I got a good star effect by using a sky sphere and an image map.
The only problem was the image map needed to be 2000x2000 to produce good
enough looking starts at high resolutions.  Still... it gave my scene (and
animation) the effect it needed :)

Hope that helps,

Matt

Sam Minnee <smi### [at] paradisenetnz> wrote in article
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> Does anyone know how to do a good starry sky type background.  Granite
> methods don't usually look good when antialiased
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