Subject says it all. These are NOT the actual clouds, these are merely the density fractals so I can see how it is working and make adjustments. There are some things that need fixing (for example, the longs wisp), but over all, I think it looks okay (still not the real thing though ;)). The good thing about this method is that it warps every cloud fractal so that every cloud type is warped in the same way no matter how many there are.
Geez. How did you figure this out? You must have been busy.
I do see some spots on it, though...little speckles.
Neat. Could you make it bigger in scale like seen here.
http://ccrc.unh.edu/~stm/AS/Common/ITCZ.JPG
Like is the effect along the upper and lower hemispheres.
besides some artifacts...it looks great!
Awesome clouds. I wonder how they look from the ground :P
Quote from: Sethren on February 21, 2008, 07:05:19 PM
Neat. Could you make it bigger in scale like seen here.
http://ccrc.unh.edu/~stm/AS/Common/ITCZ.JPG
Like is the effect along the upper and lower hemispheres.
That is the number one biggest problem I have been trying to fix. ;D In fact, that is what I'm working on right now. Those artifacts are what happen when a cloud density fractal it used as a surface layer, or so I think ;D.
Quick test render 1.
Edit: Number 2
nice
That is an excellent start. :) All i think what it needs now is larger gaps in between the bigger clouds and a slightly higher falloff from the hemispheres to the equator
Quite nice. I still feel like the warping is a little off, though. You'll notice that in the satellite picture, larger systems tend to be warped more than smaller ones - it seems to be the other way around in your tests. These still look great, though. Not to be a nag, but I'll say again that there are lots of us here who would like to be able to take a peek at a clip or tgd file :).
This is looking incredible. Keep it up!
Test number 4. old_baggard you are right about those smaller clouds and you can really see that come through in this render. The clouds being used in these test are not from my good cloud setup so I will be adding them later (although I might have to make it all from the gound up, again).
Quote from: old_blaggard on February 21, 2008, 11:38:09 PM
Not to be a nag, but I'll say again that there are lots of us here who would like to be able to take a peek at a clip or tgd file :).
You'll get it. Just not yet. ;)
God, this is fun. Thanks, nvseal for making TG2 seem even more interesting. I love the divergence we see across board with this software.
I just set that sucker as my desktop background.
Now I'm inspired to do some planets. Many thanks NVSeal. 8)
This is looking fantastic, NVSeal. Are you still using your masking method with cloud images or is this procedural now?
--Dale--
It's all procedural. These are the same clouds used in this image (http://nvseal.deviantart.com/art/Seems-Familiar-74118930). Thanks fo the comments. :)
Edit: BTW, I was looking through my collection of reference images today and found this. While the clouds look better (after all, they are real) the colors did strike me as a bit familiar ;D.
Guess I'm confused. You say they are the same clouds as in another image, but that they are procedural. Does that mean that you used the same procedures to generate the base clouds and then you morphed those with some kind of node(s)?
--Dale--
Quote from: Bidmaron on February 22, 2008, 09:56:09 PM
Guess I'm confused. You say they are the same clouds as in another image, but that they are procedural. Does that mean that you used the same procedures to generate the base clouds and then you morphed those with some kind of node(s)?
--Dale--
I just used the same nodes by saving them as a tgc and importing them into another file.
Wow. This last one is terrific. I'm starting to think of ideas for a story. ;D
Quote from: calico on February 23, 2008, 12:09:36 PM
Wow. This last one is terrific. I'm starting to think of ideas for a story. ;D
That last one (one this page) is real.
:-[ Oh.
It sure does look like your work. LOL
Quote from: calico on February 23, 2008, 04:07:14 PM
:-[ Oh.
It sure does look like your work. LOL
:D I only wish. I've made some changes and intend on rendering the next version over night. I have high hopes that this next one will start to come close to that real image. The test render looks rather promising.
Here is the next one. I made some changes to the colors of some of the cloud layers and that was a mistake. It makes it look like there is too much contrast. So I'll be fixing that...
very realistic !
very close to the Earth picture you posted sooner !
bravo
I don't see the problem you're talking about
I see what you mean, nvseal, but it didn't keep you from getting very close to the original reference.