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Title: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Mohawk20 on April 28, 2008, 06:42:47 PM
Sorry, but I just hàd to do this...

This is my first ever TG2 transparent water render!
Took about 40 minutes on 2 cores.

Maybe nice to have this thread to post all the first transparency renders in, just for fun.
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Marcos Silveira on April 28, 2008, 08:36:14 PM
I think mine is better ;D

Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Mr_Lamppost on April 28, 2008, 08:54:21 PM
Now make the columns transparent.   ;D ;D
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: SilverCity on April 29, 2008, 03:57:39 AM
Both images look great! What kind of render times do you get if you disable transparency?
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Mohawk20 on April 29, 2008, 05:45:36 AM
Quote from: SilverCity on April 29, 2008, 03:57:39 AM
Both images look great! What kind of render times do you get if you disable transparency?
Without transparency it took only 15 minutes...
So it's very renderintesive. It could increase rendertimes x3
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: SilverCity on April 29, 2008, 06:01:01 AM
Thanks, Mohawk20. Good info to know. I guess the long render times are unavoidable.
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Mohawk20 on April 29, 2008, 06:23:41 AM
Well, if you see the difference in quality and realism, it's a small price to pay.

Compare these two renders: first has transparency disabled, second has transparency enabled (same as above)...
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: SilverCity on April 29, 2008, 07:16:44 AM
Yep. Transparency makes a huge difference in rendering realistic scenes. Thanks for those images.
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Marcos Silveira on April 29, 2008, 01:41:09 PM
Quote from: Mohawk20 on April 29, 2008, 06:23:41 AM
Well, if you see the difference in quality and realism, it's a small price to pay.

Compare these two renders: first has transparency disabled, second has transparency enabled (same as above)...

OOOHHH, that's the reason I've avoided water scenes soooo much!!!!
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Phylloxera on April 29, 2008, 02:42:53 PM
Quote from: Mohawk20 on April 29, 2008, 06:23:41 AM
Well, if you see the difference in quality and realism, it's a small price to pay.

Compare these two renders: first has transparency disabled, second has transparency enabled (same as above)...
It's an evidence ! ;)

and this one : http://lucbianco.free.fr/2bgal/img/T2_2008/TGD841.jpg
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Inscrutable on April 29, 2008, 03:29:31 PM
Okay, here's my first transparency render.  Woo hoo!And this rendered in just over 30 minutes for me.  My dual cores are working great so render times have definitely improved.  ;D

Inscrutable
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: rcallicotte on April 29, 2008, 03:31:03 PM
Cool render.
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Mohawk20 on April 29, 2008, 04:09:29 PM
Yeah, nice colour in the water, and great rock textures!
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Costaud on April 29, 2008, 04:56:46 PM
a very quick test with transpenrency, sorry for the resolution my poor computer is too slow.

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f337/costaud/water.jpg)
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: nvseal on April 29, 2008, 05:01:10 PM
I really need to download this.  :)
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Costaud on April 29, 2008, 05:19:45 PM
Hey nvseal, you can make water planet with this.  ;)
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: rcallicotte on April 29, 2008, 05:44:26 PM
These are all looking good.  Time to try something or another myself.   ;D
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Mohawk20 on April 29, 2008, 06:03:44 PM
Nice render Costaud! Looks like blood... the stones further away look like bones and skeletons.
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: nvseal on April 29, 2008, 06:05:15 PM
Quote from: Costaud on April 29, 2008, 05:19:45 PM
Hey nvseal, you can make water planet with this.  ;)

Anything is possible with Terragen.  ;D
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Marcos Silveira on April 29, 2008, 06:38:24 PM
Quote from: Mohawk20 on April 29, 2008, 06:03:44 PM
Nice render Costaud! Looks like blood... the stones further away look like bones and skeletons.

It looks like iron deposits rivers (ferruginous), just as we have here in Brazil. The Negro river (a branch of the amazon river) is exactly like that!!! The color decay is perfect!!!
(http://www.funci.org/es/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/A14.jpg)
Water of Negro River
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Mr_Lamppost on April 29, 2008, 06:47:07 PM
Nothing special but here is my second try at transparent water (The first one crashed).   ;D

Now did anybody notice Volume 1 Density Function and Volume 1 Colour Function

I threw a quick Power Fractal at the both and the results look promising.
Title: Re: First puplic alpha transperency render
Post by: Phylloxera on April 30, 2008, 07:35:28 AM
Quote from: Inscrutable on April 29, 2008, 03:29:31 PM
Okay, here's my first transparency render.  Woo hoo!And this rendered in just over 30 minutes for me.  My dual cores are working great so render times have definitely improved.  ;D

Inscrutable
Good !