Topic: Cloud shadows

[Frank]

Played a little with self-made cloudshadows. Its plane textured with a cloud-map and alphachannel:

[Aaron]

Cool stuff!!

[RAD]

Ohhhhhhhh!  You did it!
That is just wicked.

[Jon Sun]

haha,very good! Looks great.

[Remko]

I made some cloud shadows in a pre-1.0 Lumion version but I did not like the look. Maybe we can bring it back again as an optional feature in 2.0

[Ecuadorian]

It would look better with true alpha transparency instead of just "clipping". 

[Gaieus]

It would look better with true alpha transparency instead of just "clipping". 

True. Although definitely cool effect, the very sharp shadow edges give it away a bit.

[Remko]

In Lumion 2.0 we'll go to a deferred engine so we can add a movie effect to add cloud shadows.

[Gaieus]

Now that would be extremely cool and ad to the feel of realism a lot! Can hardly wait!

[Frank]

It would look better with true alpha transparency instead of just "clipping".  

You´re right.
I played around with shadow range and DOF, but it took no effect. Perhaps smooth shadows of alpha-textures will be possible, when an alpha-channel with greyscale for semi-transparencies is supported.
Thats one for the wish-list, i think.  

[BMcIsaac]

That's a great idea...it adds a lot to the realizm of the scene.