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Thomas · 28th October 2005, 15:21

Now, its time to finish our scene. you can increase your palmtree numbers, change your Palmtree shaders (as the screen capture show it), etc.
bellow is a camera view. The random orientation have been changed from the previous parameter, from 180° to 360°, and the rotation angle for X and Y has been changed from 0° to 10°. Same for the random scale, which is now at 60%

You can also change the lighting, apply some special effects (lens flare, soft shadows, etc..) add some clouds to create your dreamed island !

Some remarks about the Surface Replicator:

You can use several type of trees for the replicator. If you want to add another type of trees, create a new one, resize it, and drag it in the replicator line, as shown on the second part of this tutorial.
You can also create another surface replicator, which replicate another object, on this same surface. you can add rocks, grass or what you want!
In this tutorial, the replicator shader has been made roughly. but this technic is a really fast one and give good results. You can also export the terrain shader from the terrain editor and use your shader levels.
remember that Carrara is really sensitive to the black and white shader values. Avoid any other colors.
For a lot more realism, use the Clustering option of the Replicator. It's a little bit harder to use, but give nicer results.
Don't forget to give a minimum distance between copies in the replicator. It can be really usefull!

Now, it's time for you to create your own dreaming island!

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Last edited by Thomas; 22nd July 2008 at 10:38.

28th October 2005, 15:21	#5 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,092 Images: 93	Fourth part: Finalizing and conclusion. Now, its time to finish our scene. you can increase your palmtree numbers, change your Palmtree shaders (as the screen capture show it), etc. bellow is a camera view. The random orientation have been changed from the previous parameter, from 180° to 360°, and the rotation angle for X and Y has been changed from 0° to 10°. Same for the random scale, which is now at 60% You can also change the lighting, apply some special effects (lens flare, soft shadows, etc..) add some clouds to create your dreamed island ! Some remarks about the Surface Replicator: You can use several type of trees for the replicator. If you want to add another type of trees, create a new one, resize it, and drag it in the replicator line, as shown on the second part of this tutorial. You can also create another surface replicator, which replicate another object, on this same surface. you can add rocks, grass or what you want! In this tutorial, the replicator shader has been made roughly. but this technic is a really fast one and give good results. You can also export the terrain shader from the terrain editor and use your shader levels. remember that Carrara is really sensitive to the black and white shader values. Avoid any other colors. For a lot more realism, use the Clustering option of the Replicator. It's a little bit harder to use, but give nicer results. Don't forget to give a minimum distance between copies in the replicator. It can be really usefull! Now, it's time for you to create your own dreaming island! __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR] Last edited by Thomas; 22nd July 2008 at 10:38.