Well, those "clouds" were going to be dust storms but they came out looking pretty bad (I think). I am going to re-render this one without them and leave the planet as the main focus because I do like how the colors and the surfacing came out. I think it might work better that way. But it will have to wait until the next coriolis test is done tomorrow.
This is cool. I had to look this time to make sure it was you and not a reference. 8)
Dust storms are usually very wispy and soft edged. I suggest decreasing edge sharpness and increasing warp if you want to achieve some nice-looking dust storms. Otherwise looks very good, and I do think it would look a bit plain (albeit still nicely done) without the clouds/dust.
- Oshyan
yea I agree with Oshyan
Quote from: Oshyan on February 24, 2008, 01:05:51 AM
Dust storms are usually very wispy and soft edged. I suggest decreasing edge sharpness and increasing warp if you want to achieve some nice-looking dust storms. Otherwise looks very good, and I do think it would look a bit plain (albeit still nicely done) without the clouds/dust.
- Oshyan
I will probably take one more shot at the dust storms. I did add a small space rock for some added interest.
Here are some good examples of dust storms to help you along.
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/photos/earthMarsDust.jpg
http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/7942/Egypt.A2006056.0905.250m.jpg
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/satellite/917.jpg
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/satellite/414.jpg
none the less....looks cool...
Version 2. I might take the roid out. I think it is a little distracting from the rest of the image.
The planet is very, very good. The dust storms need a color to make them stand out a tad and also need some swirl.
Quote from: calico on February 25, 2008, 10:09:15 AM
The planet is very, very good. The dust storms need a color to make them stand out a tad and also need some swirl.
I agree, I'll work on fixing that later today. I think I'll take the asteroid out (although I think this scene would look really good if I could get a good astroid belt going).
Last one. This one I'm pretty happy with. I just wish the TG 2 planet populations would render.
Love the dust storms and the planet. I want to learn this thing you do...dude. ;D
Excellent results on the dust storms! The asteriods are cool, but a bit spiky and distracting. I'd love to see an animated dive to the planet and into a dust storm...
- Oshyan
I agree with Oshyan about the asteroids....the storms are cool...but I would love to see them on a bit larger scale...
Try messing around with this file, just import your own image mask and/or rock object, move the camera around and go to town. I'm doing a gas giant right now and this works great for the rings so it should be able to do a good asteroid belt as well.
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Quote from: Oshyan on February 27, 2008, 12:56:27 AM
Excellent results on the dust storms! The asteriods are cool, but a bit spiky and distracting. I'd love to see an animated dive to the planet and into a dust storm...
- Oshyan
I was thinking of something similar in terms of an animation. I might take another look at the asteroids and make them look less spiky. I might also make the storms a little bigger.
BTW, Oshyan, can you tell me if planet population will work in the next update.
@darthvader - I played with this file before I made this render and just couldn't get the asteroids to look as nice as these from this close up so I decided against it.
nvseal - any chance we can sometime get a small tutorial on how you created your dust storms?
Quote from: calico on February 27, 2008, 02:23:07 PM
nvseal - any chance we can sometime get a small tutorial on how you created your dust storms?
Sure, I'll try to get something out later.
No hurry or pressure. It's something I think would be fantastic to know and this means I'm willing to wait until you can take time.
I don't know what the problem may be with planet populations (though of course I do know there's a problem), so I can't say if it'll be fixed for the beta or final. Of course populating entire planets would also be pretty demanding on render time even if it did work...
- Oshyan
Final version number 2 ;D. I'm thinking about calling this one Geonosis instead ;). A little more cover with the storms and some less spiky asteroids (although there are still some small spikes on the one towards the top, center -- a well). Calico, sorry about not getting the info about the storms out last night. I had to finish a programming assignment and prepare for a calculus quiz this morning. I've got quite a bit of homework to do today as well so I'll just post the tgc.
yeah ! better asteroids !
yes the asteroids are good...but I still think they are distracting the view of the planet!....
Looking great.
I think the planet could use some more (though subtle) detail variation, or maybe a subtle change in large scale variation. The actual surface detail is a bit too regular. The dust storms look really good.
I'll go either way on the asteroids, though if they are to stay, I think they'd look better with some cratering - but we all know that is a job.
Keep it up man! I've still got your coriolis image up on my work desktop. Everyone thinks its a space shuttle photo, 8)
The dust storms are really superb. :)
- Oshyan
Agree with Oshyan, those dust storms look really great!
I also agree with Dhaval about the asteroids...they look pretty nice but a few less asteroids would be better....they're a bit distracting to my opinion as well.
It would be cool to see an image similar to this, below here... ;D
(http://www.ucar.edu/communications/newsreleases/2003/DustStorm.jpg)
TU, what is this? It reminds me of pictures I've seen where the water from a river is pouring into the ocean due to loose sediment.
It's a dust storm in Africa.
It reminds me an old song, it's one of its verses:
"I'm the wind that blows the sands of the sahara over the automobils of Rome" :D
This dust storm is going from Africa to the Atlantic Ocean, one trained eye can see the Iberic penninsula right in the top.