Saturn from Ad Astra.
Since it is on the internet now I guess I can post this.
Rendered entirely in Terragen.
The texture is multi-layered hand painted spherical projection cloud masks.
The rings are a very high res model.
Ah, fantastic! Gotta go see this before it leaves theaters.
- Oshyan
Beautiful! You have to see it on the big screen to be able to enjoy it to the fullest.
Superb!
Cool!! Congratulations!
Congratulations once again Richard :)
I did see it in theater 2 weeks ago and had suspicions on TG usage here and there, but never was exactly sure when/where, which I think attests to the quality of the job you did!
Cheers!
Martin
Beautiful! Looking forward to seeing it on the big screen. Congratulations!
Quote from: cyphyr on October 06, 2019, 06:12:29 PMThe rings are a very high res model.
Could you explain that a little more? Are these really small particles?
Quote from: Hannes on October 07, 2019, 10:49:00 AMQuote from: cyphyr on October 06, 2019, 06:12:29 PMThe rings are a very high res model.
Could you explain that a little more? Are these really small particles?
The rings are simply a model based on this image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#/media/File:Saturn's_rings_dark_side_mosaic.jpg
I initially made a long line of two point polys mapping out where the rings were and the gapes between them. I then UV mapped that line of polys so that when I "lathed" (spin extruded it about the y axis) the line of polys into a ring the uv mapping would stretch the texture also into a ring.
It was rendered as a separate pass and then comped over the Saturn image.
This is really well done. It has a nice angle in (this) shot. Rings look really well done to. Though I have to give some C&C. The surface clouds are too dark, and the banding is too tight together (Saturn has prominent large bands unlike Jupiter).
Thanks a lot, Richard! What about the ring shadow? Is it comped in later as well?
Beautiful! Thanks for giving us a little background on your technique.
Perfect...and thanks for the how I did this bit as well!
I must admit I had to search for Ad Astra, haha.
It looks great. And like bobbystahr wrote..."thanks for the how I did this".
CHeers, Klaus
Quote from: sboerner on October 07, 2019, 04:50:38 PMBeautiful! Thanks for giving us a little background on your technique.
Echo! :)
Cool! I watched some of the trailers, and your image showed up.