Merry Christmas to all!
Here is my gift to y’all…
Great work!
Thanks!
So i did a bit of work on the image… also did a color correction version…
not exactly sure what those triangles are though.
They appeared when i enabled shadows on the sun lamp
But i know i disabled shadows on the snowflakes falling…
Oh yeah, i am looking for suggestion on improvement, after all this is in the WIP section 
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what ever you do, things still look great!
Thanks again, but i must say i cant take credit for all the settings.
I was referencing these three tutorials when making this.
Snow:http://www.blenderguru.com/let-it-snow/
Santa Hat: http://www.blenderguru.com/create-a-fluffy-santa-hat/
Ribbon on present:http://www.blendercookie.com/2010/12/14/creating-a-present/
Well on another note, i spent most of the say making this Fir tree. I must say i am very pleased with the result. But what do you guys think?
I am planning to put this in the gift scene.
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Wow great tree! Im excited to see it decorated!
Hmm i wasnt thinking about decorating it, but now i might 
Anyway i am having some weird problems with AO, anyone know why the “radius” is so big??
It goes beyond the tree width/diameter, or whatever…
Help plz!
But yeah i rendered an openGL version, because the render came out too dark.
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Hmm Thats interesting, maybe try using environment lighting instead and turning the distance down. Also if you have any lamps pointing strait down that could cause that as well.
Activate falloff, and then set the strength up. Are you using add or sub? Also try applying scale on your objects, there might be some strange error.
Anyway nice work D I think you nailed the look with this one. Keep up the good work.
Haha, awesome! I didnt think there was a solution to this one.
Thanks 3dmentia, the falloff worked perfectly! And i am actually using 2.5 for this one! (Well at least for the final composition. I modeled the tree in 2.49, as well as the gift box), so multiply for AO.
Anyway, here is what i got… I think with a lighting fix, and a fix on that hat (for some reason the white/red strands are mixing up, i still have not looked at it), and ill be done with this one, unless anyone got any ideas that is.
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Alright so i think i am done.
Here is a 1080p render (42 minutes…):
What do you think guys is this done? Ready for the “Finished Projects” Section?
So I posted this in the “Finished Projects” Section…
Merry Christmas and Happy 2011 New Year Everyone!!!