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Title: Above the Alps
Post by: pokoy on November 06, 2012, 11:41:09 AM
This is an image I recently finished for Lufthansa.

I exported part of the terrain to World Machine, applied erosion and imported back in Terragen for the final rendering. I also created a HDR panorama which was used in 3dsmax for the rendering of the airplanes and finally comped it in Photoshop.

Hope you like it!
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: Simius Strabus on November 06, 2012, 11:43:53 AM
Awesome render pokoy!
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Post by: otakar on November 06, 2012, 12:47:47 PM
Beautiful. Will be used in advertising?
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Post by: Kadri on November 06, 2012, 01:54:41 PM

Looks great Pokoy!
I am not sure about the scale of the mountain and planes but it looks very nice.
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Post by: Lady of the Lake on November 06, 2012, 06:08:40 PM
Outstanding artwork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Bjur on November 06, 2012, 08:24:36 PM
Wow, i love it!

Quality is top notch.

Why 2 Planes instead of one well placed plane (because of realism)?

Lufthansa wishes!?
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: Oshyan on November 06, 2012, 09:03:02 PM
Excellent result. I'm curious what the plane models would have looked like rendered natively in Terragen, but I'm sure Brazil gives some advantages for complex object rendering and materials.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: TheBadger on November 07, 2012, 04:12:19 AM
Absolutely Gorgeous terrain!  :o :o :o

QuoteI'm curious what the plane models would have looked like rendered natively in Terragen
Meto. Is there such a render?

Oshyan, what is brazil? Some plug-in for max?
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: pokoy on November 07, 2012, 09:00:21 AM
Glad you like it guys, I have put quite some time into it so it's good to hear some good words ;)

otakar: Yes, I hope so!

Kadri: Actually, the mountain is quite a bit larger than real-world mountains, nice catch!

Bjur: Basically, we were looking for an appropriate background where we were able to show two planes and then ended up using this image. We usually show only one airplane, this time we needed to show two of them.

Oshyan: This is something I wanted to test to have an idea of how the plane would look with proper lighting in Terragen, but I haven't done so. If time allows, I'll import some of the fuselage into Terragen to see how it looks up there. Still, the ability to render HDR spherical environments in Terragen does help a lot (hint: it would be awesome to have this in Terragen out of the box :) ).

TheBadger: Brazil is a renderer plugin for 3dsmax, comparable to Vray. It's not available anymore and its development has been stopped quite some time ago, unfortunately.
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Post by: Icegrip on November 08, 2012, 10:53:54 AM
Very nice scene! :)
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Post by: efflux on November 09, 2012, 03:09:56 AM
This is great.
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Post by: mhaze on November 09, 2012, 06:17:07 AM
This is very well done
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Post by: mt_sabao on November 18, 2012, 03:08:12 PM
amazing work, congratulations!
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: pokoy on November 20, 2012, 04:51:07 AM
Thanks all!!
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: inkydigit on November 20, 2012, 07:27:48 AM
great shot pokoy! Love it!

Quote from: TheBadger on November 07, 2012, 04:12:19 AM
Absolutely Gorgeous terrain!  :o :o :o

QuoteI'm curious what the plane models would have looked like rendered natively in Terragen
Meto. Is there such a render?

Oshyan, what is brazil? Some plug-in for max?
check here:
http://swissada.deviantart.com/art/deviantART-Airline-331378428?q=gallery%3Aswissada%2F25577298&qo=7
http://swissada.deviantart.com/gallery
:)
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: TheBadger on November 20, 2012, 11:33:59 AM
Thanks Inky.

Looking at the two its hard to say where the two really differ. The TG2 render looks more shiny. But that looks to be just a mater of choice in settings.

Can anyone point out a difference in the rendering of the aircraft? Why might one be better than the other?
Title: Re: Above the Alps
Post by: pokoy on November 20, 2012, 12:34:37 PM
Some gorgeous artwork over there and a very nice result for the airplane!

As for the differences: you have a lot more of control over materials in the major 3d apps, depending on the renderer plugin of course. The most apparent difference will be in the GI and details in non-lit areas, I guess. For example, the fan and the interior of the engine at the front opening lack a proper definition and look rather flat (just an obeservation, not a critique!). Renderers like Brazil, Vray or Mentalray will render those areas with a lot more detail. Terragen's renderer delivers beautiful results on large scale stuff, smaller scale details tend to wash out imo, but I guess it's intended because it couldn't render a planet if it was to take care of a 1m detail.