This started with a terrain that I found in my zips called Spear Canyon and the terrain is Spear Canyon~ajj~trnf.ter. I couldn't find the view in their render but I explored a bit and found this cool spot so had a play. A nice Sunday doodle if I do say so myself.
Indeed. I would, though, change the clouds a bit, they're very hard and 'eroded' Perhaps increase the noise variation, buoyancy and clumping...
I like the view the mood and the terrain.
Perhaps if you try Dune's suggestions you can give it perfection.
Quote from: Dune on September 21, 2015, 02:19:46 AM
Indeed. I would, though, change the clouds a bit, they're very hard and 'eroded' Perhaps increase the noise variation, buoyancy and clumping...
I'll give that a go Ulco...extend it into Monday doodle....
Right you were Ulco...thinner clouds brightened it up a fair bit...I notice you didn't comment on the grass...guess I'm getting a handle on the old Grass Clump. I found that for a colour blind dude like me the Presets are very handy, to wit: I used the Grass Layers to colour the Clump and a grey to black PF to vary it a bit.
I've re built it in TG2 as I long for more variation and higher resolution...it will be a while as it's gonna be larger as well. There was nothing TG3 specific so it was all population work.....Also researched the White Fir and in N America it favours the Sierras so I may go for a more desert look...Jack Pines and Incense Cedar share the habitat so I'm hopeful of a fine varied scene.
So 5 hours into the render I go online and find out how freakin tall these trees are so the barn needs resizing and I guess this is for overnight now...sigh...rookie error
10 hours and counting on the revised render....sigh, some day I'll have a real and fast computer...this dell is sucking big time compared to my old acer.
So.......3 tree pops Incense Cedar adult, (40–60 m), Coulter Pine young, (10–24 m )I used the young one here because you need young growth as well, and Abies_concolor_White Fir adult, (25–60 m) with a Grass Clump interspersed with Walli's Dry Grass 6...the Coulter standing in for the Jack Pine which I don't have but they appear similar and have similar habitat. I think that the "derbarn" is still a wee bit large. I may have another go at this in the future and start by scaling every item in Mr Lamppost's 'scaling' .tgd...I always forget to do this till I'm almost finished an off scale render....sigh. Certainly don't practice what I preach in that regard as I've recommended it many times here and elsewhere.....
At this scale the repainted road disappears but there are hints in the shadows if you look hard.
Sorry for the load time but it's quite large(for me)
Way to go, Bobby! Very cool render. So if you want a dirt road in here, why not lay a warped simple shape across in a nice and appealing way and mask the grass/trees out there?
Quote from: Dune on September 23, 2015, 02:31:42 AM
Way to go, Bobby! Very cool render. So if you want a dirt road in here, why not lay a warped simple shape across in a nice and appealing way and mask the grass/trees out there?
Thanks Ulco and nah, there's a Painted shader road there but at the scale it kinda disappears...It's a derelict barn so a disappearing road is appropriate I think.
And as it turns out the barn is still twice as large as it should be so I doubt an old road scaled to that would even show up...I did a scaling tgd with Mr Lamppost's grid setup.
Nice improvements.
And again nice colors,you're gettin' there man!
Indeed! Great improvement here. I like these changes!
Nice work.
Quote from: j meyer on September 23, 2015, 11:42:18 AM
Nice improvements.
And again nice colors,you're gettin' there man!
Thanks Jochen....creative use of the venerable Free Presets ( hype hype)
Looks great, Bobby! And to me the barn doesn't look too large at all.
Quote from: Hannes on September 24, 2015, 04:59:28 PM
Looks great, Bobby! And to me the barn doesn't look too large at all.
Thanks Hannes..and thanks again for the Full without which this wouldn't have happened...lotsa pops in there
You're welcome! So TG 2 is still useful, if you don't need very special things, isn't it?
Quote from: Hannes on September 24, 2015, 05:54:51 PM
You're welcome! So TG 2 is still useful, if you don't need very special things, isn't it?
Well the animation feature will be the cherry on the cake when I get all my "ducks in a row" as I have some plans for videos for my songs.
Quote from: Hannes on September 24, 2015, 04:59:28 PM
Looks great, Bobby! And to me the barn doesn't look too large at all.
I am the same opinion.
And I think the higher grass is a great improvement for the scene.
Nice one Bobby.
Quote from: j meyer on September 23, 2015, 11:42:18 AM
Nice improvements.
And again nice colors,you're gettin' there man!
Thank god for my Imagine3D numeric colour charts
Hey Bobby just in case u want a HQ render I can offer some cpu time for ya ;)
Quote from: archonforest on September 27, 2015, 01:08:00 PM
Hey Bobby just in case u want a HQ render I can offer some cpu time for ya ;)
Thanks but I have TG2 full so I'd likely just do it myself...thinking of going up a few sizes as a pal wants a print of this and I Just noticed a printer that does Canvas prints for photographs so I figure I'll get best quality at a reasonable as he's a fan of my music....
Quote from: bobbystahr on September 27, 2015, 02:31:23 PM
Quote from: archonforest on September 27, 2015, 01:08:00 PM
Hey Bobby just in case u want a HQ render I can offer some cpu time for ya ;)
Thanks but I have TG2 full so I'd likely just do it myself...thinking of going up a few sizes as a pal wants a print of this and I Just noticed a printer that does Canvas prints for photographs so I figure I'll get best quality at a reasonable as he's a fan of my music....
as ya wish :)
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as ya wish :)
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Being retired I just set the confuser to render and go practice my music...best of both worlds
Quote from: bobbystahr on September 27, 2015, 09:06:52 PM
as ya wish :)
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Being retired I just set the confuser to render and go practice my music...best of both worlds
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Ohh yeah...I like your music too!
Quote from: archonforest on September 28, 2015, 04:28:58 AM
Quote from: bobbystahr on September 27, 2015, 09:06:52 PM
as ya wish :)
Being retired I just set the confuser to render and go practice my music...best of both worlds
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Ohh yeah...I like your music too!
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Hey Bobby, is there the possibility that can I hear a small sample? Makes me curious.
Quote from: DocCharly65 on September 28, 2015, 01:45:58 PM
Quote from: archonforest on September 28, 2015, 04:28:58 AM
Quote from: bobbystahr on September 27, 2015, 09:06:52 PM
as ya wish :)
Being retired I just set the confuser to render and go practice my music...best of both worlds
Ohh yeah...I like your music too!
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Hey Bobby, is there the possibility that can I hear a small sample? Makes me curious.
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send me an e mail address to bstar at mts dot net and I'll send you a dl link.