Forum: Bryce

Subject: Space scene feedback

Sihn opened this issue on Aug 03, 2001 ยท 8 posts

Sihn posted Fri, 03 August 2001 at 4:28 AM

This is just a first and sort of thrown together. I need to create a series of space scenes for backgrounds on a web page. Any hints, tips, criticism, etc. would be helpful. If I could get something close to resembling Chesley Bonestell's work, I'd be ecstatic. *s*

Deathbringer posted Fri, 03 August 2001 at 11:56 AM

Looks really nice to me.. not sure where the pixel look in the front left is comming from..but you may want to crank up the res on the render and then take it down from there in Photoshop, or Image Ready to get the lower res for the web. Looks good though.

RimRunner posted Fri, 03 August 2001 at 12:09 PM

I've seen some pixel effects like that when the camera is too close to the object. Sometimes playing around in the Deep Texture editor will clear this up. Or pulling back the camera a little :)

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KenS posted Fri, 03 August 2001 at 1:44 PM

or scale the texture down in the materials lab.

Sihn posted Fri, 03 August 2001 at 3:24 PM

The mountain texture was a bust, so I used two of Bryce 4's default textures - Desert Rock in the closeup foreground and in the distant tall mountain and New Mexico Cliffs in between. Also did some tweek on the terrain itself. Anymore hints on how this could be better?

RimRunner posted Fri, 03 August 2001 at 4:21 PM

"Anymore hints on how this could be better? " Yeah, that could be the view outta my window. ;) Nice :) I would put a soft light on the shadow side of the cliffs. Just to make it barely visible. As it is now, it's so dark that at first I thought it was a miss-match between the background and foreground. (but only for a second) - James

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Deathbringer posted Fri, 03 August 2001 at 5:04 PM

Ok personally I like the other texture better... but I like the terrain look better now.. And I agree some soft light would be great.. Coming along nice.

bhitney posted Sat, 04 August 2001 at 9:51 PM

What about adding a slow fading effect to the planet? Maybe only the left 3/4 would be visible, or something like that? It may help it look a little more natural. Also, I like the starry background -- is that a pict file? -- here are some suggestions if it is: try darkening it a tad, to make it a tad more subtle -- not sure if that will work. Another idea is: I've never liked bringing in star backgrounds into Bryce because often times the rendering process dulls them. So you can do a mask render and add the bg in afterwards -- sometimes it looks cleaner... -Brian