Realistic Abstraction

Started by Jayhawker, April 07, 2010, 08:04:23 PM

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Jayhawker

My last render: http://jayhawker.deviantart.com/art/Realistic-Abstraction-159654616

This was interesting to make. The cloud layer was blended by an image mask made on Apophysis and edited on Photoshop.
There was a problem, however, that I didn't know how to fix:

Initially the cloud covered the whole sky, with high density, and depth.
Then I used the Image Map Shader with Projection Type = Through Camera.
Everything was fine until I create the terrain. The bottom part of the cloud created shadows on the terrain, even the terrain being in front of it.

After few minutes trying lot of things, I've decided to create another camera on the same position of the one I was using and change the Projection camera of the Image Map Shader to this new one. Worked fine and cloud (and its shadows) went to behind the terrain.

So, this is a tip for everyone who may get the same problem: use two cameras ;D

Hope you like the image.
And be welcome to watch me on deviantArt ;D
Jayhawker

Kadri


Yes it is interesting and nice , Jayhawker :)

domdib

Intriguing - and thanks for the tip.

Zairyn Arsyn

that cloud is Alive  ;D :)

interesting, keep up the interesting renders!
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MacGyver

Could almost be an exploding geyser, interesting idea. Can you up the cloud quality a bit more or is this "spray" around the edges intentional?
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Zairyn Arsyn

yeah, a big exploding geyser at that. would'nt mind seeing that :D
Quote from: MacGyver on April 08, 2010, 11:09:48 AM
Could almost be an exploding geyser, interesting idea. Can you up the cloud quality a bit more or is this "spray" around the edges intentional?
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