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Title: Alps
Post by: pokoy on May 03, 2012, 10:53:09 AM
This is my first post, so be gentle  ;)

I am absolutely overwhelmed by TG's abilities, it's powerful, flexible and fast... I have been trying to setup alpine mountains for ages in that other program but never succeeded. I then had a go with TG and had some very nice results on the second day already, amazing!

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Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Simius Strabus on May 03, 2012, 11:09:52 AM
I like it. Especially the second one. That's a keeper  :)
Did you add a lens flare?
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Zairyn Arsyn on May 03, 2012, 11:18:31 AM
not bad, not bad at all!  :)

im not sure which one i like best, so ill just say i like each render equally

are you using any tree populations in this? i cant tell.

Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Kadri on May 03, 2012, 11:29:10 AM

No need to be gentle Pokoy your renders look good  :)
I like 2 and 3. The clouds look nice on 2.
Would look better in a bigger render i think.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: pokoy on May 03, 2012, 11:31:19 AM
Thanks! Obviously, I need to learn a lot. But I've noticed that the forum is a good place to get help :)

Yes, there's a lens flare in the second one, and I used Photoshop on all of them for colors and levels.
I am rendering high res versions atm, will post when they're finished.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Chinaski on May 03, 2012, 12:07:35 PM
Very nice!

I love it because it's simple, and perfectly executed. Just a simple sky, with a simple relief, some simple textures, a nice composition, and perfect settings. Your pictures are clean and refreshing. I love also the serial aspect (several iterations of the same composition). Are you going to do others ?

Nicely done!
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Gannaingh on May 03, 2012, 12:24:34 PM
Well done, especially 2 and 3! Have you thought of how these might look in a wide-screen format? I think a panorama type image of these mountains would look great.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: pokoy on May 03, 2012, 02:26:51 PM
Thanks for the positive comments!

In fact, I'm rendering many different images with different camera settings and positions, sun positions etc. It's just mind blowing how fast it is. My initial intention was to render panoramic HDR environments for airplane renderings, but it looks like TG is perfectly able to deliver awesome backgrounds as well.

As for the wide-screen format, that's actually a very good idea, I agree. Would be nice though to have some kind of a panoramic/spherical camera built in (I know this is on the wish list of many users already) to avoid wide fov stretching, the camera already has a focal width of 24mm so it might look distorted in the end. Then again, rotating the camera and rendering separate images and stitching them is doable, it would just save some extra steps.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: ra on May 03, 2012, 04:27:48 PM
Great work. For me also the renders 2 and 3 are awesome. Great work with sunlight!
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: badvok on May 04, 2012, 10:22:36 PM
These are great. Especially the 3rd one. Very impressive :)

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Badvok
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Jo Kariboo on May 05, 2012, 11:16:17 PM
The last one is superb. Test in panoramic format.
Sorry for my bad english. 
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: pokoy on May 07, 2012, 09:05:53 AM
Thanks!

I spotted some strange things in the mountains in the last shot so I'll redo this one, but a panoramic high res view is definitely on the list. Thanks for the suggestions.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: inkydigit on May 07, 2012, 10:23:28 AM
no. 2 qnd 3 for me...great work pokoy, welcome!
:)
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Hetzen on May 07, 2012, 04:04:26 PM
I think they all look very convincing. Maybe a notch down on the cloud noise in the second one. That said, I'd pass them all as photo real.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: TheBadger on May 08, 2012, 12:00:50 AM
2&3 for me too.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: efflux on June 24, 2012, 09:12:42 PM
It's a great first post, especially the third image. That is a beautiful render. The colouring and lighting on the mountains shows up their forms perfectly. Clouds are just right. This is the best image I ever saw in a first post.
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Tangled-Universe on June 25, 2012, 03:40:46 AM
Quote from: efflux on June 24, 2012, 09:12:42 PM
It's a great first post, especially the third image. That is a beautiful render. The colouring and lighting on the mountains shows up their forms perfectly. Clouds are just right. This is the best image I ever saw in a first post.

Absolutely agree!

Looking forward to your next work :)

Cheers,
Martin
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Hannes on June 25, 2012, 05:17:25 AM
To me the 3rd one is not only the best first post I've ever seen in this forum, it's the best alpine image I've seen here at all.
I think it's so good, that I'm tempted to ask you, if you're sure that this is a TG image? ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: Tangled-Universe on June 25, 2012, 05:53:42 AM
Quote from: Hannes on June 25, 2012, 05:17:25 AM
To me the 3rd one is not only the best first post I've ever seen in this forum, it's the best alpine image I've seen here at all.
I think it's so good, that I'm tempted to ask you, if you're sure that this is a TG image? ;) ;) ;)

Yep it would make a nice print on my wall in my TG-office, which would require a high-res render ;)
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: FrankB on June 25, 2012, 02:07:15 PM
Quote from: Hetzen on May 07, 2012, 04:04:26 PM
I think they all look very convincing. Maybe a notch down on the cloud noise in the second one. That said, I'd pass them all as photo real.

+1 agree with Hetzen in all points!
Amazing work for a TG2 newcomer! Congrats!

Cheers,
Frank
Title: Re: Alps
Post by: pokoy on June 28, 2012, 04:49:57 AM
Thanks for the encouraging comments!
The plan is to revisit the scene and render some highres versions when time allows. I'll let you know.

Right now the terrain is fine from certain angles and in a certain light only, I'll have to work on it a bit more so it looks good in highres as well.