Loading...
> >

UltraScenery - new(er) territory [Commercial]

1…606162636466»

Comments

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,304

    It is Fennec for Foxes by AM alias Red Fox. I just needed something that does not take so much resources.

    The clouds are taking a lot of power from my computer, so mostly CPU rendering.

    https://www.daz3d.com/cloudscape-creator--vdb-cloud-layers

     

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,113

    Maybe an appropriate HDRI? https://polyhaven.com/a/quarry_cloudy or https://polyhaven.com/a/sunflowers

    Both could have a low enough horizon to work with only the sky being visible.

    Regards,

    Richard

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,192
    Totte said:

    barbult said:

    WHAT is that animal?

    I think that is @Richard_Haseltine in his new disguise......

    But those ears! Richard says ears are very important to a cat. I didn't know that, and when I put earmuffs on him he was nearly run over by a snowcat. Do you suppose those giant ears are designed to compensate for my grievous error?
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,945

    I am not a fox. Cats generally beat foxes up* (though I don't know if fenecs are tougher than the general fox).

    * That is most toonish I have seen our current cat being - a dark dbrown blur in the middle of the lawn which turned out to be the cat chasing a fox chasing the cat. Eventually the fox broke away and legged it, with the cat in pursuit.

  • TotteTotte Posts: 14,688

    Richard Haseltine said:

    I am not a fox. Cats generally beat foxes up* (though I don't know if fenecs are tougher than the general fox).

    * That is most toonish I have seen our current cat being - a dark dbrown blur in the middle of the lawn which turned out to be the cat chasing a fox chasing the cat. Eventually the fox broke away and legged it, with the cat in pursuit.

    What does the fox say? 

  • DoctorJellybeanDoctorJellybean Posts: 9,601

    Totte said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    I am not a fox. Cats generally beat foxes up* (though I don't know if fenecs are tougher than the general fox).

    * That is most toonish I have seen our current cat being - a dark dbrown blur in the middle of the lawn which turned out to be the cat chasing a fox chasing the cat. Eventually the fox broke away and legged it, with the cat in pursuit.

    What does the fox say? 

    Asking where the geese are. 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,192

    DoctorJellybean said:

    Totte said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    I am not a fox. Cats generally beat foxes up* (though I don't know if fenecs are tougher than the general fox).

    * That is most toonish I have seen our current cat being - a dark dbrown blur in the middle of the lawn which turned out to be the cat chasing a fox chasing the cat. Eventually the fox broke away and legged it, with the cat in pursuit.

    What does the fox say? 

    Asking where the geese are. 

    "Could I borrow your phone to get directions to the hen house, please?" 

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,304

    richardandtracy said:

    Maybe an appropriate HDRI? https://polyhaven.com/a/quarry_cloudy or https://polyhaven.com/a/sunflowers

    Both could have a low enough horizon to work with only the sky being visible.

    Regards,

    Richard

    Thanks for the tips.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,304
    edited December 11

    Test of the preset: USC2 Snake Bridge 05
    with hdri from Poly Haven.
    Much faster rendering: 4 minutes 48 seconds.

    USC2SnakeBridge05.jpg
    1920 x 1080 - 597K
    Post edited by Artini on
  • TotteTotte Posts: 14,688

    VDBs can be such pains when rendering speedwise. 

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,192

    I made a scene with just VDB clouds and rendered it from several Sun-Sky directions. I use those renders in the Environment Pane as a Backdrop for UltraScenery renders. It is much faster than rendering those VDB clouds every time. Also Sunflowers from PolyHaven is my favorite HDRI for use with UltraScenery renders I usually set the White Point in Tone Mapping to a yellowish color to reduce the strong warm tint of the Sunflowers HDRI. It has a low flat horizon and lovely clouds.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,192
    edited 5:25AM

    This is Woodlands 01 with Snake Bridge 07. I used the mountains from Highlands for the background and the Highlands afternoon HDRI for the lighting (including the clouds and sky). There are no foxes or cats here. wink

    UltraScenery2 Woodland 1 Snake Bridge 07 Boat Highlands Mounds and HDRI_Camera 1.jpg
    2600 x 2000 - 5M
    Post edited by barbult at
  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,209

    Young Fox meets cat in the garden a few years ago :)

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,304

    barbult said:

    I made a scene with just VDB clouds and rendered it from several Sun-Sky directions. I use those renders in the Environment Pane as a Backdrop for UltraScenery renders. It is much faster than rendering those VDB clouds every time. Also Sunflowers from PolyHaven is my favorite HDRI for use with UltraScenery renders I usually set the White Point in Tone Mapping to a yellowish color to reduce the strong warm tint of the Sunflowers HDRI. It has a low flat horizon and lovely clouds.

    Thanks for the tips. I also used Sunflowers from PolyHaven in my recent render.

    How do you proceed with the lights in the US2 scene when you are using a Backdrop?

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,304

    What an extraordinary animal. Another reference video for our renders.

     

Sign In or Register to comment.