hi all!

sorry if this is an often stated question but it's in regards to creating for or a low lying mist.

i see the tabs for it in the atmosphere editor but that's when you have the sun on, i'm making a dense jungle scene so i have/had the sun off and was using spotlights but i wanted the fog so i brought the sun out and turned him all the way down...but it has still (somewhat) affected my scene lighting (???).

so is there another way to create a low lying fog 1-5 feet from the ground.

thanks!

I like to use spheres with a cloud/fog material applied.  Make the sphere big and squish it a bit flat.  Sometimes it is better to use more than one sphere to get "pockets" of fog.

Peggy

thanks peggy for your reply.

i understand the part about making a sphere and squishing it but how are you appling the fog effect to the sphere...i am under the impression that the only way to create the fog is through the atmosphere editor and having the sun play a role. ie; you can have a sun with no fog but you can't have fog without a sun (???).

could you please explain a bit more for me?

Just apply a material.  Look in the special effects and volumetric materials folders too - there is one called smoke that makes good fog.  The cloud material are good starting points...

I found a material called stream for Vue - not sure where I got it, but it really makes good fog.  Check the free stuff here at renderosity.

Peggy

ohhhh okay.

don't you know that clouds are only for clouds and smoke is only for smoke! lol! brillant!!

i'll give those a try...thanks again.

ray

You can indeed have fog without sun.  Deleting the sun just causes Vue to continually try to suggest that you add a sun, but as long as you respond with "no" you can still get in and edit the environment to your hearts content.  Just play with the level of fog and the falloff values under the altitude dependent fog settings.  Hope this helps!

by "deleting the sun" i'm pushing the sliders all the way down for the sun...is there another way?

Quote - by "deleting the sun" i'm pushing the sliders all the way down for the sun...is there another way?

Rather than playing with the sliders, just delete the sun object from the object layer.