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Title: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: russe166 on August 29, 2014, 12:48:42 PM
Hi!

I have just finished the animated .gif for the 'Strata and outcrops shader v2'

http://www.planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Strata_And_Outcrops_Shader_v2 (http://www.planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Strata_And_Outcrops_Shader_v2)

and for the "Fractal Detail Tab" of the 'Heightfield Shader'

http://www.planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Heightfield_Shader_-_Fractal_Detail_Tab (http://www.planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Heightfield_Shader_-_Fractal_Detail_Tab)
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: archonforest on August 29, 2014, 01:14:02 PM
This is awesome. Big thx for doing it :D
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Oshyan on August 29, 2014, 03:37:07 PM
Excellent, keep up the good work! It's greatly appreciated. :)

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: TheBadger on August 29, 2014, 05:18:14 PM
THAT IS SOOOOOO HELPFUL!! Thank you from me too :)
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: RogueNZ on August 29, 2014, 07:06:02 PM
Cheers man, these are really helpful!
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Dune on August 30, 2014, 03:09:44 AM
Good job, man! That'll shed some light on these settings for sure.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Kadri on August 30, 2014, 03:22:57 AM
Visualizing those settings helps so much. Nice work :)
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Hannes on August 30, 2014, 08:51:55 AM
Fantastic! Pictures tell more than words.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Lady of the Lake on August 30, 2014, 12:15:51 PM
Thank you VERY much.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: russe166 on August 30, 2014, 12:48:05 PM
Thank you for your answers!

In the last few months I made animated gifs of almost all shaders of the 'Terragen preset scene' and a few more
(like the crater shader, lake, Surface Layer - Effects Tab,Heightfield erode v3 01).

The hard part of it is to find out what each parameter is good for and to find the right scale to show it in the .gifs.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: zaxxon on August 31, 2014, 11:16:47 AM
Very Helpful, and very much appreciated, thanks!
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: RedSquare on October 21, 2014, 11:48:56 AM
@russe166

8) You little darling; At last the WIKI has been brought into the 21st Century. As a noobie returnee to Terragen I am so very grateful for your dedication to the cause.   :D
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on October 21, 2014, 06:07:51 PM
Now those are very helpful, as Hannes says, A pic is worth a thousand words. There are more of these in the WIKI,,,guessing they're also yours...great community spirit mate.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Oshyan on October 21, 2014, 07:55:50 PM
Glad to see this is still being worked on and our "encouragement" was helpful. :D

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: russe166 on October 22, 2014, 03:51:30 AM
I am happy that the animated gifs are helpful.  :) I intend to make many more ...
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: archonforest on October 22, 2014, 05:02:27 AM
Quote from: russe166 on October 22, 2014, 03:51:30 AM
I am happy that the animated gifs are helpful.  :) I intend to make many more ...

Ohh yeah!
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on October 22, 2014, 09:52:06 AM
Quote from: archonforest on October 22, 2014, 05:02:27 AM
Quote from: russe166 on October 22, 2014, 03:51:30 AM
I am happy that the animated gifs are helpful.  :) I intend to make many more ...

Ohh yeah!

Echo archonforest.....
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: russe166 on November 16, 2014, 07:14:32 AM
Hi!

I have just finished the animated .gif for the 'Alpine fractal shader v2'

http://www.planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Alpine_Fractal_Shader_v2

and

http://www.planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Alpine_Fractal_Shader_v2_-_Settings_Tab
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on November 16, 2014, 10:08:47 AM
Awesome...learned somethings right off...thanks again for doing these.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: archonforest on November 16, 2014, 10:09:10 AM
Niiiiice! :)
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Dune on November 16, 2014, 10:42:01 AM
Beautifully done! Thanks so much, on behalf of everybody.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Hannes on November 16, 2014, 11:27:43 AM
Thanks a lot again! Fantastic!
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Hannes on November 16, 2014, 11:38:32 AM
I have one question: on the third GIF of your last post's first link ("Lead-in octaves 2") the structure almost looks like elephant skin or even cracked mud. Is this a regular alpine fractal?
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: russe166 on November 16, 2014, 11:47:29 AM
Yes, it has the standard settings, but the Lead-in octaves are 3, 4 and 5. The camera is placed in the orbit of the planet.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on November 16, 2014, 11:57:58 AM
Quote from: Hannes on November 16, 2014, 11:38:32 AM
I have one question: on the third GIF of your last post's first link ("Lead-in octaves 2") the structure almost looks like elephant skin or even cracked mud. Is this a regular alpine fractal?

the settings are displayed in the dialog settings tab above the gifs...I was curious as well so tried a few and those settings are the start point.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Hannes on November 16, 2014, 12:10:56 PM
Great! So could the alpine fractal with the appropriate scale- and lead-in octaves settings also be used for cracked surfaces?
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on November 16, 2014, 04:05:22 PM
Quote from: Hannes on November 16, 2014, 12:10:56 PM
Great! So could the alpine fractal with the appropriate scale- and lead-in octaves settings also be used for cracked surfaces?

Looks like, masked by a paint or SS shader...gonna try that.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: TheBadger on November 16, 2014, 04:08:01 PM
I thought that looked interesting too Hannes. Did not see something like that from the alpine before. More proof that this gif project is very useful!
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on November 16, 2014, 06:00:24 PM
Quote from: Hannes on November 16, 2014, 12:10:56 PM
Great! So could the alpine fractal with the appropriate scale- and lead-in octaves settings also be used for cracked surfaces?

a quick & dirty says yup...here's my starting point on a default terrain, alpine constrained to the flat area.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Hannes on November 19, 2014, 07:59:18 AM
Great, Bobby! Looks almost like a macro photography of human skin.
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on November 19, 2014, 09:26:13 AM
Quote from: Hannes on November 19, 2014, 07:59:18 AM
Great, Bobby! Looks almost like a macro photography of human skin.

It does have that quality. I figger this technique, being based as it is on the Alpine shader, will be reserved for when I have lots of time to render but it works really well and is quite adaptable...
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Dune on November 19, 2014, 10:27:15 AM
Yeah, Hannes, you can use it on your knights to turn them into fractilized zombies  :D
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: Hannes on November 19, 2014, 04:40:12 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Animated GIF for the Terragen WIKI
Post by: bobbystahr on November 19, 2014, 06:57:50 PM
Quote from: Dune on November 19, 2014, 10:27:15 AM
Yeah, Hannes, you can use it on your knights to turn them into fractilized zombies  :D

Oh Ulco, now you've done it...you mentioned them and now the zombies will know where we are, hee hee hee...