Off the grid

yossam · August 31, 2015, 12:31:00 AM

There are about 20 populations in the scene.............

mhaze · August 31, 2015, 05:34:42 AM

Love it! nice mood and colour.

inkydigit · August 31, 2015, 06:17:46 AM

Great scene set up, what's he upto?

yossam · August 31, 2015, 06:29:20 AM

Could involve one of the sheep.

inkydigit · August 31, 2015, 06:37:23 AM

Thought it was a catapult in his hand!

DocCharly65 · September 01, 2015, 09:45:28 AM

Nice scene!

masonspappy · September 01, 2015, 09:04:36 PM

Hey - great image!

Kadri · September 02, 2015, 02:26:55 AM

Looks nice.

Hannes · September 02, 2015, 06:21:46 AM

Cool!!!
Here comes my favourite question: is there any additional lightsource in the scene? If so, you could try to make the scene brighter by slightly increasing the strength of the environment light instead of using another lightsource(s). To me it looks a bit flat. (It seems I don't really like additional suns or something like that!

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And: if it's unchecked use GISD with an occlusion weight of at least 1.

yossam · September 02, 2015, 05:38:08 PM

I actually had it brighter.............didn't look right to me (not with the cloud cover). Let me play some more with the lighting.

Hannes · September 03, 2015, 02:38:14 AM

No, I didn't mean, that the scene should be brighter. Not at all! But at least to me the shadows look equally bright and a bit flat, and I had the impression that there is a second lightsource (maybe with shadows disdabled) in the scene, which is something that's quite common here, but I think it always looks way more unnatural than adjusting the "natural" factors, like the (one!) sun and environment light plus the GISD settings.

yossam · September 03, 2015, 04:09:12 AM

OK..............glad you replied so quickly. I was going to start on it today sometime. I think I need to turn up the occlusion............the cloud cover is acting as a diffuser and giving me soft shadows.

Hannes · September 03, 2015, 04:21:03 AM

Actually I really like the lighting. Additionally to some higher occlusion weight you could turn on "soft shadows" with a value of 1 maybe to make the shadows' edges less sharp.
And another suggestion: There could be some more variation in the grass patches' distribution. A bit more randomness.
And is there any additional lightsource in the scene?

yossam · September 03, 2015, 05:17:13 AM

There is just the standard lighting set-up. I hardly ever use the 2 suns...............

Hannes · September 03, 2015, 05:26:29 AM

OK, now I feel reassured!