Comments on: Rendering Clouds with SSS http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/ Fresh Blender News, Every Day Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:26:28 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TK-421 http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-106281 TK-421 Thu, 24 May 2007 00:06:57 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-106281 sorry, didn't mean to be mean about it.. but i guess it kinda came across that way. i'm not saying i could do any better, i just didn't know you weren't going for ultra-realistic. sorry, didn't mean to be mean about it.. but i guess it kinda came across that way.
i'm not saying i could do any better, i just didn't know you weren't going for ultra-realistic.

]]> By: Kram1032 http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105836 Kram1032 Tue, 22 May 2007 19:36:14 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105836 maye, you could add a blend with a normally transparent material :D I like the toony effect. maye, you could add a blend with a normally transparent material :D

I like the toony effect.

]]> By: Dani http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105743 Dani Tue, 22 May 2007 12:31:29 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105743 Hi, haha, those are some really weird clouds for sure, Micah! Really astonishing, sometimes nature just makes things weirder than we could do on our computers :) Anyway, try making the mesh simpler, and take it to the compositor to blur it. In the blend I posted in your topic, I used the inverted ZBuffer to make the clouds fluffier when they're close and less fluffy when they are far. Then I noised that with the displace node. I'll try another technique tonight but right now I don't have the time. Dani Hi,

haha, those are some really weird clouds for sure, Micah! Really astonishing, sometimes nature just makes things weirder than we could do on our computers :)

Anyway, try making the mesh simpler, and take it to the compositor to blur it. In the blend I posted in your topic, I used the inverted ZBuffer to make the clouds fluffier when they're close and less fluffy when they are far.
Then I noised that with the displace node.

I'll try another technique tonight but right now I don't have the time.
Dani

]]> By: Micah http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105676 Micah Tue, 22 May 2007 07:52:44 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105676 Hey, I want to say that part of the reason this image looks a little funny on the right edge is due to lens distortion. The original image was rendered with a 16 mm lens and the cloud was only in the upper right corner. Instead of rerendering it in the center, I just cropped it. Take a look at the other images on the blenderartists post, and if you have better ideas, give them up, or if you've seen better clouds in blender, post them! I didn't make the clouds to be ultra realistic, I made them to look cool. I mean, here are some clouds that look fake even though they're real: http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/looming-presence.jpg Anyway, some constructive criticism would be helpful to me and the developers as well I'm sure. Thanks, Micah Hey,
I want to say that part of the reason this image looks a little funny on the right edge is due to lens distortion. The original image was rendered with a 16 mm lens and the cloud was only in the upper right corner. Instead of rerendering it in the center, I just cropped it. Take a look at the other images on the blenderartists post, and if you have better ideas, give them up, or if you've seen better clouds in blender, post them!

I didn't make the clouds to be ultra realistic, I made them to look cool. I mean, here are some clouds that look fake even though they're real: http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/looming-presence.jpg

Anyway, some constructive criticism would be helpful to me and the developers as well I'm sure.

Thanks,
Micah

]]> By: Howitzer http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105614 Howitzer Tue, 22 May 2007 02:27:42 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105614 This would make for some good cartoony clouds though. This would make for some good cartoony clouds though.

]]> By: BlackBoe http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105586 BlackBoe Tue, 22 May 2007 00:14:16 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105586 To Freen: There's no point in being snide about it. I didn't say it looked terrible, I just honestly don't think it's a very good demonstration of the technique. To Freen: There's no point in being snide about it.

I didn't say it looked terrible, I just honestly don't think it's a very good demonstration of the technique.

]]> By: freen http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105553 freen Mon, 21 May 2007 22:37:23 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105553 to all the detractors: This is a start. A proof of concept. You can do better? Can't wait to hear from ya! to all the detractors:

This is a start. A proof of concept.
You can do better?
Can't wait to hear from ya!

]]> By: TK-421 http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105548 TK-421 Mon, 21 May 2007 22:20:07 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105548 yeah, looked good until I enlarged it. You can tell its a mesh object. yeah, looked good until I enlarged it. You can tell its a mesh object.

]]> By: Jeepster[] http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105541 Jeepster[] Mon, 21 May 2007 21:52:33 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105541 hmm... what basse said ^ hmm…
what basse said ^

]]> By: Renato Perini http://www.blendernation.com/rendering-clouds-with-sss/comment-page-1/#comment-105521 Renato Perini Mon, 21 May 2007 21:02:59 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2007/05/21/rendering-clouds-with-sss/#comment-105521 I'm wondering where the sky simulator from the GSoC 2006 is gone. I'm wondering where the sky simulator from the GSoC 2006 is gone.

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