Giant scale map (different planets)

[Slowriot]

Hello everyone, I wanted to reach out to the community to help me figure this out.

We are creating a truly unique take on digital comics and in order to do so we are using Terragen for some very interesting animations and environments.

If there is a tutorial available that explains how I can make multiple planets and animate the transition from one to another I would very much appreciate it.

thank you so much for your time!

-Kade

[freelancah]

Are you planning to make the planets by spherical image maps or procedurally? Anyhow one solution would be to use a bunch of merge shaders to drive the transition from planet to another..

[Slowriot]

I had planned to do it with procedures, but it's just not something I've had any experience with. I was really just hoping there was a how-to guide of sorts available.

naive of me. hahaha

[freelancah]

Okay... Here's an example how I would do it...  Run the timeline from 0-66 frames and you will see how the planet changes color and  same thing works for displacement, alltho I have none here.. It's a rough setup but the idea should work on more complex systems

[Slowriot]

thanks so much! In a couple months I might come back with some work I need help with!

you can check us out right now if you're interested but we haven't moved to the animated phase quite yet.

www.facebook.com/zuristudios