Goodnight - Updated - v.2

[dandelO]

Just something I begun yesterday as I'd been missing out on a lot of TG playtime.
Nothing to it, just a window back into TG for me.

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Thanks for looking!

[Zairyn Arsyn]

for me thats too early for me to go to bed.
this sorta reminds me of my "dream ends at dawn" render btw. looks great,

[matrix2003]

Love the distance.  Really sucks you in. Beautiful atmo!   B.

[inkydigit]

v nice atmo...love it, esp the cloudage!

[dandelO]

for me thats too early for me to go to bed.

I never said it was bedtime, just a goodnight! I never go to bed until it's well into tomorrow, either.
Such a problem when I have to rise for work and my kid's school times a couple/few hours later!

[domdib]

Very nice composition and atmo.

[Henry Blewer]

I like the stars just showing. Some post with the lighthouse illuminating the sea would really make this one.

[Mr_Lamppost]

for me thats too early for me to go to bed.

I never said it was bedtime, just a goodnight! I never go to bed until it's well into tomorrow, either.
Such a problem when I have to rise for work and my kid's school times a couple/few hours later!

So I'm not the only one.

[mr-miley]

for me thats too early for me to go to bed.

I never said it was bedtime, just a goodnight! I never go to bed until it's well into tomorrow, either.
Such a problem when I have to rise for work and my kid's school times a couple/few hours later!

So I’m not the only one.

Nope, you certainly aren't  I deliberately try not to do any Terragenning in the night time. I find that I'll look at my watch and think... "Bugger, half 2 again" Have to get up at 7 

[mr-miley]

Oh, and by the way... most excellent render by the way, captures the mood perfectly 

Miles

[dandelO]

I fixed the overly jaggy water in this one a bit. I also upped its index of refraction for a more shiny feel.

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Thanks for the second look!

[Seth]

very good water

[Henry Blewer]

Maybe one of John's (Schmeerlap) ships from his Flickr photostream would look nice.

The water really pops now. Index of refraction... Nice tip.

[dandelO]

Index of refraction... Nice tip.

Yes, it is. Matt enlightened us to this little biscuit a while back for using the reflective shader. Before, I'd have just upped the reflectivity factor beyond '1' for a more shiny feel. That way, though, seems to be where the black(are they improperly calculated reflected reflections?) parts come from in a lot of shiny renders, when using higher reflective values than 1.

Upping the refraction index significantly can give you some beautiful chrome/metal/mirror effects.
In this linked render of a saucer(made of TG rocks and discs) http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=5312.0  I think my chrome shaders were about IOR=8 or 10.
I've seen me using values of 20-30.
Always remember a slider is only a slider if you slide it! Try inputing values manually, every field in TG can be forced well past the slider's limits...

I did have a table of indeces of refraction for common crystal/stones/etc, I seem to have lost it now, Google for a table to check indeces yourself. I think the highest scale in it, though, was 2.4(something) for diamond.

[inkydigit]

Index of refraction... Nice tip.

snip....
every field in TG can be forced well past the slider's limits...

nice job, indeed, spinal tap would've loved that on their amps!!!