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Title: fake stone test
Post by: Seth on September 11, 2007, 12:50:38 AM
i hope you can give me advices to make it look better ^^
it's almost nothing but i just wanna have some stones on the ground and cloudy sky...
perhaps there is too many stones ?

(http://i23.servimg.com/u/f23/10/05/42/42/pierre10.jpg)
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: rcallicotte on September 11, 2007, 08:42:10 AM
No.  Not too many.  This is beautiful.  Although I like it, it either needs more light or needs to be bigger to appreciate the landscape.  Probably the latter.  Nice work.
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: dhavalmistry on September 11, 2007, 09:29:42 AM
I love the clouds....but I am not sure about the stones as it is kinda dark.....
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: cyphyr on September 11, 2007, 09:43:02 AM
Looks good so far, but I cant really see whats going on in the foreground. Try some different cloud settings maybe, hitting the random seed a few times (maybe more than a few lol). See if you could get a heavy sky with a shaft of light illuminating the stones in the foreground.
Richard
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Seth on September 11, 2007, 09:49:26 AM
okidoki ! i'll hit the random seed another 15 minutes ^^
and i'll do them bigger too !
thanks guys !
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: rcallicotte on September 11, 2007, 10:36:55 AM
Great suggestion.

Quote from: cyphyr on September 11, 2007, 09:43:02 AM
Looks good so far, but I cant really see whats going on in the foreground. Try some different cloud settings maybe, hitting the random seed a few times (maybe more than a few lol). See if you could get a heavy sky with a shaft of light illuminating the stones in the foreground.
Richard
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Seth on September 11, 2007, 03:12:54 PM
here is the preview render... is that better ?
(http://i23.servimg.com/u/f23/10/05/42/42/caillo10.jpg)
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: cyphyr on September 11, 2007, 03:23:06 PM
Mmmm :) Looking Yummy, now make it bigger  ;D
Richard
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: rcallicotte on September 11, 2007, 03:29:42 PM
Yes.  BIGGER.  And turn up the Atmosphere quality to 64 and the Clouds to a lot.   ;D
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Seth on September 11, 2007, 03:33:26 PM
sir yes sir !!!  :D
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: NWsenior07 on September 11, 2007, 03:46:26 PM
That is going to look amazing! We need it bigger!
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: old_blaggard on September 11, 2007, 04:36:00 PM
Hmm... I guess bigger is better :P.  From what I can see the colors look really nice here.
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Volker Harun on September 11, 2007, 06:12:07 PM
And some sound, please :) ;) ;D
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Saurav on September 11, 2007, 06:39:16 PM
..and no preview ads before the render please. ;D

But seriously, a bigger render is definitely needed.
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: cyphyr on September 11, 2007, 06:44:34 PM
nothing wrong with preview adds :) gets the expectation up and running, and who wants to go to the trouble of rendering of full res images only to get the sought after advice anyway and have to render again.
Richard
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Mr_Lamppost on September 11, 2007, 11:08:05 PM
I liked the composition of the rocks on the first version. 

Either way bigger!
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Seth on September 12, 2007, 01:07:28 AM
rendering on its way... 8.5 hours already and the clouds are not finished yet !  :P
couldn't help myself from adding water though...
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Seth on September 13, 2007, 01:22:00 AM
okay i am not happy with the clouds nor the water (the water's scale seems too small) but hey 29 hours to render this... thing so... i'll render it again later  :P i neeeeed to play with TG2 again and i can't stay watching it  rendering timeless  ;D
anyway here is the result...


(http://i23.servimg.com/u/f23/10/05/42/42/rocher10.jpg)
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Volker Harun on September 13, 2007, 05:35:31 AM
It is good, I really like it. I just wonder why it took so long to render. Will have a look at the file later ,-)
Volker
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Volker Harun on September 13, 2007, 06:25:12 AM
My first two impressions: This scene does not need quality 3 for cloudsamples. This is far too much.
For the cloud definition: Swap the values of cloud density and edge sharpness.
Make cropped testrenders of the clouds starting with quality 0.7 and 0.05 steps.

You might want to go into the 'More settings' on the render screen and reduce Detail blending.
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: rcallicotte on September 13, 2007, 08:46:13 AM
I love the terrain and the textured rocks.  Great job.
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Seth on September 13, 2007, 09:47:00 AM
i'll try as you say Volker. thank you for the advices !
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: nvseal on September 13, 2007, 08:01:44 PM
Fantastic rocks! Love the scene.
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: Will on September 13, 2007, 08:06:16 PM
great rocks!
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: RealUser on September 14, 2007, 06:52:03 AM
Just great! Lovely mood.
Title: Re: fake stone test
Post by: kors on September 14, 2007, 02:36:33 PM
Very nice Seth !! I really love the rocks and nice texture too......you're on the good way !! ;D