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Title: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: hell_fire79 on August 04, 2016, 02:00:35 AM
*Work in Progress*
Done using TG4 Beta, Free Plants from Xfrog, Mr Lamppost and Wallis.

What's to be changed:
- Procedural Grass Shader - it's to bright (as one can see on the island)
- the back, esp. the hill on the left .. it's to empty

Feel free to comment and advice. ;)
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: Dune on August 04, 2016, 02:35:04 AM
Another new member, great. Welcome on this forum. First post is not bad at all. There are a few things that I would change. You're right about the grass, give it some more color variation and more subdued. I would also lower the object from the pop a bit so, the leaves don't start above ground. If they get too short, just lengthen the stems.
I would make the rocky bottom of the island and lakebed more uniform. Keep the colors of the different stones more together, or apply an overall color set (on surface shader set to 50% coverage) after the stones, but restricted to the area of the stones).
And the snow in the distance; you could try a displacement intersection (in surface layer) to try and get a more distinct soft layer of snow on top. This looks like very dirt, old snow, but that might be your goal.
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: DocCharly65 on August 04, 2016, 02:45:31 AM
Welcome hell_fire79,

Really a nice start. I can't add anything to Dune's suggestions. Try them :)

anyway the I like the sunny and fresh mood of the picture very much.
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: Kadri on August 04, 2016, 02:48:11 AM

Yes nice first post and welcome to the forum.
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: inkydigit on August 04, 2016, 04:22:59 AM
Echo all... Great start, welcome!
:)
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: hell_fire79 on August 04, 2016, 11:04:31 AM
So here is the reworked version.

Any further help and hints would be great.

Thx for watching and thx for commenting.
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: fleetwood on August 04, 2016, 12:10:52 PM
Welcome and good improvements on a nice render.
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: Dune on August 04, 2016, 12:22:33 PM
Fast and good improvements.
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: bobbystahr on August 05, 2016, 10:18:04 AM
Well done, only thing that jumps out at me is why is there no snow on the mountain top yet plentiful snow lower down..seems to me, unnatural
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: yossam on August 05, 2016, 11:07:36 AM
Closer to the sun so it melts first.............. :P ::)
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: DannyG on August 05, 2016, 11:11:55 AM
looking good you did a very nice job rendering that twisted pine, that model has been around forever and is always a pain in the @ss to render correctly, if you render that with forced displacement that sure would sweeten the deal
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: bobbystahr on August 05, 2016, 05:24:09 PM
Quote from: yossam on August 05, 2016, 11:07:36 AM
Closer to the sun so it melts first.............. :P ::)

hee hee hee, it is done by hell_fire79
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: bobbystahr on August 05, 2016, 05:25:06 PM
Quote from: Danny on August 05, 2016, 11:11:55 AM
looking good you did a very nice job rendering that twisted pine, that model has been around forever and is always a pain in the @ss to render correctly, if you render that with forced displacement that sure would sweeten the deal

I totally agree
on Walli's tree

my first planetside couplet....
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: hell_fire79 on August 10, 2016, 06:30:09 PM
Ok, so now i've nearly done 100%

changes:
Population
Atmo
Snow-Shader
Rock-Shader

Some Postwork to the colors in Gimp.
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: DocCharly65 on August 11, 2016, 02:34:58 AM
Getting better and better!
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: Dune on August 11, 2016, 02:42:06 AM
Yes. What you could also add is a (no color) surface layer; with a max height just above the water level, say 10cm, small fuzzy zone, and make that wet (darken by adding a color adjust with gamma @ 0.8 or so to child followed by a no-RT reflective shader).
Title: Re: WIP - Lakeside
Post by: hell_fire79 on August 12, 2016, 02:34:57 AM
Thats excactly one of the things I'm about to change  ;) :D
And I'm also not too happy with the population in the back, maybee I'll add some bushes, and/or change the density to fill the hill a little more.
And some of the grasclumps on the island need to be lowered again..

Guess i'll update this the next days