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Title: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 11, 2016, 06:46:37 AM
An adaptation of René's Rock surface (available at the Terragen fb page)... Some quick postwork in snapseed... Thanks for dropping by and taking time to view and comment! These are always much appreciated!
Cheers
Inky
:)
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: Hannes on January 11, 2016, 06:51:01 AM
The rocks look quite good, although a little smooth. The bushes on the vertical surfaces are a bit out of place, and I would leave out the DOF. It makes the image look like a tabletop image of a model.
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 11, 2016, 06:55:48 AM
Thanks Hannes, yes the dof is tooooo much! Also, getting the bushes to integrate is tricky too...
Here are some other versions without the post.... As you can see the foreground is way too rough... Back to the drawing board... :)
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: Hannes on January 11, 2016, 07:05:55 AM
What about using a distribution shader as density shader for the population? You should use a smaller object spacing and use a PF in the distribution shader to get more randomly distributed clumps of bushes. And of course you can restrict them to more horizontal surfaces by using the slope constraint.
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 11, 2016, 08:24:10 AM
Hi Hannes,
a distribution shader was used, as was some slope constraint... though I think the clumping scale is off...?
The slope constraint was pretty tight, so there are(must be?) some tiny ledges on the smooth rock face that still support some flora... doesn't look right though...
I will see what else I can cook up... though I have several other tgds on the go... :)))
thanks for the feedback...
:)
Jason
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: Dune on January 11, 2016, 08:38:19 AM
Why do people have a facebook TG or TG facebook page, when this is the real place to be?
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: Kadri on January 11, 2016, 09:33:04 AM

Nice images.

Quote from: Dune on January 11, 2016, 08:38:19 AM
Why do people have a facebook TG or TG facebook page, when this is the real place to be?

Here are only Terragen lovers.There everybody...you know.
I don't like it too but not much to do about until that kind of "social media" popularity diminishes...
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: Tangled-Universe on January 11, 2016, 10:16:26 AM
Ghehe Ulco, of course I'm not going to tell you what you should do, but FB isn't such a scary place ;)
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 11, 2016, 10:28:05 AM
Quote from: Kadri on January 11, 2016, 09:33:04 AM

Nice images.

Quote from: Dune on January 11, 2016, 08:38:19 AM
Why do people have a facebook TG or TG facebook page, when this is the real place to be?

Here are only Terragen lovers.There everybody...you know.
I don't like it too but not much to do about until that kind of "social media" popularity diminishes...
thanks Kadri!
:)
@ T-U ... maybe some people are scared of this place lol! :))
cheers
J
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: TheBadger on January 11, 2016, 10:35:49 AM
Um, so basically you can do this then...
https://www.google.com/search?q=badlands+dakota&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYmYi7iqLKAhVG4iYKHZxbAZUQsAQIMw&biw=1185&bih=839&gws_rd=ssl

Very cool. great work.
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: bobbystahr on January 11, 2016, 11:30:17 AM
Quote from: Dune on January 11, 2016, 08:38:19 AM
Why do people have a facebook TG or TG facebook page, when this is the real place to be?

There are many, maybe all, of my friends who have no idea what Terragen is Ulco; and I have a need to blow their minds on a regular basis, hee hee hee
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: j meyer on January 11, 2016, 12:38:51 PM
I like the rocks,very nice.
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 11, 2016, 02:06:13 PM
Thanks folks... @TheBadger... Cool, gonna have to control some of the nodes, some erosion would be nice too though :)
J
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: DocCharly65 on January 14, 2016, 08:36:03 AM
Quote from: bobbystahr on January 11, 2016, 11:30:17 AM
There are many, maybe all, of my friends who have no idea what Terragen is Ulco; and I have a need to blow their minds on a regular basis, hee hee hee

I am absolutely in your opinion.
Some years ago I just deleted my facebook account just to check if it works... Too lazy to create a new one. On the other side - this peace and beautiful silence on my PCs  ;)...  Perhaps throughout the started year... Or a little low budget homepage.


Nice rocks, Jason!  :)
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: TheBadger on January 14, 2016, 03:25:41 PM
Was the new erosion being used here? And if no, what happens to the forms if applied?
I keep coming back to this image because there are some things happening that could really be applied to lots of other similar purposes and am just curious about the erosion shader on forms like this.
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: fleetwood on January 14, 2016, 03:35:55 PM
Intriguing structures. Curious about render times. Normal or long ?
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: AP on January 14, 2016, 07:13:44 PM
I see no evidence of the Erosion shader being used here. Very neat rock structures none the less.
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 14, 2016, 07:24:53 PM
Quote from: TheBadger on January 14, 2016, 03:25:41 PM
Was the new erosion being used here? And if no, what happens to the forms if applied?
I keep coming back to this image because there are some things happening that could really be applied to lots of other similar purposes and am just curious about the erosion shader on forms like this.
Hi M,
I like you, am on a Mac.... :)
Soooooo, I am looking forward to seeing what happens too!
:))
J
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 14, 2016, 07:27:22 PM
Quote from: fleetwood on January 14, 2016, 03:35:55 PM
Intriguing structures. Curious about render times. Normal or long ?
Thanks... I can't quite remember ... I may dig this out again to see... It generates some cool shapes, but they can be a bit unruly!
I'll keep you posted...
J
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 14, 2016, 07:28:40 PM
Quote from: Chris on January 14, 2016, 07:13:44 PM
I see no evidence of the Erosion shader being used here. Very neat rock structures none the less.
Nope no erosion... :)
Thanks for the comment....
J
Title: Re: Towers of rock
Post by: inkydigit on January 14, 2016, 07:30:44 PM
Quote from: DocCharly65 on January 14, 2016, 08:36:03 AM
Quote from: bobbystahr on January 11, 2016, 11:30:17 AM
There are many, maybe all, of my friends who have no idea what Terragen is Ulco; and I have a need to blow their minds on a regular basis, hee hee hee

I am absolutely in your opinion.
Some years ago I just deleted my facebook account just to check if it works... Too lazy to create a new one. On the other side - this peace and beautiful silence on my PCs  ;)...  Perhaps throughout the started year... Or a little low budget homepage.


Nice rocks, Jason!  :)
Cheers Doc!
J