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Title: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: KlausK on June 22, 2021, 10:19:38 AM
Hi,
running some test setups with EasyClouds trying to gain a better understanding of the settings.
The renders are small and rough and already need more time to render then I have patience for :}
When I produce a really worthwhile cloudscape I`ll go for a beauty pass.

The first pictures show two 4km radius, almost identical Stratocumulus EasyClouds layered upon each other.
The main cloud has a mask (Cloud Fractal Shader) and a rather high value in the Edge Sharpness.
Smallest Scale size of 10.
The second one has no mask, Edge Sharpness of 0.1 and a Smallest Scale size of 0.1.

I found that the Sample Jitter value can be a nice modeling tool for the clouds.
The same goes for the Edge Sharpness which is more obvious to do so, I guess.

Anyways, any tips, tricks and comments appreciated.

CHeers, Klaus

ps: this is the kind of fiddling about when I wish the preview would be much faster and more accurate...
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: Dune on June 22, 2021, 11:36:07 AM
Nice, and rather compact. No tips from me, as I'm no cloud expert ;)
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: Stormlord on June 22, 2021, 01:47:17 PM
I highly recommend the video tutorials...
https://planetside.co.uk/terragen-tutorials-for-vfx-series-2-clouds/

These videos explain a lot!

STORMLORD
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: WAS on June 22, 2021, 02:25:57 PM
Very cool looking shapes imo. I'm playing with the easy cloud right now. More focusing on masks and thick settings to see if I can put cumulus shapes into more compact like floating patches.
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: KlausK on June 24, 2021, 06:14:37 AM
@Stormlord - Yes, there is some good info in those videos.
@WAS - Thanks. As most of the time, I am not trying to get a specific result. Just clicking around... :P

I added a MidLevel Altocumulus Generic Cloud Layer.
The small rough version already took 45 min so, because of that I let the RTP run for about 10 min.
Has a little bit of a Toon version to it, me thinks :)

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: Dune on June 24, 2021, 10:56:39 AM
That looks really odd. Nice odd. Like an explosion of MILK.
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: KlausK on June 24, 2021, 04:29:23 PM
@Dune yep, that was my first association too.

I am now leaving Cloud-Territory ;)

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: WAS on June 24, 2021, 04:33:08 PM
That milky one reminds me of a water burst, from a subsurface explosion.

Latest one... is sure... something. o.o That's crazy.
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: Dune on June 25, 2021, 02:01:52 AM
Cool! Literally.
Title: Re: Stratocumulus EasyClouds tests
Post by: DocCharly65 on June 25, 2021, 02:56:04 AM
So cool!
Worth integrating a crashed glass? ;)

(though - it would be a glass of some 1000 miles size ...  :o ::) ;D )