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Right, there goes another €25 haha

Inspired by that masterful Eric Smit landscaping lecture I re-posted the other day I have been playing around with mountains and terrain masking to see if I can get a vaguely convincing result in the terrain department. I'm going to do a few images in this series, but here's the first. Physical sky (fog, atmosphere, sky, sun channels, no GI) is doing the lighting, but sky later swapped out for photo. 20 minute render. You can tell me if I'm winning or not - happy to hear all suggestions for improvements in the next round... CBR

It has already been mentioned that over the past years a few attempts have already been taken at getting a similar project started, here at the Cafe. I personally think it would be best to start with a very short and simple story, in order to test things out, before trying to jump into the deep water from the start. As such, I am more inclined to ditch the idea of this "pilot project" as being a showcase of fancy features and technical prowess. Doesn't mean we need to keep it at one single movie/short/project. But starting with a simple and small project will let us handle encountered obstacles more easily (in my opinion). I suggest to have a starter to wet our appetite ... and see which obstacles we encounter, and learn from that for the next one ... and so on.