I have great plans with it already

I see a technical error though. In the upper left there's a bucket which is way noisier than the rest. It's not the top-left bucket, but the one next to it.
Perhaps something to look for and see if you can reproduce it, if you see what I mean?

FrankB · February 23, 2010, 08:06:22 AM

made another more spooky one.

Tangled-Universe · February 23, 2010, 08:13:17 AM

Perhaps a bit too much, but certainly very cool

Is this one included in the pack as well?

FrankB · February 23, 2010, 08:17:33 AM

yeah, it's fantasy style.

But no, it's not included. It actually doesn't have much to do with the other overcast presets. Completely different theme here.
To reproduce it you would just take the last preset, increase coverage, add a lightsource behind the camera, and switch off "do rt shadows" in the render node.

Cheers,
Frank

MacGyver · March 01, 2010, 01:38:58 PM

I think the last one would look great (and perhaps more realistic) without the background light on, still pretty stormy/spooky