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Title: Finnish Lake
Post by: Kranky on September 17, 2007, 06:48:28 AM
Hello,

this is my first image rendered with the deep version and also the first image posted here. I hope you like it. :)

Jens
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: zionner on September 17, 2007, 06:51:03 AM
Nice!, I like your clouds, they look extremely well done, I also like your water..Have you added any nodes to it? as it seems to be a slightly diffrent colour...
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Kranky on September 17, 2007, 06:52:36 AM
Yes, I added a Lambert shader with a dark blue-green color to the water.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: zionner on September 17, 2007, 06:55:29 AM
Yeah, It works really well, Again..Nice Picture :D
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Harvey Birdman on September 17, 2007, 07:45:29 AM
That's excellent!! All it needs is sonshine777's canoe.

:D
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Volker Harun on September 17, 2007, 08:03:12 AM
This is very good. You might want to give AA some high setting for the populations and maybe one more surface shader for breaking up the floor (only a slight colour change withing luminosity and/or saturation)
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: rcallicotte on September 17, 2007, 08:33:01 AM
This reminds me of photos I've seen.  Good job.  As I look at the water, I'm encouraged by the fact we will someday have transparent water, which would make this shot supreme.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Saurav on September 17, 2007, 08:45:07 AM
I agree with Volker, you want at least AA of 5 when you render vegetation.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: sjefen on September 17, 2007, 09:41:18 AM
Your clouds are very good.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Kranky on September 17, 2007, 01:27:22 PM
Thanks for you comments :)

I've rendered the image at 2400x1500 and the rendertime was 24 hours. I used AA=3.
When I use AA=5 or higher the rendertimes will be a lot longer... and that's not really good ;) But I will try it the next time with a cropped preview rendering.

Jens
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: efflux on September 17, 2007, 04:23:37 PM
Simple composition and effective. Good work.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: moodflow on September 17, 2007, 05:31:29 PM
Very nice clouds.  The flatten base option really works on this.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Kranky on September 17, 2007, 05:40:21 PM
Quote from: moodflow on September 17, 2007, 05:31:29 PM
Very nice clouds.  The flatten base option really works on this.

I used "wispy base" for the cumulus clouds ;D
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: moodflow on September 17, 2007, 05:58:41 PM
Quote from: Kranky on September 17, 2007, 05:40:21 PM
Quote from: moodflow on September 17, 2007, 05:31:29 PM
Very nice clouds.  The flatten base option really works on this.

I used "wispy base" for the cumulus clouds ;D

LOL!   Well the tops of those clouds are very impressive, so I figured that's what you used.  Either way, very nice.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: NWsenior07 on September 17, 2007, 10:31:04 PM
So this is your first image? I'm impressed, very, very well done! I like your clouds, they turned out quite well and the greenish tint of the water is well done as well.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: dhavalmistry on September 18, 2007, 10:11:03 AM
how do I get atmosphere like that??....nice scene overall.....agree with increasing AA
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Kranky on September 18, 2007, 10:17:03 AM
Quote from: NWsenior07 on September 17, 2007, 10:31:04 PM
So this is your first image? I'm impressed, very, very well done! I like your clouds, they turned out quite well and the greenish tint of the water is well done as well.

No, it's not my first image. It is my first image here at Planetside. I created ~3-5 other images with TG2 before.


Quote from: dhavalmistry on September 18, 2007, 10:11:03 AM
how do I get atmosphere like that??....nice scene overall.....agree with increasing AA

I only "pimped" some settings ;) I can upload my cloud settings, if you like.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: dhavalmistry on September 18, 2007, 10:18:57 AM
sure that would be great.....also atmosphere settings wont hurt!
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: NWsenior07 on September 18, 2007, 10:51:25 AM
Still for only having 3-5 images under your belt this is quite good. You obviously have some skill with this.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Kranky on September 18, 2007, 12:07:35 PM
Quote from: dhavalmistry on September 18, 2007, 10:18:57 AM
sure that would be great.....also atmosphere settings wont hurt!
Ok, you find the whole atmosphere as clip file in the attachment. But please don't use it copied and pasted in your scenes :)

Quote from: NWsenior07 on September 18, 2007, 10:51:25 AM
Still for only having 3-5 images under your belt this is quite good. You obviously have some skill with this.

A few TG2 pics, but a lot of 0.9er pics - I think about 200 or more ;D the settings in TG2 are not completly new to me :)
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: dhavalmistry on September 18, 2007, 12:09:33 PM
Quote from: Kranky on September 18, 2007, 12:07:35 PM
Ok, you find the whole atmosphere as clip file in the attachment. But please don't use it copied and pasted in your scenes :)

ofcourse not......just to check the settings and learn :)

and thanx for the clip file...
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Volker Harun on September 18, 2007, 12:27:52 PM
I disagree with the increase of rendertime when using finer AA to some degree.

Make a testrender at 480x300 with low and with high AA. It is less difference than you might assume. But the effect is dreamy ,-) Setting the Quality to 0.5 should render your original settings in less than 20 minutes.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: dhavalmistry on September 18, 2007, 12:30:02 PM
it may not matter at such a small resolution but I think the render times would increase as you go BIG (1920 x 1200)
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: rcallicotte on September 18, 2007, 12:34:01 PM
Thanks for the TGC.
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: Volker Harun on September 18, 2007, 01:11:50 PM
It is about 1.3 times longer when going from AA4 to AA7 - but when decreasing detail blending to 50% you have your time back ,-)
Title: Re: Finnish Lake
Post by: sonshine777 on September 19, 2007, 12:39:36 AM
Quote from: Harvey Birdman on September 17, 2007, 07:45:29 AM
That's excellent!! All it needs is sonshine777's canoe.

:D

Tell me how to get there and I'm on my way!  ;)

This is a wonderful image by the way,