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Title: Desert
Post by: Dune on March 21, 2015, 03:43:17 AM
Some premature tests for a Dorian project.
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Post by: mhaze on March 21, 2015, 04:15:45 AM
Great start, I'm a fan of number three.
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Post by: DocCharly65 on March 21, 2015, 11:02:47 AM
I vote for No.3 too :)

But the first one is as impressive!
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Post by: Oshyan on March 21, 2015, 02:27:13 PM
The rocks in #3 are looking spectacular!

- Oshyan
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Post by: TheBadger on March 22, 2015, 03:38:33 AM
Nice to see a new desert scene. image 3 is indeed looking impressive already... Comp will need some work later, but no doubt you have that in mind.
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Post by: archonforest on March 22, 2015, 07:42:11 AM
I have been in places like that. Your render looks very real. Number 3 rocks!
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Post by: choronr on March 22, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Yes, number three is super. Reminds me of Egypt.
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Post by: Dune on March 23, 2015, 03:27:45 AM
That's what it's all about  ;)
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Post by: otakar on March 23, 2015, 03:26:28 PM
Wow, you are all over the place. Amazing. God, I wish I could do this as my daily job. I would actually finish more than one project a season :)
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Post by: dorianvan on March 24, 2015, 12:28:05 PM
Variety is more interesting, I like number 3 too, great start. We will be re-creating the Sinai peninsula and certain areas of it will need to be accurate - the rest, not so much. We have a couple of possible sources for accurate data, but if anyone has any suggestions, let us know. Thanks.
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Post by: bigben on March 25, 2015, 05:39:06 AM
Yes the 3rd one is stunning.  Sky seems a little red though.  What data sources have you looked at already?
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Post by: Dune on March 25, 2015, 09:46:13 AM
I'll keep that sky in mind. I don't know what the procedure will be yet, Dorian will tell me, but I guess we need some DEM or heightmap for the Sinai peninsula. I kinda thought; maybe you have a crop area that we can use, but we need to be sure before we start asking stuff. Perhaps a simple heightmap that we can position at the northpole will be easiest.
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Post by: bobbystahr on March 25, 2015, 09:46:25 AM
Agree on 3...your rocks rock my world....and that's the best desert mat I've seen yet.
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Post by: bigben on March 25, 2015, 10:00:28 PM
You could probably start with some SRTM tiles, although they're only 90m resolution.  Here's a relatively painless interface: http://dwtkns.com/srtm/ (http://dwtkns.com/srtm/) Not sure of any higher res data sources
Title: Re: Desert
Post by: Dune on March 26, 2015, 03:02:58 AM
Thanks Ben, that might be good enough, and very downloadable.