A solution for procedural cloud volumes

[glimpse]

Thanks, Profbetis!

[akira]

Excellent solution!
Thanks a lot!!

[rafg]

Nice!

[Sakalakapaka]

Thanks a lot. Brilliant solution

Small video:

http://youtu.be/Saqh05jry7I

[profbetis]

Very pretty! Glad I could help

[pegot]

Would it be possible to post a step by step tutorial on how to achieve this in Octane Standalone - particularly the material settings (I don't use 3DS Max). Does this technique require setting up the materials for SSS?

I would really like to try this - thanks!

[acc24ex]

thanks for the info, will keep it bookmarked for future reference.. looks like it could be scripted

[profbetis]

Pegot, the material setup is the same as it is in standalone.

[ParviainenArk]

What an ingenious technique! I tried this workflow and it produces really nice-looking clouds, although they're quite heavy to render.

pegot: You don't need to (and in fact CAN'T) use scattering, since the clouds are made up of 1-sided planes which don't have any volume in themselves. My material setup for the clouds is a simple specular material with a high transmission value and a roughness of 1. Your kernel also needs to have a high value for diffuse depth, so that light penetrates the lowest layers of your cloud stack.

[pegot]

Thanks for the additional tips - more or less got it now, very cool technique. Is there a LUA script for animating the offset property in Octane stand alone?