My third panorama attempt... consists of 36, 800 x 600 renders stitched together with Hugin.
Stereographic Projection:
http://www.archer-designs.com/temp/stereographic-panorama.jpg (http://www.archer-designs.com/temp/stereographic-panorama.jpg)
Equirectangular Projection:
http://www.archer-designs.com/temp/equirectangular-panorama.jpg (http://www.archer-designs.com/temp/equirectangular-panorama.jpg)
QTVR video (use the mouse to move, control and shift to zoom):
http://www.archer-designs.com/temp/vibrant-water.mov (http://www.archer-designs.com/temp/vibrant-water.mov)
Now back to figuring out why this didn't work very well with GI...
Thanks for taking a look!
Nice clouds! A pity about some of the seams though. I like the QTVR format the best.
Very nice clouds! TGC please?
Thanks for pointing that out... There is only one seam on the Quicktime version, and not for long! I adjusted the colours at the wrong time and forgot to clean the edge up. I will fix it as soon as I can.
nvseal: The clouds are just a heavily modified version of the brilliant technique shown by FrankB.
The water is stunning - and the missing GI works fine with the bright sun.
Very nice,but you have some weird reflections in your water.
I uploaded the better "seamless" version of the video, the original link will still work. Thanks for the feedback!
Very cool. Reminds me of playing Myst.
Great water and great sky. Love the terrain. Fantastic job!