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Title: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 05, 2015, 12:28:29 PM
I've made another cover art for a tune and this is probably the most
abstract image I've ever made with Terragen =)

I will post a link to the tune once it's uploaded ;-)

Regards,
Terje
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix
Post by: archonforest on January 05, 2015, 12:48:13 PM
Awesome stuff. Like it a lot.
Yeah post the link for the muzax pls!
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix
Post by: sjefen on January 05, 2015, 12:53:44 PM
Thank you. I'm glad to hear you like it :-).

Once the tune is uploaded, I will update this thread with the link ;-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix
Post by: Kadri on January 05, 2015, 12:55:05 PM

Looks nice.
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix
Post by: TheBadger on January 05, 2015, 02:48:10 PM
WOW! Really not something I would have thought to see from TG  8) Pretty cool man.
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix
Post by: sjefen on January 05, 2015, 02:49:43 PM
Thanks guys :-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix
Post by: Dune on January 06, 2015, 02:38:23 AM
The render really shows the title, which is great! Well thought out!
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: inkydigit on January 07, 2015, 09:00:53 AM
great job.... how did you make this?
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 07, 2015, 09:10:56 AM
Quote from: inkydigit on January 07, 2015, 09:00:53 AM
great job.... how did you make this?

I thought it would be pretty obvious here in this forum how I made it ;-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: Upon Infinity on January 07, 2015, 01:41:00 PM
Quote from: sjefen on January 07, 2015, 09:10:56 AM
Quote from: inkydigit on January 07, 2015, 09:00:53 AM
great job.... how did you make this?

I thought it would be pretty obvious here in this forum how I made it ;-)

The sphere is obvious.  The application of a vortex shader is obvious.  Not so obvious is the manner in which it is applied.  Kind of looks like water and atmo shaders together...
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: bobbystahr on January 07, 2015, 02:21:51 PM
Agree with UI, what was being asked I think was method of as it is quite unusual indeed.
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 07, 2015, 02:46:22 PM
Ah.... I see  :)

It is just a terrain and some clouds with a vortex warp shader applied. The terrain look similar to
water cause of its shader.


Cheers
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: inkydigit on January 07, 2015, 03:43:40 PM
Quote from: sjefen on January 07, 2015, 02:46:22 PM
Ah.... I see  :)

It is just a terrain and some clouds with a vortex warp shader applied. The terrain look similar to
water cause of its shader.


Cheers
Thanks :)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: Upon Infinity on January 07, 2015, 04:29:25 PM
Great.  Now let's see it animated.   ;)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: bobbystahr on January 07, 2015, 06:00:27 PM
Thanks man, cool trick...well done. And it would look awesome animated I'll just bet!
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 07, 2015, 10:47:34 PM
Hahaha. One frame takes way to long to render for me to even consider animating it ;-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: bobbystahr on January 08, 2015, 12:30:14 AM
Quote from: sjefen on January 07, 2015, 10:47:34 PM
Hahaha. One frame takes way to long to render for me to even consider animating it ;-)

heh heh heh, hence my italics on would
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: N-drju on January 08, 2015, 02:13:22 AM
But you can just reduce the resolution to, say 800x600 with a little bit lower detail. Animation would look cool nonetheless I think. I'm compiling one right now at 800x600, det=0.61, AA=5 and it's not too bad. :) Still about four-five days of rendering... But I do it in parts.
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 08, 2015, 02:31:31 AM
Ok. I'll consider it, but it would take a little more time for me. I haven't done much animation with Terragen, so I would have to figure out how to do it first :-)

Cheers
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: Oshyan on January 08, 2015, 02:34:03 AM
Animation is easy. And Pixel Plow is cheap. :D

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 08, 2015, 02:42:04 AM
Maybe it is easy, but I have a feeling this one will be a little trickier than normal. It's just because I have my vision of how this is suppose to look in motion and I don't think I can make that happen without a third party software to add those touches. It's a little difficult to explain, but I will give it a try once I have some time :-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 08, 2015, 02:43:53 AM
And I didn't think of Pixel Plow. I will check that out as well ;-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: N-drju on January 08, 2015, 04:19:07 AM
sjefen, Oshyan is a witness that I started my interest in animation just this week and believe me - it is faaaaar, far easier than creating actual scene in Terragen! My first thought was just like yours - "darn it, it's gotta be tough!". No. :) I can give you some simple directions as one beginner to another. ;D
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 08, 2015, 04:42:39 AM
Cool :-). I'll let you know when I start, cause I need some directions ;-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: N-drju on January 08, 2015, 09:10:44 AM
Sure. Just mail me whenever you're ready.
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: bobbystahr on January 08, 2015, 10:27:25 AM
Love this forum...most helpful place I've been since we started imagine3d.org a few/bunch of years back.
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: TheBadger on January 08, 2015, 11:17:01 AM
Quote from: sjefen on January 07, 2015, 09:10:56 AM
Quote from: inkydigit on January 07, 2015, 09:00:53 AM
great job.... how did you make this?

I thought it would be pretty obvious here in this forum how I made it ;-)

yeah, I saw the sphere and the vortex shader right away too. What I meant was that it looks synthetic rather than organic, which I thought was kind of a cool result, and not really very typical. :)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: DocCharly65 on January 09, 2015, 03:13:03 AM
Looks really great... Also I look forward to the soundtrack for the cover  :)

Some days ago I watched some discovery documentary about black holes - OK - they were not bad, but they better should have used your cover as basis  ;)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: sjefen on January 09, 2015, 04:16:36 AM
Quote from: DocCharly65 on January 09, 2015, 03:13:03 AM
Looks really great... Also I look forward to the soundtrack for the cover  :)

I'm really sorry to say that this track won't be released :-(. At least not for now. He never got satisfied with it and decided to put it on ice. Maybe one day he will pick it up again and finish it, and if so, I will of course share it here ;-)
Title: Re: Turn Back Time Remix - Cover Art
Post by: choronr on January 10, 2015, 07:43:40 PM
Very good and fitting for an album cover, especially if it contains New Age music.