Elminster_ZK opened this issue on Dec 06, 2005 ยท 15 posts
Elminster_ZK posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 10:03 AM
Attached Link: http://www.diardsoftware.com/
You will never guess what I discovered, Vue-ers. This program Universe, which is free, can do awsome volumetric clouds and smoke INSTANTLY. It's not 3d, its more like postwork, but download it and try - basically you drag over a fractal cloud shape and draw it on the image. See below what I did just now - this is before:"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."
Elminster_ZK posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 10:06 AM
"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."
Elminster_ZK posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 10:07 AM
"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."
Elminster_ZK posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 10:09 AM
These volumetrics, which would take hours to render in Vue, took me about 15 seconds to draw in with Universe. All I did was open the jpeg file and use the Nebula tool. Oh, right, I forgot - Universe is meant to be for drawing space scenes - with gas clouds, stars, nebulae, etc. But it does this better. -Zak
"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."
Elminster_ZK posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 10:12 AM
"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."
wabe posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 10:16 AM
Looks very interesting. Thanks a lot. Only "Free?" It says $39,95 + $24.95. Othwerwise some features are switched off. But you can stay in evaluation mode indeed as long as you want to.
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Elminster_ZK posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 11:40 AM
Well all the important features are in the eval edition, like the nebulae and the gas clouds. Only things like planets are in the pay version.
"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."
Cheers posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 12:27 PM
I have used the payed version for about 4 or 5 years. It is pretty cool, but one thing it does miss is updates...it hasn't been updated in 3 or 4 years :/ Cheers
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Elminster_ZK posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 12:41 PM
Oh. Bummer.
"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."
Cheers posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 1:33 PM
"Oh. Bummer." Ohh, I wouldn't really let that put you off, as it does a good job...and as you have shown it is pretty cool at smoke/cloud effects....but, when compared to the results from Flaming Pears "Glitterato" and "Lunercell", then you are able to see what areas it needs work on. Cheers
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spedler posted Tue, 06 December 2005 at 2:04 PM
Yes, I've got the paid version as well, although I've never tried it for clouds, always nebulae! Must give it a try...
Steve
LordWexford posted Wed, 07 December 2005 at 11:48 AM
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/GAL_200512/GalleryImage1107754.jpg Be nice to think that E-on would implement something like this much sooner rather than later, wouldn't it?
nanotyrannus posted Wed, 07 December 2005 at 12:02 PM
Tell me about it, eon really missed the boat on this whole cloud thing, both Terragen 2 and Carrera 5 Pro offer way better (and in terragen's case absolutely realistic) volumetric clouds. I love Vue, but they really missed out by not getting into this feature in Vue 5.
megalodon posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 1:21 AM
I've been lobbying E-On about this cloud situation for quite a while. Terragen2 clouds are outstanding. I'm hoping that E-On will surprise us all with an update that will include this sort of reality. I won't hold my breath, but I will continue to hope!
Megalodon
Cheers posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 3:21 AM
Megalodon, I'm sure E-on are very aware of the competition...and they probably realise that it is an open market and if they are not competitive enough they will lose out. I will just add one other thing concerning features etc and show just how fluid the market can be; A person requires a landscape app and looks at Vue and Terragen. They think, "Wow! great realistic skies within Terragen...but I need plants and trees as well. Oh, looks as if I need Xfrog and a couple of tree libraries also. How much will all that cost? Hmmmm, it's far more expensive than Vue alone...with it's integrated vegetation" Obviously that example doesn't really hold up for Pro users, because there are pipeline considerations etc to consider...oh and we don't know the cost of the different Terragen versions. Yes, Terragen does set the bar for realistic landscapes IMHO...but it's not the only consideration. Me, well if Vue doesn't keep up with the competition then I'll move on to something that does...but realism isn't my only consideration ;) Cheers
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