"Samuel B." <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "Mike Miller" <mil### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > Brain Attack pulp style cover using brain bots, pipes and tanks. Looking closer
> > to a '70's magazine cover than the late 50's pulp book. Added text and stylized
> > in Photoshop. Final rendering done in 16K to get better line/edge effect in PS.
> > Miller.
>
> /It Came From a Lab!/ (and without proper authorization)
>
> It's looking great, Mike! It could possibly benefit from a half-tone effect,
> imo, to give it a magazine cover look. And perhaps greater atmospheric
> perspective to make the foreground pop a bit more.
>
> Are you using any reflection blurring? UberPOV supports it, but it's really slow
> to render. I sometimes entertain the idea of making my own fork of UberPOV to
> allow the number of blur samples to be set to a lower value, in order for them
> to be multiplied by camera blur samples and AA whilst keeping the render times
> lowish. But it's probably a lot of work...
>
> Anyway, I'm looking forward to see what you produce next!~
>
> Sam

Thanks,
I'm not using reflection blurring but might be able to fake it a bit in post.
Rendering times could be a problem. I'm rendering in multiple passes with and
without reflections to control the art effects/edging. I'm looking at adding
more atmosphere/effects as I flush these out. I have a bit a gas leak effect
in the attached view. I'll be adding more background to this one... work in
progress. :)

Yes, a half-tone effect! ...I might play with that and maybe some chromatic
aberrations. I also have some distress maps for aging that might work well to
add some vintage.
Best regards,
Mike.

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