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Title: Valley
Post by: mhaze on November 25, 2017, 04:32:48 AM
Started as an erosion test but took on a life of it's own!
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Post by: Dune on November 25, 2017, 04:36:01 AM
That's how it often goes, doesn't it? Pretty cool, I especially like the waterfall of course. I would reduce the haze though and add some more colors to the rock. Clouds are terrific too.
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Post by: mhaze on November 25, 2017, 05:12:16 AM
That's the problem - haze is set to zero. I really can't think of how to reduce it anymore! It's a problem I come up against many times.
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Post by: mhaze on November 25, 2017, 05:39:46 AM
Ah! GI seems to be the culprit.
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Post by: luvsmuzik on November 25, 2017, 06:50:44 AM
Love it!
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Post by: René on November 25, 2017, 07:32:59 AM
Very nice! I haven't been able to experiment with erosion because there isn't an osx version(yet?) :'(, but what I have seen so far it may well be the solution to create square noise. There is already something similar in your image. Well done!
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Post by: fleetwood on November 25, 2017, 10:10:45 AM
Cool one.  :)
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Post by: j meyer on November 25, 2017, 11:49:44 AM
The rocks look pretty karsty the way they are now, like some places in eastern europe.
Like the clouds, too.
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Post by: mhaze on November 25, 2017, 12:18:02 PM
Thanks all.
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Post by: bobbystahr on November 25, 2017, 01:23:13 PM
Very nice, right up to your usual quality. It has a peaceful yet kinda alien feel to it...big LIKE
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Post by: SILENCER on November 25, 2017, 07:25:42 PM
Snazzy..I like that it has a waterfall. I've never had the stones to attempt that.
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Post by: D.A. Bentley (SuddenPlanet) on November 25, 2017, 09:32:04 PM
Amazing work!  I don't know how to describe it, but it almost feels like a painting.  I would live there.  ;)
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Post by: bobbystahr on November 26, 2017, 02:21:57 AM
2nd look revealed that cool waterfall...so you used rivers as well but to much better effect than I got..well done.
How, if I may be so bold to ask, did you do the falling water?..it rocks.
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Post by: mhaze on November 26, 2017, 05:15:08 AM
Hi Bobby,

It's a PF, vertically stretched and masked by a simple shape shader with displacement from the PF.  I added a default shader to give translucency and extra specular reflections.
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Post by: bobbystahr on November 26, 2017, 02:30:28 PM
Quote from: mhaze on November 26, 2017, 05:15:08 AM
Hi Bobby,

It's a PF, vertically stretched and masked by a simple shape shader with displacement from the PF.  I added a default shader to give translucency and extra specular reflections.

Well done man...noted for future reference.
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Post by: sboerner on November 27, 2017, 10:29:24 AM
Very nice. Just on the edge of surreal – very believable. Great clouds and waterfall.
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Post by: DannyG on November 29, 2017, 12:43:15 PM
I like the waterfall, light on the surface is a bit harsh though
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Post by: J_Con on November 30, 2017, 09:22:49 AM
Really nice, quite epic. Clouds are stunning.
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Post by: DannyG on December 01, 2017, 11:37:59 AM
Quote from: mhaze on November 25, 2017, 05:12:16 AM
That's the problem - haze is set to zero. I really can't think of how to reduce it anymore! It's a problem I come up against many times.

Perhaps increasing the contrast in TG would cut through the haze
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Post by: bobbystahr on December 02, 2017, 11:55:19 AM
Quote from: mhaze on November 25, 2017, 05:39:46 AM
Ah! GI seems to be the culprit.

Yeah, as I've progressed I found that one too, but it didn't strike me off the top as an area to fix. Good call.
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Post by: luvsmuzik on December 02, 2017, 12:11:05 PM
Interesting recent post, depending on render time for your project, maybe a tweak or two with a crop?
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,23529.msg238151.html#msg238151
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Post by: mhaze on December 05, 2017, 04:59:36 AM
Another version - just after the golden 1/2 hour! Distant rocks with more masking and a fore ground rock.
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Post by: cyphyr on December 05, 2017, 05:06:18 AM
I like this one much more. It has greater detail and interest, a combination of scales leading the viewer in. Excellent river by the way. Something missing, can't put my finger on it. Keep working on this one :)
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Post by: mhaze on December 05, 2017, 05:45:56 AM
Thanks, I think I'll have to add the goats back in.
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Post by: Dune on December 05, 2017, 09:05:04 AM
Great light, very much better indeed. But forget about the goats, the river now looks like 5-8m wide, with goats the proportion problem might get back. Unless they're small enough.
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Post by: bobbystahr on December 05, 2017, 11:49:37 AM
I like where you've taken this man.
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Post by: mhaze on December 05, 2017, 01:08:56 PM
Thanks, new update on the way soon...
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Post by: D.A. Bentley (SuddenPlanet) on December 05, 2017, 06:36:20 PM
I really really love it!  The only thing I would say, is because it looks so good, I want to see more of the river at the bottom edge.  Can you pull down the blind a little more to reveal more of where the river is going?  ;)
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Post by: mhaze on December 06, 2017, 04:45:38 PM
Final! time for me to move on.
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Post by: Lady of the Lake on December 06, 2017, 05:16:15 PM
Perfect. :)
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Post by: bobbystahr on December 06, 2017, 05:28:12 PM
If you're happy so are we. It's been a fun trip.
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Post by: mhaze on December 07, 2017, 05:59:10 AM
Thanks all.
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Post by: luvsmuzik on December 07, 2017, 08:12:39 AM
Another masterpiece! Two weeks into a new feature, you certainly nailed that one!
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Post by: mhaze on December 07, 2017, 10:05:20 AM
Thankyou!