Le 2021-01-28 à 02:45, Thomas de Groot a écrit :
> Op 27/01/2021 om 21:07 schreef Hj. Malthaner:
>> On 1/27/21 3:37 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>> On 1/27/2021 2:42 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> Op 27/01/2021 om 00:48 schreef Hj. Malthaner:
>>
>>>>> This scene shows a ship after passing a ring gate, entering the 
>>>>> ring space.
>>>>
>>>> So.... what is the light source in ring space? ;-)
>>>
>>> I wondered that too. When I read the books I imagined that area of 
>>> space being dark too. I don't recall there being a glowing nebula.
>>
>> In the show the "walls" of the ring zone glow in blue and yellow and 
>> illuminate the ships inside.
>>
>>
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/expanse/images/f/f2/S04e01medina26m07s.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20191219225152

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>> But I added an extra light source to give the ship more contrast. 
>> Attached is a new version with only diffuse light from the walls.
>>
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> 
> Aaaah! Much better! Like in the example, you can vary the diffused light 
> over ring space (I would suggest a hdri map *) and add a few lights 
> on/in the ship itself.
> 
> * easy to make: just draw an appropriate image map and save it in hdr 
> format. There are several paint or converting programs that can do that.
> 
Or make one in POV-Ray and save directly as .HDR or .EXR.

In this case, a cylindrical mapping looks like it's the way to go. Just 
map on a vertical cylinder cantered around the Y axis, then, rotate it 
as needed.

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