Lupine by Walli, cattails by Dune, trees by X-Frog, sorry don't know about the canoe.
Can someone tell me why this looks so "grainy"? I tried lots of things to make it better, to no avail. (TG3, free version)
Thanks for looking.
Lyla
What are your render settings and atmosphere settings? Looks like there is a lot of haze in the atmo.....................may not have your settings high enough.
Richard
At one time I had the haze setting at 0, but when I rendered it was .117, samples 34, height 0. Render setting, as high as the free version will allow which is AA4 and detail .6. Mitchell-Netrnali, default GI settings, checked DOF with noise reduction, Def atmosphere. I tried the sun at different locations and elevations; couldn't seem to get anything better. :-(
I know you said you tried a lot of different sun positions; but, consider the upper right hand corner of the scene. You need to get some light on the water for a more effective scene. Play with the altitude ... maybe at 18 or lower. Even try moving the sun more to the right. Then, work with your GI settings.
I like this scene, but there's something funny about the water. It's very dark. Is that on purpose? For a pleasing scene like this I'd use 'normal' water, just decrease the biggest wave size from 10 to 0.5, and maybe transparency from 10m to 3m or so. Maybe also reduce wave roughness to 0.005 or 0.01. I would also increase coverage of trees on the furthest bumps where the river bends, maybe all the way down to the water. Isn't the default atmo node working good enough here?
Will try all suggested but don't think I want the sun on the other side of the water. I think I want the shadows coming from the other side. Back later.
Better?
Lowered some of the trees in the bend of the river. Changed the color of the water....a little "muddy" now. Changed the position of the sun a bit, brightened the right willow tree, changed the pixel filter to sharp, and increased the GI settings.
Comments, please.
Yes better, nice improvement !!!
Looks much better............... ;D
Thanks for your help everyone. Appreciated. ;D
Good rework here, much improved.
Yes, this is really much better.
Damn good Lyla
That does look nice. Colors are much more true now.
I like the heavy atmo here... Real lazy feel...nicely done!
:)
J
looks real nice.
I like.
But as a person who never posted a still (pic) till yet in this section here I have to moan..
Too much blue haze/atmo stuff in your good scene i say!
*Run and hides ;D
@bjur: you never did? Why not?
It´s because lack of time and my kind of handling TG I guess.
Since I'm testing TG just for animation till yet, I'm doin the opposite what would makes a still beautiful as
I try everytime to crush down visuals and possibilities instead evolving or learning them.
I still feel like a very beginner creating (still) stuff in all.. :/
But i try to spit out a simple still these days as the support don't want to sell me an TG3 upgrade it seems and I have to wait. ^
Whatnow? Of course we want to sell you a TG3 upgrade. :D What seems to be the trouble?
- OShyan