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Title: Diamonds or Stars (or Ice)?
Post by: Mohawk20 on August 02, 2016, 09:29:31 AM
Started playing with the new clouds just now, and decided no to try the conventional use for a cloud.
So I made a simple, small, localized cloud, ant set the sliders for edge sharpness, coverage adjust and density to max.
Added base wispiness, and then inverted the profile.
The result is a sort of cloud pebble.
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After that I put a light in it and turned off the sun.
I think the shadows from the voxels in combination with the starburst and bloom effects create a diamond like sparkle, or a star nebula depending on the light's strength.
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Post by: Kadri on August 02, 2016, 09:38:11 AM

Nice. Looks like it could be tried as ice too.
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Post by: Dune on August 02, 2016, 11:18:41 AM
Cool experiment. If you could have this universal size (but you can't), it would be a great universe. Nice to play around with in fantasy like renders.
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Post by: bobbystahr on August 02, 2016, 12:02:43 PM
Cool playin mate...I like the tune...will mess around with this when I get back from the Beach Jam today...
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Post by: Jokes on August 03, 2016, 10:55:52 AM
Wow, that's utterly gorgeous.
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Post by: inkydigit on August 03, 2016, 06:16:13 PM
I like this a lot ...
Cool cloud cajoling!
:)
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Post by: Oshyan on August 03, 2016, 06:56:41 PM
Wow, what a pretty little experiment. Very unexpected!

- Oshyan
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Post by: DocCharly65 on August 04, 2016, 02:53:30 AM
Really cool results!
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Post by: Mohawk20 on August 04, 2016, 05:53:45 AM
Quote from: Kadri on August 02, 2016, 09:38:11 AM

Nice. Looks like it could be tried as ice too.

Because of your comment, Kadri, I went on to test some more. Used simple shape shaders (they work in succession) on a cloud layer v3. Set al the edge sharpness settings to extra high values and tried.
First I had 4 walls, later added another cloud layer for the lid of a box.

The night versions all have only the one light in the middle of the box. the clouds seem to behave more like frosted glass...


Next will be a flat cloud plane, with a plane behind is that has luminescent texture, for even backlight.
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Post by: Kadri on August 04, 2016, 06:10:13 AM

Interesting. Wish i had time to test too. Keep it coming.
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Post by: Hetzen on August 04, 2016, 04:27:14 PM
Great stuff! Interesting experiments.
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Post by: yossam on August 04, 2016, 04:52:36 PM
Great lookin stuff................I'm really interested in the backlight.  :)
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Post by: Jokes on August 07, 2016, 04:30:41 PM
Wow, that daylit cloud block looks just like thick snow! I love it!