3d clouds

Masterstroke

Hi, I am in need for 3d clouds for iray. What's your suggestion?

MarcCCTx

Stonemason made some pretty iRay clouds https://www.daz3d.com/iray-clouds

Masterstroke

Thank you, MarcCCTx. :-) It looks good, but it is just not exactley, what I am looking for. Stonemason's clouds are done by combining billboards. I need a real 3d cloud for my scene, that shows a person sitting on top of a cloud. Because this scene shoold work on different camera views, I need a 3d cloud.

algovincian

I've messed around quiote a bit with volumetrics in Iray, and while I've been successful at producing atmospheric effects and God-rays (more than pleased with the results), I've failed miserably at coaxing volumetric clouds out of Iray in DS. While I've learned a bunch in the attempts, I would happily shell out for the ability to do this.

- Greg

Oso3D

The problem is that we really need the ability to have volume effects that ramp or vary over depth, rather than the current simple all or nothing effect.

RobotHeadArt

timmins.william said:

The problem is that we really need the ability to have volume effects that ramp or vary over depth, rather than the current simple all or nothing effect.

Even if Iray had better volumetric support, DAZ Studio itself lacks a volume primitive.  You'd still have to use polygonal geomtry.  The professional 3D tools represent volumes differently than polygons, such as using voxels in VDBs.  We'd need both if we want convincing fog/clouds/smoke/fire/heterogenous liquids that overlap with geometry in the scene.

JamesJAB

These ones might be more what you are looking for.
3D Toon Clouds for Iray and 3Delight
Don't be fooled by the name, they render up quite nice.

Petercat

JamesJAB said:

These ones might be more what you are looking for.
3D Toon Clouds for Iray and 3Delight
Don't be fooled by the name, they render up quite nice.

They also make great soap suds!
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/180946/ooooh-how-about-that-just-in-time/p1