I updated the tutorial to introduce the use of custom brushes to make a better cloud mask, which is the one used for the panning clouds effect. I decided to add that to the tutorial because I feel it gives the setup more realism, and its a very simple addition. One page was added to the tutorial: I decided to put it here…
Thanks for the feedback, I'll make sure that future tutorials are written in a similar style :) Video looks cool :), thanks for posting. I'm very happy you got good use out of the tutorial. What problem are you having with the panning clouds? Once you post the material, I'll try to help you to the best of my ability. One…
Hello, well first i wanted to thank you for thos great tutorials, i have been following them to create a skydome in my scene, and everything went smoothly until i found a little problem wich i don't know how to solve . this is the result of the sky with the clouds passing in front of the moon, the only problem is that the…
Someone brought up a good question on how to make the clouds occlude the sun. So I decided to give it a shot and obtained these results: I made a mask in Photoshop that indicates where the sun will be occluded. In the mask, the thick clouds are black and thinner clouds are a shade of gray. The red rectangle on the upper…
Hey riddlaz, I just checked again my material now that I'm home, and I noticed that I actually forgot to add an amount on the Panner itself. I guess I sorta skimmed through that part of your tutorial, assuming I just needed Time and the Vector Parameter for the cloud speed, but I guess I was just multiplying whatever speed…
Hey, just wanted to say thank you for the tutorials!. I already gave the sky one a try and made this: http://youtu.be/de2qL83sfvs?hd=1 The textures aren't the best and I'm having issues with the moving clouds (the ones done in Photoshop). I will post the material setup later, see if I got something wrong that I'm just not…