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Title: red planet
Post by: ThinkPink on July 25, 2007, 10:30:21 AM
my new render. TER with WorldMachine

c&c welcome
Title: Re: red planet
Post by: moodflow on July 25, 2007, 11:17:08 AM
Pretty nice for sure.  I like how you have multiple planets and a few close stars.  I like how the planets overlap too.  The widescreen format is a plus.

Things I would improve would be the texture on the largest planet (seems a bit flat and soft), and the overall image sharpening (drop this down some), as it enhances the color gradient banding.  Even better would be to use Photoshop to selectively add sharpening where needed.

Additionally, the terrain is a bit 'too' perfect and aggressive.  Maybe you can run it through another erosion filter in World Machine (like a flood of slurry)?  That oughtta tame that terrain!
Title: Re: red planet
Post by: rcallicotte on July 25, 2007, 12:34:08 PM
OMG.  I love this.  So fantastical and full of variety.  How long did it take to render?
Title: Re: red planet
Post by: ThinkPink on July 25, 2007, 02:38:07 PM
moodflow: Thanks for your comment. Yes, your right with the sharpening and i will try an erosion filter. Next time :)

calico: because i have still the free version the size limits are 800x600. So I do 2 renders and merged them in PS. The left side took 2h 40 min, the right side 3h 30min; Renderdetails 0.79; GI both 2.
But i've a dual core. So one CPU renders the left and the other one did the right at the same time.
Title: Re: red planet
Post by: rcallicotte on July 25, 2007, 02:42:32 PM
Cool.  Nice CPU.   :o
Title: Re: red planet
Post by: red_planet on July 25, 2007, 03:43:49 PM
Nice....

;)
Title: Re: red planet
Post by: moodflow on July 25, 2007, 08:01:20 PM
Quote from: ThinkPink on July 25, 2007, 02:38:07 PM
moodflow: Thanks for your comment. Yes, your right with the sharpening and i will try an erosion filter. Next time :)

Definitely not knocking the image!  It still looks great.