Okay, sorry for the mistyped URL earlier GrimDude, and thanks, I liked the
4-way stop too; not my car model, a pre-made mesh from someplace. This URL
is right people.
Cancelled the other post and let's try that again, though it ain't really
worth it.

My somewhat plain scene of a attempt at making a Jupiter 2 spacecraft from
the 60's TV show Lost in Space was done this way. It can be seen at:

  http://members.aol.com/versecurse/llisj2c.jpg

Beware of severe image compression artifacts.


bankspad wrote:
> 
> Please let us know when you have the tutorial done, I would love to see it.
> When I first started with POV and was learning sky_sphere I thought the same
> thing: that fog would be better and more accurate for skies and atmospheres.
> When you think about it, that's what an atmosphere really is right?   ;-]
> However, being new I got frustrated and couldn't get it to work at all. You,
> however, have done very nicely - your sky is beautiful! Good job!
> 
> KB-
> 
> Chris Maryan wrote:
> 
> > I have been playing around recently with the idea of creating skies made
> > entirely with fog. The attached image is done using a constant fog for
> > the dark blue part of the sky and a ground fog for the light part at the
> > horizon.
> > But why do this?
> > The big advantage is having objects naturally fade into the sky with
> > distance. A few days ago someone was asking how to get the dark side of
> > the moon to fade into the sky and have the light part stand out. Many of
> > the responses involved matching the ambient of the moon to the same
> > colour as the sky (or maybe I misread something). The method in this
> > image is probably more accurate and I think it looks more realistic. The
> > dark side naturally fades into the sky if it is truly dark.
> > Also, this is probably a more accurate representation of the sky than
> > the blue background/ground fog method. It would seem that this would
> > simulate the effects of the atmosphere more accurately.
> >
> > I think that's enough talk for now, I'm working on a tutorial on the use
> > of fog for a range of atmospheric effects based on the discussions in
> > this group. I expect to be able to find the time to do it either in mid
> > June or early July.
> > --
> > Chris Maryan
> > mailto:cma### [at] geocitiescom
> > ***
> > Will work for cash.
> > ***
> > Email me if you are interested in donating
> > to the Chris Maryan needs money fund.
> > We will also accept donations to the Chris
> > needs a Pentium III or SGI workstation
> > fund and the Chris needs a car fund.
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  [Image]

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