Turning Onto the Beam

[treddie]

This image would not have been possible without Luc's gracious posting of his cumulus clouds .tgd.

I tried forever and a day to get my clouds to look good.  But with Luc's file, I was able to see that I had the right idea, I just needed to understand shaders better, and how a lot of those check boxes can get you into trouble if you're not careful.  There are so many functions spread through the tabs that need proper settings.  Now that I understand that better, this was my first truly successful set of cumulus clouds that I can honestly say I like.

Thanks Luc!

treddie

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[Oshyan]

You've got some great shapes, the shading just needs a bit of adjustment now. Good start! You are using v2 clouds here, correct?

-Oshyan

[treddie]

v2, yes.

Do you think some of the shapes are too dark?  I was actually liking that, but maybe I have been looking at it for too long.

[Oshyan]

The darkness is not necessarily a problem, but the overall shading lacks "definition", it is too soft in my view. I am curious to see these shapes with v3 cloud shading...

- Oshyan

[treddie]

Let me play with this for a while.

[Luc]

You're welcome

Nice to see this old tgd file is still useful.

If you need more clouds/sky presets you can visit my store 

luc


www.lucbianco.fr

This image would not have been possible without Luc's gracious posting of his cumulus clouds .tgd.

I tried forever and a day to get my clouds to look good.  But with Luc's file, I was able to see that I had the right idea, I just needed to understand shaders better, and how a lot of those check boxes can get you into trouble if you're not careful.  There are so many functions spread through the tabs that need proper settings.  Now that I understand that better, this was my first truly successful set of cumulus clouds that I can honestly say I like.

Thanks Luc!

treddie

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[DannyG]

Clouds are a bit too transparent IMH, cool looking shapes and an excellent start. I would hate to be a passenger in that Jumbo jet, I can only assume the fasten seat belt sign is illuminated

[treddie]

Heheh...The pilot loves to give his passengers a little rush!

Thanks for the comments!  I am experimenting with various stuff to see what happens.