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On 12-7-2017 11:48, omniverse wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aol com> wrote:
>> On 7/12/2017 8:36 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> This is more of a conceptual image to me than anything else. I wanted -
>>> among other things - to explore 3dclouds.inc.
>>>
>>> It may surprise you to read that the lower half of the image rendered in
>>> about one hour while the upper half took about... 48 hours, or more as I
>>> rendered that part in blocks using Continue. Despite the fact that the
>>> clouds and the (media) atmosphere do not mix: they are separate objects.
>>> /That/ would have been even more speed killing. Rendered separately
>>> (clouds or media) the image renders within a couple of hours.
>>>
>>> I guess that the cloud build-up (here 50 planes) is the basic culprit.
>>>
>>> Nonetheless, you may or may not appreciate the scene ;-)
>>>
>>
>> That's quite a render and appreciated.
>
> I 2nd that. I remembered stacked planes for clouds was a speed-up over media,
> guess I'm wrong.
It certainly is a speed-up but apparently not when you add a media
underneath.
>
>> But what is that white cloud structure, just above the centre point of
>> the image?
>> It looks a bit like a Poser prop. ;)
>
> Asteroid or irregular satellite of the planet, I suppose. I had looked around
> the sky to piece it all together because I thought it was a ghostly figure at
> first.
Well, that was one of my experiments in this scene: A giant, overhanging
cliff, maybe reaching up out of the atmosphere. Something like Mount
Lookitthat on the planet of the same name. I am not satisfied is the
least I can say. It is not a Poser prop but it is a mesh object.
> I also see what looks like a guy in a hoody holding a briefcase, standing among
> the skeletons. Maybe not and just an illusion? ;)
>
No illusion. It is my Major Grubert taking a stroll. Hence the title I
guess: he has been to all sorts of imaginable places. :-)
--
Thomas
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