Tutorial: Art Directing Volumetric Clouds in Unreal Engine 4 and 5
William Faucher demonstrates positioning volumetric clouds and using Cloud Mask Object and Cloud Mask Generator in Unreal Engine.
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Tutorial: Rendering VDB Clouds with Corona Renderer 6
SOA Academy demonstrates a VDB cloud-rendering workflow in Corona Renderer 6 and provides an accompanying article with additional guidance.
Free Earth Displacement Map Released at up to 48K
VFX Asset released a free 16-bit Earth displacement map at up to 48K, alongside a paid higher-resolution 172K edition.
Unreal Engine 4.26 Flowmaps Shape Volumetric Clouds
Technical artist Ryan Brucks demonstrates drawing density and 3D flow maps to shape volumetric clouds in Unreal Engine 4.26.
Pixar Landscapes
In this video, Wired explains how the CG landscapes for “The Good Dinosaur” were created using, among other things, volumetric clouds and Houdini water simulation.
Cloudy with a view of Houdini
Review: In DP 03 : 2014, we climbed into the opening scene of the bestselling film adaptation of The Book Thief. Rise Visual Effects Studios realised a long cloud sequence including a 3D tracking shot with Houdini. How do artists create the perfect cumulus cloud?
Digital Anarchy Releases Psunami and Aurora Sky for Final Cut Pro
Psunami and Aurora Sky brought ray-traced water, volumetric clouds and other 3D effects to Final Cut Pro on Mac OS 9 and OS X.
Digital Anarchy Aurora Sky Creates Photorealistic Clouds
Aurora Sky added volumetric cloud and sky effects to After Effects, with a Final Cut Pro version then in beta.