Disney Moana - Complete scene for free download including cloud datasets

[Marander]

https://www.disneyanimation.com/technology/datasets

The complete Moana island scene available for free download, including clouds, trees, rocks etc.

[erikals]

...22GB
...6GB

 

hmm...

[Markc]

Wowww...fantastic link, will have to have a look at the obj’s at the weekend....

[BeeVee]

Yeah, I'm downloading it all now. Funny how serendipity works, we actually put on the film for the kids this morning. They've just finished watching it and are now on Hom (wonder if those assets will be available too? )

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[OnlineRender]

Oliver got it into LightWave lol

[erikals]

holy macaroni!! really didn't think that would work.

a PC with tons of ram?

[prometheus]

That cloud set is really looking great and realistic, I am curious on how they actually made it, I can only think of two ways, either an extraordinary work on a fluid simulation..
or it may actually be a real cloud scan somehow or a hybrid.

I am downloading the cloud set now and will have a go at it later, but I suspect my Ram won´t be able to handle it. (there is to be a lower vdb data version provided as well)

Edit..I found some info on the creation of that cloud..based on a colorado photographers reference and his nice site, check here...

About the disney data assets and cloud..
https://blog.yiningkarlli.com/

It´s funny...not long ago, In a clouds thread here.. I actually posted a link to that colorado photographer(Kevin Udy) since I found his images to be of great reference,
and what do you know..Disney actually used that as well..recognizing Kevins wonderful photographs of clouds.

The clouds thread on newtek forums...
https://forums.newtek.com/showthread...6-clouds/page9

The colorado cloud site..
with the actual reference photo from Kevin Udy, which was finally re-created as volumetric clouds by the Disney artists artists Henrik Falt and Alex Nijmeh.
https://coclouds.com/436/cumulus/2012-07-26/

The other datasets of the island? well it is made in a toonished styled way, which isn´t that hard to make on your own in lightwave, maybe fun to check out though.

[prometheus]

Some more siggraph papers on Paper- Spectral and Decomposition Tracking for Rendering Heterogeneous Volumes, perhaps something of use for the Lightwave team while further on developing the new volumetrics?





https://blog.yiningkarlli.com/2017/0...-tracking.html

[Marander]

Great thoughts Prometheus!

Would be interesting to see what you come up with these cloud datasets on LW!

[ianr]

Prom send sig-stuff to Antii @LW3DG you never know?

[prometheus]

Great thoughts Prometheus!

Would be interesting to see what you come up with these cloud datasets on LW!

Give me a couple of hours today, I have a scene in 2018 with soft whispy clouds that I can not shut down, I need to record a little showcase of that first, before launching something new with that disney cloud dataset..running on discovery
edition so I can´t save any scene..thus Having the soft cloud still open, but I will record that very soon now, and put on the tube.

There´s only so much you can do with this cloud dataset, and that is only pertaining, rotating, scaling, lighting and volumetric shading, no additional change can be made to the actual volume noise.
Ill try and record that if the system isn´t getting to slow when working on it.

[OnlineRender]

holy macaroni!! really didn't think that would work.

a PC with tons of ram?

not really it's more a dev machine than render machine, he just worked out a decent pipeline, imported the instancing with his clone tools, tbh Oliver would be the man to ask... I just sat there with my jaw open

[prometheus]

Prom send sig-stuff to Antii @LW3DG you never know?

Yes..I might consider sending some of my opinions on the new volumetrics and what I think they need to do to get the new system even more "state of the art" ..it´s honestly not there yet in my opinion.
Two points that would be crucial is

1. infinite cloud layers.(like ogo taiki)
2. a way to make the new global volumetric scattering physical correct with reference to a spectral model (not sure if this can be worked on with nodal setups?)
In essential it needs to adapt similar atmospheric environment as old ogo taiki plugin, vue, and terragen.

After that is done, ( as for sky and cloudscapes.).Lightwave will actually be easier to set up clouds with than any of vue or terragen..in reference to have you can clone and move and navigate with cloud layers/ items.

That will alone yield results of quite realistic skyscapes, yet more might be needed for more complex control of light scattering in the clouds.

[oliverhotz]

not really it's more a dev machine than render machine, he just worked out a decent pipeline, imported the instancing with his clone tools, tbh Oliver would be the man to ask... I just sat there with my jaw open

IF there's a hangout today, I can show some of the details during that..

[prometheus]

here´s a simple loading of the half sized vdb set, just some basics with a few minor changes in emission color and scattering strenght, some additional boost of lighting strength and volumetric intensity,
Three steps where cloud 1 is only the backdrop color, cloud 2 sunsky bacdrop, cloud 3 als has the sk suncolor applied in the lights color envelope.

I got a recording on something else soon for the smooth whispy clouds, have to check the recording and process it before uploading it though.

May be able to record this vdb disney set as well.

a suggestion would be to not check show opengl, It seems it´s so dense and the opengl preview will be sooo slow.

Haven´t tried the highest resolution, you got full resolution at 2.8 Gb, then half that ..which I used for these images, you got quarter that size, and you got eight of that size...so most folks should at least be able to get some version in there.
Will take a look at more advanced light scattering with nodes later on I think,this is just basics...it misses advanced scattering to bring forth details in the same way the hyperion render does.

Rec709 colorspace, disabled profiles will bring on more depth to the clouds and the skies, so this images should be processed with corrections.


Cloud1...



Cloud2...



Cloud3...