Terragen 3 Wishlist - Ghosts of TGD Past, Present, and Future.

[Hetzen]

Turning stuff on and off in the preview would be usefull. It can get very cluttered very quickly.

[TheBadger]

^^ Select the node in question, and hit the "D" key. Node is then hidden. Select the same node again and repeat, the node is then un hidden. A hidden node will not render.

Additionally, you may in the node main window, select render as bounding box, wireframe, or hidden. THis is not the same as the above mentioned steps. THis method is more like hiding a layer in PS.

[Hetzen]

Some things in the preview are still required to give shape, so turning off SSS (Grrr) doesn't help. Road masks for example. Cameras for distance shaders, etc.

[TheBadger]

Oh yeah! Sorry, H. I know what you mean now.
More control is much desired!

[Oshyan]

Link to the Wiki is a sticky in "User contributed tutorials" and there is also a link from the main website front page (in sub-menu). Should it be somewhere else?

- Oshyan

[Dune]

I strongly agree with Jon that it would be very handy to also be able to hide things like simple shapes and cameras.

And, Michael; speaking of books. I've been playing with the thought to make a(nother) book with my renders, but hesitate as it's a lot of work and won't sell that good. I did one: http://au.blurb.com/b/256221-ulco-glimmerveen-the-paintings, but sold only a couple.

[kaedorg]

I already know your book Ulco and my favourite is your Red lemurian (maybe because my wife is from Madagascar )

[Dune]

Ah! So you're one of my few buyers... thanks!

[TheBadger]

Hi Ulco,
Dont make it about sales. Just be happy to let people have a chance to own art. Its not easy to sell books on your own. But if you team up with say 5-10-15 others And all put in a 2-3 images (full page, full color) Split the costs and only make the money back plus maybe a few, that would be pretty great.
Plus, you know a first print does not have to be massive. Just as many as needed to bring the cost down per copy to make it a fast seller.

And you have to market it on more than just the printers page, amazon, deviant, and others. Amazon would be among the best though. And anyone can sell there.

Blurb is cool. But I was imagining a finer quality printing service.

Hope some people do it at some point!

I will look at your book now Ulco, the cover is a great hook!

[TheBadger]

Thats pretty nice Ulco. Only could see 15 pages. But there were at least two images I would buy the paintings of if I had any money. Not that there were only two good ones, just buying art is personal. I would like to see the other 52 paintings.

[TheBadger]

Its on my wish list to see a terragen artists book. Only the best 2-3 renders from any of the artists. But not just pure TG only. But also Finished comped Digital art that used TG in the process. Not a tut book, a art book.

[kaedorg]

+1 for the idea of a Terragen book with 2 or 3 renders of the artists.

By the way, as a bookshop owner, i know how it is hard to produce Art books and harder to sell them.

Minimum quantity (in order to lower the producing price) is 500. And the minimum cost per unit is about 20 to 25 euros.
So you need to think such a project with a budget between 10000 and 15000 euros.

Crowfunding project maybe ?

[TheBadger]

Crowdfunding project maybe ?

Not a bad idea.

I have no problems at all with paying 25-30 dollars for a good reference art book. I much prefer paper and ink to LCD.

Your numbers feel a bit high to me though, kaedorg.

[j meyer]

Oshyan - I just think a new user or visitor would search for it on the first
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[PabloMack]

I would like to be able to right-click on keys in the curve editor, select Edit and change the Frame# and Value for the key textually.