Another image that was originally a sort of lighting test...
I want to work on it during the weekend to tweak something (grass and leaves first!), I hope to find the time ;D
I also planned to render it at higher resolution, but continuos unknown thread errors are frustrating... :(
Models made by Walli (thank you for sharing your pack!), me and Xfrog.
100% Terragen 2 (exept some minor color adjustment and the signature made in GIMP).
Hope you like it! :)
The lighting on the leaves is great! Unfortunately the bark doesn't get along very well.
Perhaps it would be nice to have a dense population in the background and then blur it a bit with a TG2-DOF.
Hmmm...seeing you have thread errors, so my suggestions/wishful thinking could be troubling your pc :)
Martin
Those leaves are fantastic, best part for me. I also like your population in the far left, looks very natural. The bloom filter you've rendered this with makes those thinner trees on the left look as if they're on the wrong side of the river. Just a suggestion, on your rock out crops, on the steeper angles, maybe make the displacement scale larger, so the displacements on the lower angles look like scree/fallen rocks would help break up your rock structure. Just a thought.
Thank you for your useful comments :)
TU, the errors appened when it was the turn of the water, so maybe the problem is there. I'll try to make population denser! And I agree with you about the bark: it needs some work (maybe I've also rose too much the displacement multiplier).
Hertzen, I'll work on the displacements. Also because there are some "exploding stones" issues ;D
Full with good ideas but the result is rather unmethodical!
I know... there are a lot of things I must learn in TG2, but I'll try to get better :)
I really like the blurred reflections on the water
:)
can you share your translucency settings for those leaves or how you got that look? I am trying to reproduce similar effect.
Quote from: GioMez on May 09, 2009, 05:03:48 AM
I know... there are a lot of things I must learn in TG2, but I'll try to get better :)
Of course !
Quote from: kaisersuzuki on May 09, 2009, 04:34:42 PM
can you share your translucency settings for those leaves or how you got that look? I am trying to reproduce similar effect.
Sorry for the delay!
Diffuse color: 1.1 - Color: 255, 255, 255
Translucency: 1 - Color: 255, 255, 255
Keep in mind that other factors could influence the result (such as heading and power of the sunlight)
Excellent render, the only thing bothering me is the barren areas, they seem very ordaniray compared to the rest of the scene. Colours are spot on. The blur makes it look like giant tress on the far bank of the river.
I like the left side of the image best. It looks realistic enough and beautiful. The right side lighting just seems strange...sort of unnatural.
Version 2
Worked on many things: leaves, rock surface, fake stones, populations and settings.
Lovely. The only thing I would change is make the water colour a little less saturated. And I really like the rich patches of dark green veg on the cliff (not the bushes, though they are cool too, but the patches that look like v thick moss or v fine grass). How did you do that?
Ooh, I like the ground cover a lot. Nice lighting, too.
Beautiful image :) I would love to go there for my summer holidays, sitting on this spot all day, watching and listening to the birds and the water.
Great image! Looks very fresh!
Though I would suggest using another tree in the foreground, as this one looks a bit too flat and CG...
I can see the potential in this image. I think the rock on the hillsides is a bit too lit up (not sure why), which brings the image down a bit in realism for me. I really like the water and can see where the bloom effect can make it pop and look sweet!
Thank you all for your comments! I don't know if there will be a V3, but if I found the time I might work on it.
Quote from: domdib on May 20, 2009, 05:50:05 AM
Lovely. The only thing I would change is make the water colour a little less saturated. And I really like the rich patches of dark green veg on the cliff (not the bushes, though they are cool too, but the patches that look like v thick moss or v fine grass). How did you do that?
Just 3 surface layers and some work with little displacement. ;)
I like the background and light alot!!!