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Title: Snow, for the lack of it in this era.
Post by: Dune on December 31, 2020, 01:53:17 AM

Steve's scater model reminded me of the cold winters we once had, and I looked up some old photographs of the icy winter of 1963 when the 200k scating contest (Elfstedentocht) was a 'white hell'. We now have very mild winters, so I thought I'd make myself a good layer of snow ;)
The world opacity was now handy to eliminate some of the snow off the trees.

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Post by: Hannes on December 31, 2020, 03:44:19 AM

Beautiful!! I don't know, which one looks better to me. I like both versions. Happy new year, Ulco!

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Post by: mhaze on December 31, 2020, 05:41:36 AM

We have lots of snow here in the UK but not quite so much as in this magnificent scene.

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Post by: gao_jian11 on December 31, 2020, 06:05:59 AM

Great, stepping on it will definitely leave a deep footprint.

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Post by: DocCharly65 on December 31, 2020, 12:16:17 PM

That looks great, Ulco. Fabulous work!
...and as Hannes said: Happy new year!

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Post by: RichTwo on December 31, 2020, 06:29:46 PM

Wow - going out BIG! Very nice - has that Alpine look. Happy New 2021!

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Post by: Jo Kariboo on December 31, 2020, 08:47:38 PM

Very nice render. I like the variety of color and texture of the snow ! Happy new year Ulco and all of you ! :)

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Post by: sboerner on December 31, 2020, 09:20:43 PM

Prefer the composition of the first one, but both are magnificent. Breathtaking point of view. Happy new year to you (and everyone) as well!

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Post by: Dune on January 01, 2021, 04:13:13 AM

Thanks guys. Just woken up in 2021, and good to go again in a hopefully much better year. Happy '21 to you all as well!

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Post by: bobbystahr on January 01, 2021, 02:23:14 PM

A bit late but I liked both with a slight edge on like for the first...

Title: Re: Snow, for the lack of it in this era.
Post by: Dune on January 02, 2021, 03:10:34 AM

Yeah, I later masked out the trees from the snow thicks.

Title: Re: Snow, for the lack of it in this era.
Post by: Dune on January 03, 2021, 01:51:42 AM

Some more experiments, not perfect, some issues, but getting there.

Title: Re: Snow, for the lack of it in this era.
Post by: Hannes on January 03, 2021, 04:52:45 AM

Whoa, great!! The only thing, that looks a bit strange to me is the transition of the strata surface to the snow in the first image. Maybe you can break it up a little? Otherwise fantastic snow impressions!

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Post by: Dune on January 03, 2021, 06:18:37 AM

Yes, I didn't like that either. Working on better transitions now, but as usual, its'a bit complicated :P

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Post by: DocCharly65 on January 03, 2021, 05:46:10 PM

Oh yeah! That looks so beautiful and real! Great renders again, Ulco! :)

I agree with you and Hannes and cross my fingers for you that it won't be too complicated to change that a bit too smooth fading snow transition.

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Post by: Dune on January 04, 2021, 03:15:37 AM

I did 2 other versions, one with an added intersected snow area, and one with an extra bulge of the thick snow, but I'm not very pleased with it yet. I do like the world opacity!

So I ditched working on this for now, and had to warm myself on some lava ;) see other thread.

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Post by: gepisar on February 06, 2021, 01:08:23 PM

Fantastic work! Renewed my inspiration.

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Post by: Dune on February 09, 2021, 02:37:31 AM

Thanks you. That's what I post them for, to get users of Terragen into experimenting and producing renders!

So, here's another one. We finally have a week of good frost and snow (exceptional in the Netherlands nowadays), so plenty inspiration for me too. Not as hilly and rocky here, though.

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Post by: DocCharly65 on February 09, 2021, 03:10:50 AM

Great stuff again, Ulco. :)
I liked the inersected version above a bit more.
The bottom render is absolutely beautiful!. Only annoying for me are some of the trees with too much snow (or hoarfrost?) on them. It's because they are mixed with trees allmost free from snow. Perhaps in some in graded groups it looks even better?

Title: Re: Snow, for the lack of it in this era.
Post by: Dune on February 09, 2021, 05:18:28 AM

You're right. I use world opacity, but the contrast is a bit high. Thanks!

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Post by: Dune on February 20, 2021, 11:43:05 AM

Another setup for thick snow. With glitches, but still in experimental stage.

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Post by: DocCharly65 on February 22, 2021, 02:48:54 AM

Oh yeah! I like that render.

It has the look I wanted for a Klingon monastery some time ago. Great!

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