This is a .ter file I tried when TG first came out and noticed it again...I think the AZ together attracts my eye. Anyhow having been in this for years now I took another crack at it...Liking it so far but spotted some 'tearing' in a few places. No idea why that is as I added no displacement to the DEM based .ter file, the foreground Pine Tree is by Walli, and both grass populations from Dune's free pack, ver, 5 and 10 and an XFROG Bishop Pine population on the cliffs. C&C as always is welcome....
Nice one, Bobby. Except voor the sky (too wild), and the trees on the scree slopes. I would move them down a bit. Some waterplants along the shores here and there?
Definitely worth some more work - It's an excellent composition.
Quote from: Dune on January 29, 2019, 03:23:13 AM
Nice one, Bobby. Except voor the sky (too wild), and the trees on the scree slopes. I would move them down a bit. Some waterplants along the shores here and there?
Thanks Ulco...agree the sky was a [lace holder and the trees, well they're restricted by slope and there's not a lot of level landings..if I increase the slope many wind up 1/2 embedded in the cliff...and sigh, most of my good plants are stuck on the 'boat anchor'. Was going to get it finally to the shop today(might be a video card as at last start up couldn't find the monitor and went into a clicking cycle I'd not experienced yet)but it's -34 C./-29.4 F. as I type over morning coffee. My pal's auto refuses to start...wish I was actually in Antelope Canyon atm...at least I'd be warm
complaints over...sorry...it's the c c c c cold talking.
Minus 34 :o That's quite awful, though frost can be so beautiful. Indeed, better render nice desert-like scenes!
Quote from: Dune on January 29, 2019, 12:17:34 PM
Minus 34 :o That's quite awful, though frost can be so beautiful. Indeed, better render nice desert-like scenes!
that's a plan I have in mind heh heh...might help my 'interior' temps anyway!
Nice composition, Bobby. Love the isolated tree.
–29 ℉? Actual temp, not windchill? Brr. We're expecting the Arctic Express to enter our area today, but I don't think we'll be seeing anything like that. Keep thinking warm!
Quote from: sboerner on January 29, 2019, 01:10:13 PM
Nice composition, Bobby. Love the isolated tree.
–29 ℉? Actual temp, not windchill? Brr. We're expecting the Arctic Express to enter our area today, but I don't think we'll be seeing anything like that. Keep thinking warm!
Thanks man...stil tweakin but got 2 CTDs in a row so will be moving to a suggested desert scene to warm my mind hee hee hee...Doin' my best...plan for today is stay indoors heh heh heh
Turn off the cooling of your CPU and render away ;D Keeps the house warm maybe.
Quote from: Dune on January 30, 2019, 02:18:48 AM
Turn off the cooling of your CPU and render away ;D Keeps the house warm maybe.
warm in here....I have a high efficiency gas forced air set to 71 F. so it's comfortable. It's the going out part I'm avoiding...except for the Tues. Nite Jam I just returned from. But I was picked up and dropped off so the cold exposure was limited heh heh heh
Hey what a nice strategy to keep the house warm :)
In my "Terragen-office" I have swiched radiator off... the cpu's do all the work ;D
I agree with the others ... some work on the clouds but the rest is a beautiful composition!
I remember this terrain, from Chronor's old site I believe. Mimic above comment, very nice Bobby
Quote from: DannyG on January 30, 2019, 08:25:01 AM
I remember this terrain, from Chronor's old site I believe. Mimic above comment, very nice Bobby
Thanks for that Danny, I've had it so long I forgot where it came from...thanks for the prop as well
Feel the heat. Having some three dog nights here also! ;D
Good one!
I googled Antelope Canyon AZ and got this link
https://sketchfab.com/models/c53e150ff9904a40b1973c0877d0dcfb
never knew it ended in a dam
Well here tis with all suggestions applied and an added 'hero' tree to keep that lonely old pine company. Both trees by Walli as well as the rush grass along the banks.Grasses as said before from Dune's free pack and the tree pop from XFROG.
I'll agree it's a fine start, Bobby. Yeah, tone down the altocumulus a tad. But that's my kind of desert scene!
Developing fine, one of your better renders, Bobby. Keep it up. What I'd suggest is more patchiness in the water, and smaller patches (10-20m) so it seems water is quite still, but with smaller areas of wind blowing up small wavelets. Makes the reflection smoother also, which you can increase by using a reflective shader (smooth settings at 0.004). Also I'd suggest setting rotation to the shrub on top of the rocks. I often set rotation to 1, and angles to 10/10 or so.
The shore grasses are really nicely placed.
Quote from: Dune on January 31, 2019, 02:32:40 AM
Developing fine, one of your better renders, Bobby. Keep it up. What I'd suggest is more patchiness in the water, and smaller patches (10-20m) so it seems water is quite still, but with smaller areas of wind blowing up small wavelets. Makes the reflection smoother also, which you can increase by using a reflective shader (smooth settings at 0.004). Also I'd suggest setting rotation to the shrub on top of the rocks. I often set rotation to 1, and angles to 10/10 or so.
The shore grasses are really nicely placed.
" the shrub on top of the rocks."...there are only grass pops and the one tree pop...do you perhaps mean the greenery around the tree? that is grass 10.
crashing now but will check back when I get up
Well I mean this stuff. The horizontal dark areas can be avoided, IMO.
Quote from: Dune on January 31, 2019, 02:45:21 AM
Well I mean this stuff. The horizontal dark areas can be avoided, IMO.
Yeah that was bugging me as well...that's Dune grass 5 by the way so I'll have to figure some other way to get rid of those. They've bugged me since I did em and no seed seemed to help.
Just did another test and got a CTD event...sigh.Will keep trying for another wee while before I move on to something else to refresh my brain...stuck in a rut it seems.
Still testing and it seems that the DEM contains strata displacement in those areas...
I could possibly raise the upper limit of the tree pop to mask that pattern out while keeping the veg density which I like
Rendering with raised tree pop atm and so far, so good..
Cancelled out of that as I'd forgotten to tweak the water...workin' on that now
Well here she is, I think I got it all......
Looks very good now! I like it.
Echo that!
Thanks guys.. was worth the effort...
Nice!
Quote from: sboerner on February 01, 2019, 10:47:29 AM
Nice!
Thanks, for me it's the 2 Walli hero type trees that made it pop for me...He's one talented veg modeler...and these he gave away...most generous....
Very nice update!