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Title: The Misty Forest
Post by: ares2101 on November 18, 2011, 10:33:14 PM
(http://johnsonm.com/Art/The_Misty_Forest.jpg)

Made this with some tricks I learned from Making of Golden Forest tutorial. 
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: TheBadger on November 19, 2011, 01:25:03 PM
I think this looks very nice. Good job
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: masonspappy on November 19, 2011, 06:51:35 PM
Really Nice!  Maybe play around with the "do soft shadows" settings (under sunlight)??
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: ares2101 on November 19, 2011, 10:45:13 PM
Quote from: masonspappy on November 19, 2011, 06:51:35 PM
Really Nice!  Maybe play around with the "do soft shadows" settings (under sunlight)??

I haven't used that before, what does it do and is it a render-hog?
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: Dune on November 20, 2011, 02:54:07 AM
It takes a good deal longer, but it improves realism. Especially the shadows on the trunks would be visibly softer. Maybe it's not even necessary, you could try a crop...
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: dandelO on November 20, 2011, 12:57:29 PM
Very nice, Ares! I think the patterns in the mist are a bit too hard, I'd like to see the mist a bit softer but otherwise, lovely shot! :)
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: inkydigit on November 21, 2011, 03:50:57 PM
I echo the above....great start!
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: Jonathan on November 23, 2011, 10:01:34 AM
Lovely render, but do agree with teh mist being a bit knotty....maybe stretch the X or Z axis a bit to make it more wafty!
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: ares2101 on December 08, 2011, 06:53:38 PM
(http://johnsonm.com/Art/MistyForest.jpg)

I got around to doing another iteration of this one.  I added Soft Shadows and did an X, Y and Z stretch of 2 to the clouds, I think it's an improvement.
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: Dune on December 09, 2011, 03:32:15 AM
It is, definitely. Very nice.
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: masonspappy on December 09, 2011, 04:04:02 AM
Very pleasing to the eye. Can we go there yet?  ;D
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: Tangled-Universe on December 09, 2011, 11:13:14 AM
Very nice improvements...adding soft shadows made this image work, good mist too!

Cheers,
Martin
Title: Re: The Misty Forest
Post by: Antoine on December 09, 2011, 12:31:18 PM
very nice render!