eonite opened this issue on Nov 03, 2009 · 302 posts
eonite posted Mon, 30 November 2009 at 8:57 AM
Thank you, FrankT and eclipse245!
eclipse245: I am using both, the clouds editor and the function editor, Don`t know if you read this, I am still busy with my clouds project This includes an extended documentation on Vue cloud which will probably answer most of your questions.
Here is an update on my progress with the cloud project.
There will be several products available from C3D.
These are:
2."CloudScapes" will be atmospheres/cloud layer sets. Those clouds are essentially what I have been developing over many months, and you can be assured that they will differ in look and feel from the Vue presets. The included documentation will help you get more out of it.
Have tried to achieve a good compromise between realism and rendertime. As you probably know, the nodes in the function editor will inevitably slow down rendering. So I tried avoid using those nodes which put a too heavy load onto the computer.
For example, if the cloud detail is provided by fractal nodes, rendering will be a lot slower than when you are using detail from the cloud editor.
Why? Simply because clouds detail in the clouds editor is hard coded, as opposed to detail provided by the function editor. Therefore I have been trying work with the detail parameters of the clouds editor as much as possible.
I will try to keep the price of those products moderate, so everyone interested will have a chance to buy.