textured or untextured either way, or a good plan on how to do that myself. vue 8.4 inf

It's one of the holy grails of 3D-dom... No kidding.

CGSociety (cgtalk.com) just had an FX Wars on that very subject because it IS that hard to do well.
I wish i could be more inspiring, sorry

I would suggest trying to use MetaClouds grouped (LOTS of them), forming the cloud. Maybe you could animate them by "groups" to suggest the build and size, etc.

Good luck-

-Lew

Great idea Lew. Could actually be fun. It could also be hard. I purchased a Vue product called cloud control that I have never tried. This may be just the thing.

That actually sounds promising! Post it on youtube and send out the link when you give it a shot!
Good luck!
-Lew ;-)

Hobepaintball: CloudControl does not directly explain how to create towering cumulus clouds, however there is a lot of information on cloud layers generally.

In the CloudScapes Collection#1 there is an example of a towering cumulus, although it`s not explained how to build one yourself.

So, when I find some time I will try to make a brief tutorial on how to create towering cumulus clouds and will post it in the "Vue Clouds" thread. Might take some time. In the meantime, the more you know about cloud layers and functions, the easier it will be to follow.

As Lew said, it`s also possible to use Metaclouds. However, as far as I can judge, you might get better results using cloud layers instead.

I tried it a few times... And it's very hard..

I never finished this one:

It's animated metaclouds ,i don't like  the end myself.

 Just take one cloud at the time, i find it is not the amount of clouds (in the above only three) but it's the lighting that makes the difference.  (Although that also depends on the scene and shot)

Awesome! The way you lit the smoke clouds is stunning. And the the expanding waves near the ground greatly add to the explosion`s credibility. Cool :-)

Tnx. 

I played a little more with it, can't figure out how to animate the bottom cloud to get the "roll" effect..

Did had fun adding a little three

WOW, That is a great effect. The result may not have pleased you but I am very impressed. We are always our own harshest critic. It may not be good enough for HERO status, but as a background effect you are already golden.

Eonite, Yes education is the key. I've not enough knowledge about clouds in general, but i have 3 Vue books and lots of Video tutorials, so Clounds are next up in the need to learn category

Just remember to tab/click the little cloud on the light property screen, otherwise youre lights will not influence the clouds

For those wanna play:  change .txt into .vue , an easter gift  ;-)

Cherryman. I have put this in my basket and will eat it in the morning. Thank you from all of us

Cherryman, that was great. Just what I was looking for for a headstart. I rendered it out and let it run. I didn't understand why it took 30 hours (I wasn't home) until i saw i forgot to change the dimensions from 22 inches x 18 inches from my last project. Needless to say media player played it a little choppy. re-rendered it at 640x480, took 15 minutes at broadcast. Now I can see what I like and what to modify. 
Thanks for giving me this headstart, I still have mnuch to learn about clouds in Vue8 inf, but this will help. 

 hobe, nice to be of assistance. 

I would love to see youre finished render. Please share when you have finished

Good luck.

Quote - Tnx. 

I played a little more with it, can't figure out how to animate the bottom cloud to get the "roll" effect..

Did had fun adding a little three

 

can do a little tutorial for us?