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Subject: Asperatus clouds

alexcoppo opened this issue on Jun 01, 2009 · 14 posts
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alexcoppo ( ) posted Mon, 01 June 2009 at 1:12 PM · edited Mon, 02 December 2024 at 11:39 AM

While we all quarrel about which program creates the most realist clouds, Nature is busy at work.

Today I saw an article about Asperatus clouds; it contained a picture so unbelievable that it could not have been photoshopped.

I found an interesting cloud images reference site The Cloud appreciation Society and in their gallery there is a section specialized for  this kind of clouds. I find this example the most impressive.

Bye!!!

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Rich_Potter ( ) posted Mon, 01 June 2009 at 1:32 PM

wow, thats a crazy cloud...

I find it really interesting that things like the cloud appreciation society exists, its brilliant.

Thanks for the link!

Rich

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Rutra ( ) posted Mon, 01 June 2009 at 1:47 PM

If someone would do that in Vue, everyone would say "very unrealistic". :-)

bruno021 ( ) posted Mon, 01 June 2009 at 1:48 PM

Wow, weirdest cloud I've seen. So unrealistic! I suggest the guy who rendered this go, and and look how real clouds look like -)


silverblade33 ( ) posted Mon, 01 June 2009 at 2:36 PM

Hey did you see that on the BBC site?:) I jsut posted about it on a game forum!! ;)

think this is my fave...
saw one like this here, a few years ago, except it was more like looking up into boiling, molten copper...scared folk, seriously, was so eerie!

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offrench ( ) posted Tue, 02 June 2009 at 1:04 AM

Nothing to say except that nature is still the greatest renderer existing today. And it does all of this in real time!


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chippwalters ( ) posted Tue, 02 June 2009 at 2:12 PM

Thanks for the link, Alex. I wonder if those type of clouds were in any way responsible for any of Van Gogh's work?

 

bigbraader ( ) posted Wed, 03 June 2009 at 4:14 AM

Just unbelieveable. Thanks for the link.

eonite ( ) posted Sat, 06 June 2009 at 6:29 AM

Quote - While we all quarrel about which program creates the most realist clouds, Nature is busy at work.

Today I saw an article about Asperatus clouds; it contained a picture so unbelievable that it could not have been photoshopped.

I found an interesting cloud images reference site The Cloud appreciation Society and in their gallery there is a section specialized for  this kind of clouds. I find this example the most impressive.

Bye!!!

Thanks for the links. Very impressive and inspiring shots, especially the "asperatus" clouds.

 

I had to give it a try and came up with the picture below (grainy, low quality render)

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eonite ( ) posted Sat, 06 June 2009 at 6:41 AM

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Those are Spectral II clouds. I bypassed most of the regular cloud model parameters and built a "cloud model" in the function editor. The main challenge was to create distortions on Z. The Spectral II model allows "altitude variations" but it won`t allow actual distortions in the z direction.

It`s not perfect but at least it shows some of the potential when using the function editor along with the  Spectral II clouds model.

http://www.eonmusic.ch http://www.artmatica.ch

eonite ( ) posted Sat, 06 June 2009 at 8:42 AM

file_432471.jpg

 Another try (still grainy). Took considerably longer to render because one of the nodes is a Terrain Fractal. (See screenshot below)

Click on the pic for a bigger version.

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eonite ( ) posted Sat, 06 June 2009 at 8:51 AM · edited Sat, 06 June 2009 at 8:56 AM

file_432472.jpg

The Gaussian Tooth node (wavelength 0/0/1) to the right generates a layer within the main layer, which then can be distorted in all 3 dimensions. Rather crazy approach, but it works :-)

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craftycurate ( ) posted Sat, 06 June 2009 at 11:46 AM

Quote - Thanks for the link, Alex. I wonder if those type of clouds were in any way responsible for any of Van Gogh's work?

I reckon Van Gogh was looking through the bathroom window at the time :)

craftycurate ( ) posted Sat, 06 June 2009 at 11:47 AM

Quote -  Another try (still grainy). Took considerably longer to render because one of the nodes is a Terrain Fractal. (See screenshot below)

Click on the pic for a bigger version.

That's pretty cool!

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