Final Scene
Theme
A boat going towards the mountains and the unknown behind them. A nice mix between realism and mysterious overdrawn atmosphere.
Features
Shading Normals
Used on almost every model, especially noticeable on the treesAlpha Masking
Used to:
Render snowflakes, by setting a plane with an alpha mask texture directly in front of the camera, you can see the snowflakes on the tree trunksFor the leaf material
Image Denoising
We expected image denoising to be hugely important, but in the end, it was not that important because of the high sample count of the final render.
Area Lights
Not used in the final renderDifficulty: Mistakenly set the interceptable parameter to true, resulting in entirely black images
Thinlens Camera
Used to focus the attention of the viewerDifficulty: Initially tried to simulate rays from a pinhole to the lens and from there to the scene. This was unnecessarily complex. Solved by picking a random point on the lens and starting the simulation from there.
Homogeneous Participating Medium
Used to create some atmosphere through colorful fog which harmonizes with the background and the theme of sunrise
Difficulties:
One whole day. This ternary operator survived one whole day in the code while being reviewed by at least 4 people until it got flipped to finally
Missing shadows or shadows in the wrong places.
"Now it builds again"
Third Party
Modular Wooden PierIsland Tree 02
Dry Branches Medium 01
Coast Rocks 02
Fishing Ship
Seamless Water Textures
Snow and Ice Texture
Snowfall Illustration
Pink Sunrise
This Website Template
Scene name
Voyage Through the Mist
Participants
Tobias Wiedemann, Marek Röder