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Hi all,
just a test I want to share, getting decent Speedtrees shadows using Dreamscape sun...(so, no speedshadows possible).
I duplicated the tree, set to cast shadows only, and billboard it toward dreamscape sun.
Worked nicely, except the trunk would show transparent polygons, because of the overlapping geometry. So, I went in CAD lite, and edited the trunk to be a hair smaller in diameter. It worked.
Oh, and U need to keep the same random seed number, for both visible no shadows and invisible shadows-only trees...
Of course, for two gazilion trees this may not be the best setup...
Here, I wanted to experiment with time lapse kind of effect, hence, using the plugin sun (it automatically changes color, and effects the sky and clouds rendering)
The scene may look some flat, but I wanted the shadow of the tree well visible, therefore the sun is forward, and the camera looks mostly at the dark side of the buildings.
Sorry, the QT file is 15Mb...
http://homepage.mac.com/gsucci/.Movi...ns%20SMALL.mov
Let me know what U think
regards,
gio
just a test I want to share, getting decent Speedtrees shadows using Dreamscape sun...(so, no speedshadows possible).
I duplicated the tree, set to cast shadows only, and billboard it toward dreamscape sun.
Worked nicely, except the trunk would show transparent polygons, because of the overlapping geometry. So, I went in CAD lite, and edited the trunk to be a hair smaller in diameter. It worked.
Oh, and U need to keep the same random seed number, for both visible no shadows and invisible shadows-only trees...
Of course, for two gazilion trees this may not be the best setup...
Here, I wanted to experiment with time lapse kind of effect, hence, using the plugin sun (it automatically changes color, and effects the sky and clouds rendering)
The scene may look some flat, but I wanted the shadow of the tree well visible, therefore the sun is forward, and the camera looks mostly at the dark side of the buildings.
Sorry, the QT file is 15Mb...
http://homepage.mac.com/gsucci/.Movi...ns%20SMALL.mov
Let me know what U think
regards,
gio
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