Quote from [SWE]RE :

There's no words to describe the awesomeness.

+1

I'm totally agree with you.

All is superb, the camera work, camera angles, camera work, the sincronization, the imagination to elaborate all the clips(maybe a intense planning?), the real footage inside of the LFS clips (your naturality is super!), the contexts of the entire clip, incredible!

C'est super!

Suggested by one user._



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Thanks to all for the coments. Annotated the suggestions.

Fern Bay Clear Day Sky modified.

Sorry, I forgot this pic in the last post (for demo users/demo content):



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Cheers.

I was thinking that by now I will not show anything new.

There are some very interesting things that are already completed. It would ruin the surprise.

Remember that is free and follows the same line as the earlier work, so I think I will not disappoint anyone.


Spanish._


Estaba pensando que por ahora no voy a mostrar nada nuevo.

Hay cosas muy interesantes que ya están finalizadas. Sería arruinar la sorpresa.

Recordad que es gratuito y sigue la misma línea que los trabajos anteriores. asi que creo que no va a decepcionar a nadie.


See you on July 1st.

Quote from andRo. :

Amazing pic from andRo

Incredible. I love your style.

Again, thanks for the comments.

"Now the buildings reflect buildings..." RP's blog.



Important information on the Blog.

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Under tests.

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Under tests.

Overcast London on google:

http://community.webshots.com/ ... 2131792920095985500NNzkkq

More information on RP's blog. (My signature).

Quote from squidhead :

there's hope for you yet... Lynce better watch out

I'm glad by the talent of the people. This year, probably I will make something in video.

@DK3X7MJ. You got a lot of talent and there are much potential in your video.

Usually, people get tired of making videos with time. I hope you do not get tired so much effort and in the future you can improve.

Nice sincronization, nice music, good taste, nice camera angles and, important, you got talent.

5 stars.

Quote from logitekg25 :

you have such an eye for detail

i looked at your reference pics and saw just grey, you see texture and art, and can make it into something great....you are seriously great

Thank you as always. You usually got nice words.

Quote from PioneerLv :

Good argument Lynce. Now I agree with you. I think I'm missing those little clouds even on clear sky, like this: http://www.cigarweekly.com/images/Picture_9.jpg

In Live For Speed it looks a little bit different. Well, maybe just because in LFS everything is clear.

But anyway it's amazing. It's really nice to see your work, Lynce. Thank you.

I understand. If people want, I can make something like this link. Some blurred clouds in the horizon.

Anyway, I like your comment . As I said, I publish pics, periodicity, to see the reaction of the people. My references, can be "wrong" (Or not totally correct or I can miss something) in some moments OR I can make a little change to please the people( if this change is based in real life and are a congruence arguments as yours).

Cheers, brother.

Quote from morpha :

Clear skies are boring in virtual environments because they lack the volume the real sky has. There are no details to behold, the track surface and run off areas are tiled textures, as are walls and windows, in fact almost everything. Ontop of that, the sky is a static texture. It's just a boring combination, no matter how well the sky texture is made

I agree with you, brother.

Quote from ADX.14 :

So what? As Scawen stated before LFS' priority isn't wow effect. And I can't see the purpose of your criticism. Lynce is spending a lot of time and effort in order to make LFS more attractive. We need Lynce's appetite for LFS.

I think is not a criticism. Instead is welcome.

Thank you, my friend.

Quote from PioneerLv :

Well, I will finally say that. I actually don't really like that super-clear sky. It looks kind a little bit unreal. (last RAC shot) Maybe only I think this way. Sorry.

A interesting comment. Please, next time, put why reason and real references.

My links:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com ... 2641770663_bc0fec748d.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1724/dsci0289p.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tdy1 ... og/s400/DIA+DESPEJADO.jpg

Clear days without clouds, exists in real life. Fern bay is a fictional track in Jamaica. We understand the meteorology is diferente than North of Europe. From google:

http://www.le-caribbean-island ... es/jamaicanegrilbeach.jpg

http://bpiw.net/_uploads/0cfac ... 084fb_JAMAICA_1_BEACH.jpg

http://www.le-caribbean-island ... es/jamaicanegrilbeach.jpg

http://www.jamaicantreasures.com/images/prp062/7.jpg

http://www.cigarweekly.com/images/Picture_9.jpg

http://community.webshots.com/ ... 1334467124069181701RjyUkq

Cheers.

Thank you all for the comments.

Kyoto Sunset cloudy do not reveal, not even, a first test. Just to see a posible reflection and sky for that track. I explain better.

The sky got a wrong illumination, wrong size of the sun (big), wrong colours in the horizon, I do not make any documentation, the reflections only reflects the Sky with some work over ilumination and nothing more,etc. So, this is just a posible result, but... I do not say that I can made a better stuff, I just explain that the sky and reflection isn't totally correct.

South City Overcast Afternoon. Sky completed.




Just a curiosity when I'm looking information and photos from London:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new ... y-capital-place-live.html

Amazing.

Sky and reflections on early tests in Kyoto "Sunset cloudy". Sunlight position probably wrong. Wrong colours of the mountains(I'll go to make new landscapes for Kyoto). Wrong colour on the bodywork on the opposite side respect to the sun._



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Just exploring the light in sunset conditions.

Working on South City Overcast Day.

Quote from zilul :

LYNCE thank you, but I have Photoshop (CS4).
you use a plugin or an option already present?

thank you again for thee reply: D.

In photoshop 7.0 I haven't plugins, really.

Instead, I have a lot of plugins in After effects CS4 to make videos.

Quote from lukelfs :

The reflections look amazing, but i dislike that background alot , Can you make one with a simple screenshot of a track, with some transprarent boxes around it? not the shiny ones u have?

I don't understand you, well, and the context.

Can you repeat again, please?

Thank you.

(I'm very interested on comments, sugestions, criticisms, flames,...).


On topic:

Improvement on the Sky from Fern Bay Clear Day based on the light spectrum along the day:






Cheers.

Working on South City Overcast Day.

Making some tsts in another reflections and iluminations(Kyoto sunset day).

Quote from Nicce :

keep it up Lynce..
it looks amazing.

Thank you.

Quote from zilul :

hello LYNCE!

thee creations are great, they are very clean.

Can I ask you a question?:

What you use as software to make the skydome image (for dds and reflection of the sky), I'm really interested in my 3D creations.

thank you in advance, is once again, good luck for the future .

Thank you, too, to you:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27946711@N08/3250564006/


South City Overcast Day. In progress.

Extended information.._

In white colours, depends of the ilumination and the position of the car respect to the sun(in the shadow zones in real life), cars can be more reflexives. Really, the bodywork reflects only the light. Can be reflected in all the light spectrum and each colour depends of the intensity of the ilumination, sunlight position, hour of the day(yes, that is important/inside of the time and angle of the sun respect to the earth, there may be a dispersion of the light inside of the atmosphere and apply some tones), if there are clouds... (even volume and intensity).

The knowledge of the light is important to make realistic addons.

Now some comments respect to the white cars:


In Autocross afternoon overcast, if really exists in real life, white cars doesn't reflect nothing of the scenary, excepts:

- When there are a oblique angle and you see the side:
http://foto.autozone.be/fotosa ... x300/Kia-RIO_10432191.jpg
http://foto.autozone.be/fotosa ... 0/Kia-Carens_10432424.jpg

Another cases in clear day and oblique angle in the oposite side of the sunlight position (But not in all cases):
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/cars ... te-Porsche-911_060809.jpg

When there are a lot of contrast in the scenary of the light and shadows. Only in this case is reflected the light and his forms(trees, for example).

http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 1241281340_2d6f914ea4.jpg

Cheers.

Quote from luckytuner :

xD



Qué diferencia hay entre las dos opciones ?
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What is the difference between the 2 options ?

Generic: Reflects the characteristc aspects of each scenary that appears in all combos. Landscapes, trees, billboards. Typical things.

Concrete: Reflects the important elements as a special building, zone concrete in all combos(first corner, for example), barriers,etc. Previously done the exhaustive study taking screenshots of all the circuit.

Quote from ADX.14 :

First of all, Congrats Lynce for award.

Especially black cars' reflections look like powder coated. Correct me, if I'm wrong. More polishing please.

In addition to this, is FPS a huge constraint on RP? Comparative data before and after RP will be useful.

Thanks again.

Thank you very much, again.

Well, the community did some criticisms (and is welcome, of course) about the reflections from the first RP April 7th. I see that the reflections, in some cases are a lot of shiny.

So, that is the reason of the current work. Now, make the polishing bodywork is... a suicide. Hehehehehe. Is a joke.

Seriously, I want make a realistic addon. Is not posible to make a miracle. I just play with LFS reflection system limits. And in some cases, the reflections doesn't look realistics because, for me is not posible to make a perfect balance in all cases.

I work inside of my posibilities, of course.

Thanks for your interest.


Next._

Reworked from scratch the Autocross Afternoon Overcast. Why?

There are a trouble with clear colours(silver and white, of course) and it needs a new improvement. Now has been finished.

Aditional information and enlargable pics in RP's Blog. Note: The aditional information can be interesting._

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Generic reflections._







Cheers.

Quote from logitekg25 :

lynce that is looking great

Quote from luckytuner :

Alomejor tienes que editar otra textura, quiero decir, igual esa textura existe 2 veces.
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Maybie you need to edit another texture, i mean, its possible that the texture exists 2 times.

Really I don't know.

Spanish._
NPI


EDIT: Big error in clear colours.


A reminder ._ With the Real Reflections Addon. There will be are two options. Generic and concrete reflections.

Last edited by Lynce, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 22:42.

A little improvement on the ilumination of the reflection. Nothing special.

Of course, as always, bigger on RP's blog.

Quote from Bose321 :

Lookin' good.

If there's anything you want help with, like hosting file, I'd love to help.

Thank you but is only the original landscape. I do not make anything. Just I show what landscape is unedited/No new file.

Quote from Flame CZE :

How do you mean "dismounts"?

When I saved the file, the landscape distorts completely, so, I cannot make a new landscape for Blackwood. Thanks for your comment. Interesting as always.

Quote from luckytuner :

Me encantan esos paisajes, pero hay una cosa que tiene un aspecto raro, parece ke al fondo, se acabe el mundo, porque la nube esa se "corta", i queda raro, me imagino que eso no se puede arreglar, pero la calidad de esa textura es buenisima
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Sorry for writing in Spanish, but we understand us better in Spanish

Esos paisajes, son los originales, campeón. Solo que puse esa foto para que se sepa cual es el paisaje que no va a ser re-texturizado.

In poor english ._

That landscapes: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8202/1850j.jpg only shows the file that cannot be re-texturized.

I repeat again:

The landscape from Blackwood CANNOT be re-texturized or I DON'T KNOW how I can be save correctly..

I try in:

DXT1 RGB 4bpp /no alpha

DXT1 RGB 4bpp/ 1 Bit alpha

DXT1 RGB 8bpp / explicit alpha

DXT1 RGB 8bpp/ Interpolated alpha

And with or whitout MIT maps

The question is. If I can make it perfectly in Fern Bay, why I cannot make it in Blackwood?



Next theme._









More bigger on RP's blog. More information:

http://revolutionpack.wordpress.com/

Last edited by Lynce, Sun 14 Mar 2010, 23:44. Reason : Ortography

Quote from luckytuner :

WOW, Lynce, Thank you very much

Thanks to you to make amazing textures for the Lx series.

Blackwood Landscapes Cancelled. " When I save the file does dismounts".



Starts....:

http://revolutionpack.wordpress.com/

WoW!! Amazing shots in this thread!!

Absolute fantastic. The level this week is very high.

JO53PHS. Thanks as always for these threads! Nice competition.

Thanks for the comments.

Luckytuner, Elektrik Kar and Unseen added to the post numer two of this thread. "Follow these artists".

I have a serious trouble with the Blackwood landscapes. When I save the file does dismounts. Probably the landscapes addon there will be almost all landscapes but...

Amazing, Elektrik Kar and Unseen.

I add you in the second post:

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=1247522#post1247522

Cheers and keep up the good work, guys.