Software for Skies

mbr · March 9th, 2004

I would like to start making my own skies. I have started to alter some of the ones I have (like the Marlin skies) in PS, but would like to find some software that allows more control.
Dreamscape looks great, but a little expensive for making static skies (has anyone made animated skies with Dreamscape? It looks promising, but i can imagine the hardware needed to animate and generate the sky!).

Any ideas? Painter? Plain ol' PS? Plugins?

Bryce looks interesting, but not sure if it's worth it for only making skies.

Thanks.

bigcahunak · March 9th, 2004

1. Vue
2. Terragen

STRAT · March 9th, 2004

3. bryce
4. c4d

Jape · March 9th, 2004

I would check out Aurora sky, its a After effects plugin though i think its also compatible with combustion...

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aurora Sky allows you to create realistic three-dimensional skies. This plug-in gives you a wide variety of special effects that are substantially more powerful and flexible than simple fractal clouds.

Create suns, stars, haze, volumetric light ? anything you can imagine

I downloaded a demo once, though i never used it cause i did not have combustion/AE, and that would have been way to expensive,

Link--> http://www.digitalanarchy.com/product_aurora.html

Ernest Burden · March 9th, 2004

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Originally Posted by mbr

I would like to start making my own skies.Bryce looks interesting, but not sure if it's worth it for only making skies..

It isn't. You get the same sky generator in the KPT6 filter set. It can be bought from corel, though they have re-packaged the KPT filter series in a strange way. The results are good, but not as good as...

Terragen--kicks ASS! But slow as my 9 year-old when its clean-up time.

mbr · March 9th, 2004

Thanks for the replies. Vue is very similar to Bryce. The images I've seen are 'almost' great, but still CG fake.

Aurora is something that would be interesting. I'd like to be able to animate the skies and (I assume) it'd be easier to make them in AE than Dreamscape (and a lot cheaper!).

jackb602 · March 9th, 2004

I use Ozone with Cinema 4D for very photoreal skies. It offers a huge range of settings (more than I know what to do with) and a great library of presets. It's also fully animatable. Ozone is a plugin for Cinema (also available for Lightwave) but it's made by the people who make Vue (http://www.e-onsoftware.com/) and Vue seems to have the same sky generating capabilities. The documentation could definitely be better, but it's a very capable program.

Jack

Ernest Burden · March 9th, 2004

and did we mention that Terragen is FREE (at least for now)

A test, not at the best settings, either.

Hum, the image shows in the post editor, but not in the preview...I must figure out this new image upload situation.

Jeff Mottle · March 9th, 2004

http://www.digi-element.com

Check out Aurora Sky.

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mbr Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles and Connecticut....and Denver Posts: 1,266 Name: Markus Byron	Software for Skies I would like to start making my own skies. I have started to alter some of the ones I have (like the Marlin skies) in PS, but would like to find some software that allows more control. Dreamscape looks great, but a little expensive for making static skies (has anyone made animated skies with Dreamscape? It looks promising, but i can imagine the hardware needed to animate and generate the sky!). Any ideas? Painter? Plain ol' PS? Plugins? Bryce looks interesting, but not sure if it's worth it for only making skies. Thanks.

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Ernest Burden Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ossining, NY USA Posts: 4,999 Name: Ernest Burden III	and did we mention that Terragen is FREE (at least for now) A test, not at the best settings, either. Hum, the image shows in the post editor, but not in the preview...I must figure out this new image upload situation. __________________ Ernest Burden III AcmeDigital architectural rendering

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Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,059 Name: Jeff Mottle	http://www.digi-element.com Check out Aurora Sky. __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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bigcahunak Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Israel Age: 36 Posts: 820 Name: Itzik Kelner	1. Vue 2. Terragen

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mbr Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles and Connecticut....and Denver Posts: 1,266 Name: Markus Byron	Thanks for the replies. Vue is very similar to Bryce. The images I've seen are 'almost' great, but still CG fake. Aurora is something that would be interesting. I'd like to be able to animate the skies and (I assume) it'd be easier to make them in AE than Dreamscape (and a lot cheaper!).

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jackb602 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 440 Name: Jack Bransfield	I use Ozone with Cinema 4D for very photoreal skies. It offers a huge range of settings (more than I know what to do with) and a great library of presets. It's also fully animatable. Ozone is a plugin for Cinema (also available for Lightwave) but it's made by the people who make Vue (http://www.e-onsoftware.com/) and Vue seems to have the same sky generating capabilities. The documentation could definitely be better, but it's a very capable program. Jack

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