apparently, the storm hasn't reached the poor cherry tree yet. ;)
But in the distance, the tornado is playing its symphony of destruction.
Technically, this image took under 2 hours to render at 2K resolution, which is quite good considering the high quality settings used.
The Tornado is an early version of an upcoming NWDA product, and makes use of a few new features currently in beta. Well, to be precise, let's say there will be a corresponding NWDA product once the new features make it into a public release.
Here we go, hope you like it (reduced size to 1680 wide).
Regards,
Frank
that's a pretty sick looking tornado man! :o
Maybe increase the density of it at the bottom though
Very cool, Frank.
You are the master of atmo effects.
omg... :o :) 8)
I'm rooting for the Tornado!!!
come'on twister!!! :D
nah, just kidding.
i guess the tornados have advanced since the terragen tornado i saw on terragen.org :)
cant wait for the cherry tree to come out, it looks great.
Nice render :)
This is very highly realistic. And that is one cool tornado.
Very nice Frank, Very nice. Makes me curious how you concocted this... have to dive into the cloud settings again.
As you know Frank, I really like this image. Awesome tornado and cherry is sweet :)
Cheers,
Martin
Very, very good!
Excellent work.
Excellent tornado. Cant wait to see how this was done :)
Also looking forward to the "new features" I wonder what they could be :)
bring it on :)
Richard
awesome Frank, truely awesome ^^
Quote from: cyphyr on August 07, 2010, 04:50:16 AM
Excellent work.
Excellent tornado. Cant wait to see how this was done :)
Also looking forward to the "new features" I wonder what they could be :)
bring it on :)
Richard
First clue here Richard :) http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9894.0 (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9894.0)
WOW, very, very impressive!
Wow, awesome work. Just 2 ideas I have in mind: I think the clouds should be darker and there should be dust within the tornado.
thank you everyone, I am glad you like it.
Actually this scene is my contribution to a project I'm doing with a photographer, who is going to embed photographic elements into this, with the goal of making the entire scene look perfectly integrated and photo real. It's been a fun project so far, I can tell you.
Cheers,
Frank
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First clue here Richard :) http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9894.0 (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9894.0)
I must have missed that one from a couple of months back, very impressive, did the other animation ever progress any further ?
I very much like the offset feature, looks extremely promising :) Any ideas when the next release is due ... .. .
:)
Richard
Quote from: cyphyr on August 08, 2010, 04:51:45 AM
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First clue here Richard :) http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9894.0 (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9894.0)
I must have missed that one from a couple of months back, very impressive, did the other animation ever progress any further ?
I very much like the offset feature, looks extremely promising :) Any ideas when the next release is due ... .. .
:)
Richard
This was all I was allowed to say about it.
The animation has improved a lot, but still needs some work. I think I can do that this week, while I'm off from work :)
Martin
For the sake of completeness, here's how the story ended.
Together with Teddy Smith, an awesome photographer in the US, and his staff and team, the two attached images have been created by a quite nifty workflow experiement the two of us just did.
Some of you may have seen one of the two images posted on my facebook account already, but for those of you who haven't... here it is.
And if you're interested in a "making of" with lots of pictures, check out this thread on another forum: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=915249
And this is Teddy's portfolio: http://www.teddysmithstudio.com/portfolio.pdf
Cheers,
Frank
And this....
I liked this when you posted it on Facebook. Still do. It's a scary scene.
Hi Frank
WOW, wow, wow I just can agree with MGebhart.
ciao
Naoo
That looks like a great little experiment there Frank. Nicely done. And a striking result to boot. I hope everyone involved saw the potential of the colaboration.
Did you supply the z layers? And did you generate the DOF in Apple Motion?
That's excellent. Congrats to both of you on a successful workflow creation and end results. Great to see TG being used in new and creative ways, too. :)
- Oshyan
Quote from: Hetzen on November 12, 2010, 05:45:24 PM
That looks like a great little experiment there Frank. Nicely done. And a striking result to boot. I hope everyone involved saw the potential of the colaboration.
Did you supply the z layers? And did you generate the DOF in Apple Motion?
All postwork was really Teddy's job. I just gave him the final render, together with 4 DOF masks that focused on 4 different depths. This was really only due to the fact that I wasn't sure which target depth he wanted, so I made 4 of them. I don't have Apple Motion, I didn't even know it existed, but it seems the perfect tool to z-embed photography elements (such as people) in renders, especially when you have multiple depth maps, so that was a lucky coincidence that I made 4 of them.
Cheers,
Frank
The close up girls photo with the TG backdrop is simply awesome. Congrats Frank on an awesome collaboration. ;D
wow this is cool :o!!!!
I wish more people will use terragen for things like this
that girl is really pretty ;D
Reminded me of The Wizard of Oz. Nice job! ;D 8)
marvelous job dude ^^
AWESOME !
wooa, I missed the "nice" progress on that scene. I like that a lot, especially because it´s very untypical for a TG picture, well done!
very very nice Frank...
Congrats Frank, really well done piece.
Exceptional results.
Chris
Your 'low to the ground' images are always a treat to view with the grasses, weeds and flowers. The Tree and Tornado combination as points of interest are striking; and, invoke inspirations - looking forward to the release.
Thank you for this great feedback! I'm excited that you all like it that much! certainly motivates me to do some more of this in the future!
Cheers,
Frank
Quote from: FrankB on November 17, 2010, 03:06:48 PM
Thank you for this great feedback! I'm excited that you all like it that much! certainly motivates me to do some more of this in the future!
Cheers,
Frank
Yes, I would like to see a scene where the tornado is working its way through a farm area (barns, fences, etc.). Perhaps some debris in the air near the base of the tornado. Include dandelO's oppressive clouds here; or, one of your own cloud atmospheres.