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  • dawnbladedawnblade Posts: 1,723
    Thank you Alex! It's been challenging lining up these two products into a scene.
  • dawnbladedawnblade Posts: 1,723
    edited May 2022

    Duplicate post.

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  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 734

    dawnblade said:

    Thank you Alex! It's been challenging lining up these two products into a scene.

    If you don't already have these tools, they make using USC and USXT much easier.

    Visual Switcher from the Camera Doctor set

    • CD Camera Orbit
    • CD Camera Switcher
    • CD Camera Visual Switcher
    • CD Cameras Aim At Selection
    • CD Cameras Frame Selection

    https://www.daz3d.com/camera-doctor

    Canary's Camera 

    • Scene Camera Sets:
      • Distance 0
      • Distance 300
      • Distance 1k
      • Distance 2k
      • Distance 3k
      • Distance 5k
      • Distance 10k
      • Distance 20k
      • Top Low
      • Top Medium
      • Top High
      • Top Ultrahigh

    https://www.daz3d.com/canarys-cameras

     

  • dawnbladedawnblade Posts: 1,723

    Tugpsx said:

    dawnblade said:

    Thank you Alex! It's been challenging lining up these two products into a scene.

    If you don't already have these tools, they make using USC and USXT much easier.

    Visual Switcher from the Camera Doctor set

    • CD Camera Orbit
    • CD Camera Switcher
    • CD Camera Visual Switcher
    • CD Cameras Aim At Selection
    • CD Cameras Frame Selection

    https://www.daz3d.com/camera-doctor

    Canary's Camera 

    • Scene Camera Sets:
      • Distance 0
      • Distance 300
      • Distance 1k
      • Distance 2k
      • Distance 3k
      • Distance 5k
      • Distance 10k
      • Distance 20k
      • Top Low
      • Top Medium
      • Top High
      • Top Ultrahigh

    https://www.daz3d.com/canarys-cameras

     

    Thank you for the recommendations. I picked up Camera Doctor yesterday and tried out Visual Switcher. I really like it, as I do all of RSA's products. The problem is that Iray preview takes forever to kick in, and that's using the "No Features" feature, and USXT doesn't fully appear until you render. I only had a chance to use it briefly though. I'll use it on my next render to see if I can get a good enough starting view in Texture Shaded mode.

    I typically use Canary's Cameras with USC, but for this scene I used a movie camera from  IG Photographer's Toolbox: Cinematic Cameras. You just have to remember to turn off DOF, as it isn't apparent until you zoom in.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171
    edited May 2022

    Dreamy island...

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  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 734

    Artini said:

    Dreamy island...

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    'Raptor Island" appears to be a fortress with gaping cliffs. These are awesmone use of custom terrain maps.

    I'm sure we are all interestedin your workflow.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171

    Thanks a lot, @Tugpsx.

    There is so much fun with these custom maps.

    I apply the map to the height map and the displacement

    and try to find the other presets to suit my needs.

     

  • dawnbladedawnblade Posts: 1,723

    @Artini, your custom maps are incredible! Great work!

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171
    edited May 2022

    Thank you very much, @dawnblade.

    Below is another one.

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  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,221
    edited May 2022

    Hey @Artini - I love your islands!

    Today was my first chance to play with The Tropics - here are a couple of (really rather ordinary) renders - same scene, different camera angles. The background is USCXT with the first tropics biome and the foreground is USC Mossy Hollow.

    I'm enjoying UltraScenery XT more and more!

     

    Oh, and here's my first one using the Hinchinbrook preset, with a couple of birds...

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,488

    MelanieL said:

    Hey @Artini - I love your islands!

    Today was my first chance to play with The Tropics - here are a couple of (really rather ordinary) renders - same scene, different camera angles. The background is USCXT with the first tropics biome and the foreground is USC Mossy Hollow.

    I'm enjoying UltraScenery XT more and more!

    Mossy Hollow sure goes well with the Tropocs. Nice renders.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,488
    edited June 2022

    I've been trying out some recent acquisitions. Desert Diorama is the foreground scene, UltraSceneryXT is the background with a sparse Tropics biome. The character is Mina 8.1 HD and the outfit is Sci-Fi Pilot. It is not the typical garment I would buy, but anything by Linday is too well done to pass up when it is on sale.

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171

    Thanks a lot, @MelanieL.

    Your renders looks very nice.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171

    Nice composition, @barbult.

     

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,221

    Thanks, barbult - the Desrt Diorama works rather well with the USC-XT background.

    Thanks too, Artini.

  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 734

    Interesting how well USC-XT works for foreground also.

  • paulawp (marahzen)paulawp (marahzen) Posts: 1,228
    edited June 2022

    This was my try with the Desert Diorama, though I opted to pair it with one of the desert biomes.

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171
    edited June 2022

    The Bikini Islands

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,488

    Artini said:

    The Bikini Islands

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    Your funniest one yet!

  • paulawp (marahzen)paulawp (marahzen) Posts: 1,228

    Artini said:

    The Bikini Islands

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    That's not funny atoll. 

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171

    Thanks a lot for the comments, @barbult and @paulawp.

    UltraSceneryXT is an amazing product and I cannot stop using it.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171
    edited June 2022

    I think, that one, I will call:

    The heightmap craziness

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  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,342
    edited June 2022

    After seeing my monitor from the edge and finding a way of replicating the strange colours, I tweaked my 'Daintree Dreaming' image to turn it into a 'Daintree Nightmare' image:

    Regards,

    Richard

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171
    edited June 2022

    The other island...

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  • PaintboxPaintbox Posts: 1,633
    edited June 2022

    What would be a good addition for the tropical bundle for close-ups? Almost ready to pull the trigger, but I would love some suggestions for scenes that might need a bit more detail with a human in the foreground for example.

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  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,342
    Possibly Mossy Hollow UltraScenery(US) add-on would be a good one - but the vegetation is almost thick enough not to need the Tropical USXT because you can't see it unless you make US behave as if it's on a ridge.
  • alexhcowleyalexhcowley Posts: 2,359

    richardandtracy said:

    Possibly Mossy Hollow UltraScenery(US) add-on would be a good one - but the vegetation is almost thick enough not to need the Tropical USXT because you can't see it unless you make US behave as if it's on a ridge.

    This had crossed my mind as well. 

    Cheers,

    Alex. 

  • PaintboxPaintbox Posts: 1,633

    Thanks! I will look that up!

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,171
    edited June 2022

    Example render of USX Preset 25 BlueHills from https://www.daz3d.com/ultrasceneryxt--tropics

    with added grass and American Bison.

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  • TugpsxTugpsx Posts: 734

    @Artini Nice mix of USXT and USC for the foreground grass. Try this scene with a few LUTS to reveal the hidden treasure.

    Thanks for sharing.

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