Quote from: old_blaggard on July 17, 2008, 12:45:01 PM
Very nice work! This is definitely better than the original. I would love to see a hint or two about how you achieved this 
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Of course, no problem...
Honestly there isn't something in particular what you should really do.
There are a few things I use as guideline like:
1) High cloud depth setting = low density setting (in this case 4000 for depth and 0,15 for density)
2) If there are fractal lines visible in the clouds then increase the contrast of the fractal a bit. If you increase the contrast too much you will lose fluffy shapes.
If the fractal lines are still visible then increase the contrast further, but then increase the offset slightly to get those fluffy shapes back.
3) For extra smaller detail increase the roughness of the fractal. Same story accounts for this setting as the contrast. Be careful, use small steps.
4) Keep the noise variation as low as possible for these type of clouds to get a bit of a cauliflower look. Too low can result in fractal lines.
5) Keep buoyancy >1 for good volume of clouds.
6) Clumping of variation controls the fractal edges as far as I know. The higher the setting the denser the edges of the fractal and thus clouds will be. Most of the times this setting is lower than the buoyancy setting.
I hope this will be of any help
Martin
