Recent posts
#1
Last post by Dune - December 09, 2024, 01:12:51 AM
That's a bit of a wide question, so I suggest to use the search function and find threads about clouds and perhaps files. There are lots of those here.
I would just make a cloud layer, hover the camera over it and experiment with all parameters. Perhaps mix a few fractals (soft and harder), warp (by warp shader or inside the cloud node), etc. Use v2 cloud. (right click, add cloud layer).
#2
Last post by Dune - December 09, 2024, 01:08:10 AM
Looks good. I hardly ever do something with planets, but I saved them anyway, so thank you. For whenever...
#3
Last post by digitalguru - December 08, 2024, 08:01:26 PM
Early days yet, just a quick comp while I'm dressing the scene with foliage. Actually the only Terragen element is the terrain. The flora and shadows are comped from Maya... But yes, I take your point in embracing the shadows.
#4
Last post by Matt - December 08, 2024, 07:46:32 PM
...and then crush the blacks slightly in comp.
#5
Last post by Matt - December 08, 2024, 07:44:47 PM
My advice would be to get more shadow into your scene (so the spots of sunlight are few and far between), don't try to force the shadows to be lighter than the path tracer renders (relative to sunlight) so the contrast between sunlight and shadow stays high, don't change the default sunlight diameter, and increase exposure to get the shadows where you want them to be.
#6
Last post by digitalguru - December 08, 2024, 07:41:34 PM
I take your point, I think I need to get a bit more contrast more than anything. A lot of this is in the comp, so very tweakable.
I found some nice reference after I started this and I'd like to get closer the the image below:
#7
Last post by Matt - December 08, 2024, 07:31:05 PM
Great!
#8
Last post by Matt - December 08, 2024, 07:28:09 PM
It feels dark compared to your reference photos, but that can be fixed by increasing exposure. (At the risk of me sounding like a broken record!)
#9
Last post by digitalguru - December 08, 2024, 06:35:24 PM
another WIP:
#10
Last post by aknight0 - December 08, 2024, 05:52:05 PM
Some simple planetary rings made in Photoshop.
