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Title: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: treddie on October 21, 2016, 07:41:32 PM
This image would not have been possible without Luc's gracious posting of his cumulus clouds .tgd.

I tried forever and a day to get my clouds to look good.  But with Luc's file, I was able to see that I had the right idea, I just needed to understand shaders better, and how a lot of those check boxes can get you into trouble if you're not careful.  There are so many functions spread through the tabs that need proper settings.  Now that I understand that better, this was my first truly successful set of cumulus clouds that I can honestly say I like.

Thanks Luc!

treddie

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Title: Re: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: Oshyan on October 21, 2016, 07:45:25 PM
You've got some great shapes, the shading just needs a bit of adjustment now. Good start! You are using v2 clouds here, correct?

-Oshyan
Title: Re: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: treddie on October 21, 2016, 07:58:21 PM
v2, yes.

Do you think some of the shapes are too dark?  I was actually liking that, but maybe I have been looking at it for too long.
Title: Re: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: Oshyan on October 21, 2016, 09:13:08 PM
The darkness is not necessarily a problem, but the overall shading lacks "definition", it is too soft in my view. I am curious to see these shapes with v3 cloud shading...

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: treddie on October 22, 2016, 04:20:47 AM
Let me play with this for a while.
Title: Re: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: Luc on October 25, 2016, 04:38:19 AM
You're welcome

Nice to see this old tgd file is still useful.

If you need more clouds/sky presets you can visit my store (http://www.lucbianco.fr/store/)  ;)

luc



www.lucbianco.fr (http://www.lucbianco.fr/)

Quote from: treddie on October 21, 2016, 07:41:32 PM
This image would not have been possible without Luc's gracious posting of his cumulus clouds .tgd.

I tried forever and a day to get my clouds to look good.  But with Luc's file, I was able to see that I had the right idea, I just needed to understand shaders better, and how a lot of those check boxes can get you into trouble if you're not careful.  There are so many functions spread through the tabs that need proper settings.  Now that I understand that better, this was my first truly successful set of cumulus clouds that I can honestly say I like.

Thanks Luc!

treddie

[attach=1]
Title: Re: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: DannyG on October 25, 2016, 07:13:40 AM
Clouds are a bit too transparent IMH, cool looking shapes and an excellent start. I would hate to be a passenger in that Jumbo jet, I can only assume the fasten seat belt sign is illuminated :)
Title: Re: Turning Onto the Beam
Post by: treddie on October 25, 2016, 03:05:20 PM
Heheh...The pilot loves to give his passengers a little rush!

Thanks for the comments!  I am experimenting with various stuff to see what happens.