Friday, December 20th, 2024Posted by Jim ThackerTerragen Sky now lets you paint clouds into the sky directlyhtml PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Terragen Skys new Sky Paint tools let artists paint clouds directly, working non-destructively on a 360-degree canvas. Video from the TerraTuts YouTube channel.Planetside Software has updated Terragen Sky, its new tool for creating and rendering skies for use in matte painting, virtual production, game environments and architectural visualization.The December 2024 update introduces a new Sky Paint workspace, making it possible to art direct skies by painting clouds into them directly.Generate photorealistic CG skies for VFX, virtual production and gamesUnlike Planetsides flagship application Terragen, which also generates terrain, Terragen Sky is focused on creating CG skies, and features a more streamlined UI and intuitive workflow.As well as sky elements for matte paintings or backdrops for VFX, Terragen Sky can generate 360-degree HDRIs that can be used as environment lights in DCC tools and game engines.You can read more about it in this story on the original early access release.New Sky Paint workspace for painting clouds into skies manuallyThe December 2024 update introduces the Sky Paint workspace, a new environment for painting clouds into skies directly.Each cloud and haze layer has its own 360-degree Canvas on which to work, with users able to paint or erase cloud or haze from the layer using a brush-based workflow.Painting is non-destructive, with users able to edit brush strokes by moving entire strokes around, or using the Stir tool to distort them in a similar way to the Liquify tools in 2D paint apps.It is also possible to change the size and opacity of strokes after they have been created.Users can create and store up to 10 POVs in a scene from which to paint, and can import a reference image to the background of a viewport from which to work.Sky Paint nodes are supported in Terragen 4.8, the latest version of the software, making it possible to export skies created using the new tools to Terragen for editing and rendering.There are also a number of smaller updates and bugfixes: you can find a list in this blog post.Pricing, release date and system requirementsTerragen Sky is available in early access for Windows only. Planetside Software hasnt announced a final release date yet.The early access build is free to anyone with a current subscription to or a current maintenance contract for Terragen. Find pricing details for Terragen in this story on Terragen 4.8.Read more about the new features in Terragen Sky on Planetside Softwares blogRead the online documentation for Terragen SkyHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Latest NewsTerragen Sky now lets you paint clouds into the sky directlyCheck out the neat new Sky Paint tools in the December 2024 update to the sky-creation tool for VFX, visualization and games work.Friday, December 20th, 2024Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.8Environment generation software gets highly multithreaded rendering, plus heightfield export to 16-bit TIFFs for Unity and Unreal Engine.Friday, December 20th, 2024Photoshop users can now create filters in Substance 3D DesignerCurrent beta build of the image-editing app lets users create and import custom image-stylization filters as Substance 3D .sbsar files.Thursday, December 19th, 2024Pixar releases RenderMan 26.3Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.Thursday, December 19th, 2024Create game characters with CC Auto Setup for 3ds Max and V-Ray[Sponsored] Discover how Reallusion's free plugin streamlines the transfer of characters from Character Creator 4 to 3ds Max.Wednesday, December 18th, 2024Leopoly releases Shapelab 2025 and Shapelab LiteCheck out the new features in the sculpting tool for VR and desktop systems, and its new lower-cost edition for Meta Quest 3 headsets.Wednesday, December 18th, 2024More NewsAdobe releases Photoshop 26.2Check out Blender's experimental anime rendering buildsCell Fluids 2.0 for Blender is outUnigine 2.19.1 can now import and export USD filesBoris FX releases Mocha Pro 2025Master Designing Sci-Fi Props for FilmAdobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.1 in betaNekki releases Cascadeur Mobile 1.2ukasz Czy releases UVPackmaster 3 for MayaBlender add-on ClayPencil turns 2D animation into 3D 'claymation'Foundry releases Nuke 16.0 in betaChaos releases V-Ray 7 for SketchUpOlder Posts