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Title: Crop circle.
Post by: bla bla 2 on September 28, 2010, 06:42:02 AM
Is possible of create crop circle ?  :)
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: sjefen on September 28, 2010, 06:57:43 AM
Yes. It is possible. How you would make it depends on how accurate and fancy it should be.

There may be better ways, but I would use a image as a mask for where the grass won't be able to grow.
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: Volker Harun on September 28, 2010, 07:31:28 AM
Quote from: sjefen on September 28, 2010, 06:57:43 AM
Yes. It is possible. How you would make it depends on how accurate and fancy it should be.

There may be better ways, but I would use a image as a mask for where the grass won't be able to grow.
Not much to add ... just, that it is fairly hard to let the crop be bent to the right directions ... maybe multiple populations each at another angle, defined by the circle's center would do it. One Pop at 0°-14°, one from 15° to 29° and so on ...
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: sjefen on September 28, 2010, 10:32:17 AM
Yeah.... I was thinking about that afterwards ???
Maybe if your not to close you could get away using just a image to simulate that effect.

Regards,
Terje
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: reck on September 28, 2010, 01:41:12 PM
Hi,

This is part of an image i've been working on and I tested out a crop circle.
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: Volker Harun on September 28, 2010, 01:43:59 PM
Nice! :)
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: Kadri on September 28, 2010, 02:50:51 PM
Quote from: reck on September 28, 2010, 01:41:12 PM
Hi,
This is part of an image i've been working on and I tested out a crop circle.

I want to see the other parts too , Reck ! Preferably as a whole  :)
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: inkydigit on September 28, 2010, 05:29:12 PM
very very nice reck, did you use multiple distance shaders or image maps?
I am inspired to try something like this!

edit:  lots of stuff available
http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1923&bih=1039&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=crop+circle+brushes&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= (http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1923&bih=1039&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=crop+circle+brushes&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=)
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: reck on September 29, 2010, 04:18:18 AM
Quote from: Kadri on September 28, 2010, 02:50:51 PM
Quote from: reck on September 28, 2010, 01:41:12 PM
Hi,
This is part of an image i've been working on and I tested out a crop circle.

I want to see the other parts too , Reck ! Preferably as a whole  :)

Well there's not a lot to see with the top half of the image yet. There's a forest area and a farm house being built (in Blender 2.5  ;D) but right now it's a bit barren.
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: reck on September 29, 2010, 04:20:03 AM
Quote from: inkydigit on September 28, 2010, 05:29:12 PM
very very nice reck, did you use multiple distance shaders or image maps?
I am inspired to try something like this!

edit:  lots of stuff available
http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1923&bih=1039&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=crop+circle+brushes&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= (http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1923&bih=1039&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=crop+circle+brushes&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=)

Just a simple image map, very easy to do. I did try just painting the image on first of all using the painter shader but it didn't work very well unfortunately.
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: inkydigit on September 29, 2010, 05:10:31 AM
thanks reck, when I tried distributing fake stones in a stone circle I managed to get some nice results using distribution shaders, though there was only one ring, I may dabble with a series of these to see how it turns out....
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: Kadri on September 29, 2010, 09:02:35 AM
Quote from: reck on September 29, 2010, 04:18:18 AM
...
Well there's not a lot to see with the top half of the image yet. There's a forest area and a farm house being built (in Blender 2.5  ;D) but right now it's a bit barren.

No problem , i can wait  :)
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: j meyer on September 29, 2010, 10:26:38 AM
Nice CC.

inkydigit - you should give the simple shape shader a try,when combined
               you can produce some nice and easy patterns.
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: reck on September 29, 2010, 11:12:27 AM
Quote from: j meyer on September 29, 2010, 10:26:38 AM
you should give the simple shape shader a try

Good idea, I always forget about the simple shape shader.
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: nethskie on September 29, 2010, 10:39:59 PM
i did one a month ago here:

Girls' Generation Crop Circle

(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2010/222/c/3/Girls___Generation_Crop_Circle_by_nethskie.jpg) (http://nethskie.deviantart.com/art/Girls-Generation-Crop-Circle-174865859)
Title: Re: Crop circle.
Post by: bla bla 2 on October 03, 2010, 09:00:41 AM
Thank you,