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Title: A Landscape for a Myth (perhaps)
Post by: schmeerlap on December 29, 2008, 10:28:30 AM
Having fun with tall mountains and misty clouds (two cloud layers)

John
Title: Re: A Landscape for a Myth (perhaps)
Post by: Volker Harun on December 29, 2008, 11:53:19 AM
A very interesting landscape, indeed. Is it a heightfield or procedural?
I really like your shaders, lighting and atmospheric settings.
Title: Re: A Landscape for a Myth (perhaps)
Post by: Mohawk20 on December 29, 2008, 11:58:30 AM
Great colour in the clouds, and great clouds overall!
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Post by: rcallicotte on December 29, 2008, 12:06:42 PM
I agree with everything.  Great image.  I expect something or someone to pop out of the mist.
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Post by: old_blaggard on December 29, 2008, 01:30:58 PM
Great colors!
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Post by: PorcupineFloyd on December 29, 2008, 02:25:59 PM
Fantastic atmosphere and a great mist-like effect :)

I once thought about making a huge (in terms of height) but almost transparent, billowy cumulus to fake a thick but irregular atmosphere to be used for instance in some mountainous or sea scenes. Gotta try it someday.
Title: Re: A Landscape for a Myth (perhaps)
Post by: schmeerlap on December 29, 2008, 02:44:22 PM
No heightfield used, Volker. Terrain built using three Fractal Shaders (large, medium, and small scale). A Strata and Outcrops Shader  (used to subtle effect). And a Redirect Shader (X and Z displacement).

John
Title: Re: A Landscape for a Myth (perhaps)
Post by: Volker Harun on December 29, 2008, 06:20:20 PM
Hello John, very good work - and interesting instructions - sooner or later I will try to rebuild a similar terrain. A task!

By the way ... you should change the title and scrap the '(perhaps)' ,-)
Title: Re: A Landscape for a Myth (perhaps)
Post by: Tangled-Universe on December 29, 2008, 06:41:40 PM
Another cool image John. Like the way you've built up the depth in this one.
The strata are indeed quite subtle! These types of terrains aren't really my favorite but I think you did a good job on displacements and surfacing, certainly looks interesting.

Martin