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Published: 2011-08-25 23:01:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 8918; Favourites: 298; Downloads: 521
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Just a quickie, made in about 1 hour. I was going for a stylized feeling, that little place where real and unreal meet.Waves... ups and downs... they're everywhere and in everyone.
As always, rendered in Vue.
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Great scene. I love everything about it.
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I wish I could study your scenes! They are always so intriguing!
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how beautiful. this is so well balanced, the shapes and the light and colors - all create a fantastic composition.
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I love this.
I don't love VUE... it crashes my computer too much for me to love it... but I love what you've done with it here.
It's just random enough to feel natural.
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Thanks!
You know, my Vue almost never crashes. I have maybe 1 crash every week or so, but I use it a lot, normally several hours per day. In my experience, here are some of the most important factors to have few crashes:
Your system:
1) have a Windows, not a Mac
2) have a 64 bit system, not 32
3) have plenty of RAM (minimum 6GB)
4) have one of the tested (by e-on) and recommended graphic boards, preferably an Nvidia, not ATI or others
5) have a light antivirus, preferably a free one, not McAfee or Norton (never Norton!)
6) keep your system clean, with CCleaner or TuneUp or one of the many other tools for that
7) keep your system light, avoid use of lots of widgets and other unnecessary stuff
In Vue:
8) have the "Infinite" version of Vue
9) in Vue, activate the small preview window only if and when you need it, don't have it on by default
10) if you have heavy scenes, in Vue's options reduce the number of undos to 2
11) VERY IMPORTANT: in Vue's options, experiment with OpenGL 2.1 (shader 4) and OpenGL (fixed hardware pipeline) - depending on the systems you may have more or less crashes with one or the other
Hope that helps and have fun!
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Excellent reply! Thank you.
From what you have here, I can see 4 things I need to change; my system is messy, I keep the preview open, I have lots of undo, I've never even tried to optimize my shader or graphics pipeline.
I'll definitely try out your suggestions... I do love the way Vue handles light and atmosphere.
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Those were general recommendations but if you have any specific questions, do drop me a note and I'll do my best to help.
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really cool. great job. the thing that really makes this piece great is the little guy next to the tree.
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Lovely scene. I think you have achieved your intention perfectly. It looks so real, and yet, at the same time, so unreal. Simply PERFECT
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THIS stopped me what I was doin -- HAD TO ZOOM!! FINE WORK!!
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WOW Did you use the Cloud physics ? The new feature on vue 9.5
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Thanks Giulio. No, I didn't use that. I used an old technique that I used many times in the past: the clouds are set to "dissolve near objects" and I have some big spheres in strategic spots to eliminate clouds where I don't want them. The spheres are hidden from render, of course.
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What kind of Grass did you use here ? Tell me all the plants did you use for the ground XD
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I love the symmetry and the texture you've used for the grass. Really great work!!
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Thanks!
The grass is not a texture, it's an ecosystem of several kinds of grass, with around half million instances.
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My Gosh ! UNBELIEVEBLE ! Good Job M8 ! It's ever a pleasure see your outstanding works
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Ohhh this is so sweet yet somehow the composition would have been done a bit of justice if the trees wouldn't have been so obviously equally apart or close to each other :/ Packs of trees... no?
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Thanks!
I wanted the trees to give a sense of order, to match the theme, but, yes, I think you're right, I exaggerated a bit. So I made little adjustments in two of the trees. Thanks for the constructive crit!
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Now it looks so much better, it's not so strikingly symmetrical
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