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Title: overcast skies
Post by: usertm on March 18, 2011, 09:58:33 AM
Hello

I've been struggling with doing a an overcast sky in the sense that my clouds are coming out very "marshmellowy?  I'm looking for hazy, but with clouds with detail.  Take a look at my marshmellow clouds....:(

suggestions?
Title: Re: overcast skies
Post by: Tangled-Universe on March 18, 2011, 10:13:11 AM
An easy way to get started is this:

Create a new atmosphere node and connect it to the planet node.

Set the haze density to 4
Increase haze exponential height from 3000 to something like 6000-8000.
Play with the glow settings to regulate the light falloff by the sun.

Beware that if you apply this to your existing scene that you will have to adjust the lighting settings for your clouds, as the atmosphere is key in how shading on surfaces and clouds look.

Cheers,
Martin
Title: Re: overcast skies
Post by: usertm on March 18, 2011, 10:52:39 AM
Thanks so much for your suggestion   :)

I'm going to give that a whirl...
Title: Re: overcast skies
Post by: FrankB on March 18, 2011, 12:18:12 PM
http://store.nwdanet.com/terragen2store/6-terragen-2-presets/7-atmosphere-a-clouds/72-cloudy-day-by-frankb.html

This could probably also give you additional pointers.

Cheers,
Frank