Cloud Study in Vue6I by Burpee

Vue • Landscape • posted on Feb 02, 2008

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I'm still taking my intermediate Vue class and this is from lesson 4 (of 6 lessons). We worked with the cloud editor and making our own skies. I started with the bare default sky and created this. My biggest problem was getting the cloud settings and render settings to render the clouds without graininess. This was the best I could do and still had to use the 'soften' brush in PSPXI to remove some grain. For a finished image, this could use a boat, birds or far-off castle-like buildings for interest, but I was pretty happy with the overall effect and decided to share. ***Bryce comments: I have been a strong proponent of Bryce and have always been proud of the fact that I was a Bryce user and showing what Bryce is capable. I won V6I big discounts and bought it. I felt that I needed to learn to use it and have been practicing with it. The other day I went into Bryce and had to stop to think how to use some of the controls!!!!!!! I'm torn between continueing with Vue and leaving Bryce in the dust. I feel like a traitor. I don't know what to do :( I wish that Daz3D would do something with Bryce besides let it languor. They need to increase the speed at which it renders radiosity and heavy atmosphere and mats. More believable clouds and trees would be cool too. Kind weird to feel this way about a software program, lol.

Comments (95)

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artgum

3:00PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

This is a wonderful landscape / sky image. I understand what you mean about Bryce- learning a new software is hardly being a traitor; Bryce does nice things, but not quite like this. You'll enjoy the power and depth of Vue. Crank up those atmosphere settings to get rid of the grain. Keep up the good work.

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kanzler

3:00PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

The clouds and the lighing are great! You can change the quality settings in the atmosphere editor "Fog and Haze".

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delbeke

3:01PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Well, you did a fantastic job on the sky! As far as feeling guilty or like a traitor I know exactly what you are feeling. When I started using DAZ I felt the same way. Though I don't use Bryce to do scenes I do use it to make props. My problem with it it can be a piggy with memory, I miss it at times.

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RocksLady

3:01PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Wow mad picture beautiful cloud tendency! Love greeting Rocksy

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stevey3d

3:03PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Beautiful! Wonderful light and pov! Superb image! 5++

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flaviok

3:05PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

È minha amiga, acho que a Daz poderia unir Bryce e Carrara e fazer um excelente software, o Vue 6 sem duvida hoje em dia é o mais amigável deles, portanto não precisa te sentir uma traidora do Bryce. Imagem excelentemente trabalhada, magnífica aplausos (5) My friend, I think Daz could unite Bryce and Carrara and to do an excellent software, Vue 6 without he/she doubts nowadays is the friendliest of them, therefore he/she doesn't need to feel a traitor of Bryce. Image worked excelentemente, magnificent applauses (5)

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carlx

3:10PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Wonderful vista, Nancy!!! Love the lighting and sky!!!

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1010

3:15PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Torn between two lovers eh! lol Well, I think you are doing great with Vue, I have both programs and don't use either, so I am bad!

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gillbrooks

3:16PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

You've created a lovely sky! Spectral skies do tend to need extra quality boost and render in as high a quality setting that you're prepared to wait for :)

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annie5

3:16PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Great result with the clouds..love it! Fantastic scene Nancy :)

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2Loose2Trek

3:21PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Excellent work Nancy ... and I understand your feelings for Bryce as that's where I briefly started before switching to Vue. Anyway, this is a beautiful render and you should be proud. Well done.

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wawadave

3:24PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

impressive!!

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MarciaGomes

3:24PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

FANTÁSTICA CENA,MAGNIFICA ILUMINAÇÃO.SUPER RENDER.++++++++5 EU NÃO SEI USAR ESTE PROGRAMA,MAS VOCÊ ESTA DE PARABÉNS POR ESTAR APRENDENDO ALGO NOVO.

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SaintFox

3:27PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

This is 3d? No! Or? WOWOWOW!!! You did magic!!

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e-brink

3:32PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

I understand your Bryce problem perfectly! I too am waiting for an update! Meanwhile, I am also learning Vue and have stopped my posting for the moment - next week I will post my first picture in Vue. However I don't feel like a traitor. I will still use Bryce because I like the way it works with Daz Studio. I am also learning Carrara because that too works with DS. Vue is great for landscapes. We'll be seeing an awful lot of them soon! Carrara, in my opinion is harder to use, but has great potential for indoor renders, as far as I can see. Of course, I am also having to learn Poser too, because that goes best with Vue... LOL! All in all, it's about experience and learning anyway. Bryce is very limited, but is a great artist's tool and is quite friendly. I see it this way. A carpenter or an engineer uses the right tool for the right job, so if you can stand the strain of holding all that info in your head (I know what you mean about forgetting controls when you go back) then its all about having a good tool box and using it accordingly, I suppose. No one should feel a traitor about developing their art. So if you do sideline Bryce, it's only because it stopped working for you – you don't own it anything! Sorry for the long post.

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TheAnimaGemini

3:45PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Your clouds are fantastic. Great study.

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Irish

3:57PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

That is a fantastic looking sky!!! Awesome work.

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shadownet

4:01PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Very beautiful!

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buzz-69

4:14PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Nancy baby doll ;) hi honey and so good to see your art again as i miss ya loads this is a beauty my vue experience is really limited and the one thing i love with vue is it's photogenic look and this looks like a phot so for me you are on the perfect track to winners ;) big hugs doll ;)

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danob

4:25PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Lovely image and the light looks so realistic hope you carry on with both software programmes

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magnus073

4:26PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

I think it looks great Nancy, so wonderfully done just like a pro ;)

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bpclarke

4:32PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

This is gorgeous! I thought it was a photo at first. Excellent work. Bunny

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Bernado

4:45PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Excellent atmosphere. Great job. I'm looking forward to see what you'll do when you reach lesson 6. I'm sticking up for Bryce... probably I will be the last one using it. 8-)

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Ken _Gilliland

4:56PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Nicely done!

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mikeerson

5:10PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

Oh man, I'm never gonna get that song out of my head: "I miss the rain down in Africa..." I think it was toto... Read a line that triggered that song and I keep seeing images that remind me of it - lol ... picture looks Photolistic - is that a word? I think I just made that up... I meant to say realistic.

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cmcc

5:22PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

both that's a terrific view or should i say vue.

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kjer_99

5:31PM | Sat, 02 February 2008

I don't think you need to trouble yourself about using Vue. You may find over time that there are still things about Bryce that you like and want to use for. Don't think we ought to lock ourselves into one program exclusively; and most of the best artists use a combination. I'd still rather model in Bryce than Vue and Bryce is still far more intuitive and easier to use and pose things in of the two. I have Vue d'Esprit 4 and haven't used in in quite awhile. Would like to get the newer version, though.

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