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General => Image Sharing => Topic started by: trailgirl on January 20, 2010, 11:11:32 AM

Title: Island Approach
Post by: trailgirl on January 20, 2010, 11:11:32 AM
This is an island inspired by Patagonia. If anyone has suggestions for improvements please let me know!
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: Henry Blewer on January 20, 2010, 01:38:14 PM
The clouds could be set to high quality and the samples increased in the clouds quality tab. I would also try more edge hardness.
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: TheBlackHole on January 20, 2010, 03:03:39 PM
I find the transition from rock to ice a bit harsh.
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: trailgirl on January 20, 2010, 06:20:25 PM
njeneb and TheBlackHole, I increased Edge Sharpness from 1 to 2, and increased Quality samples to 128 (from 64), and I changed the snow on the peak (made the snow layer have less coverage, then added a higher snow layer with more coverage). I appreciate the feedback!
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: Henry Blewer on January 20, 2010, 06:38:23 PM
What is the focal aperture of the render camera. The field of view seems to be very wide.
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: trailgirl on January 20, 2010, 06:52:48 PM
Focal length is 8.18435
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: Henry Blewer on January 20, 2010, 06:55:27 PM
Try changing the horizontal FOV to 50. You may need to change the camera location. The clouds look very stretched out, doing this will get them to be more cloud shaped.
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: trailgirl on January 21, 2010, 03:40:03 PM
Thank you, njenab. I changed the fov and did a quick render. There's quite a difference in the appearance. I think the fov was the reason I had such a problem with the water, which was too dark in the foreground, like a semi-circle shadow over the water. I'm going to start over this one, but with better understanding of fov.
Title: Re: Island Approach
Post by: inkydigit on January 21, 2010, 04:21:01 PM
default fov should be fine for most scenes, once you start zooming about things can go a bit awry, rather than zooming, I tend to move the camera to see what i want, then if necessary I will tweak the camera settings, looking forward to see how this progresses!