"Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote in message
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> Steve,
> Thank you. I made the scene entirely in Moray. The more complicated
shapes
> are mesh2, created with the Moray 3.5 mesh editor. The clouds are a
> photograph I took with my digital camara just yesterday! The moon is
a
> sphere with an image map of the lunar surface that I found as a free
> download at 3D Cafe.
> About the appearance of transparency you refer to. I think it's
actually
> shadows. I'm going to try some adjustments of the lights to get rid
of that.
> I have already spent countless hours just tweaking the lighting and
> textures, but there's still more to do. ;~^}>

      Heh, isn't there always more to do... ?  Yes, I can see the
shadows now, I think the alignment of your lights just need a slightly
different angle so that the shadows don't align-up too easily with the
next hill along. Your moon looks good, but don't forget that if it's
shining through clouds, then you'll need some kind of hazy glow around
it - you may need to use 'media' to get this effect, and you may need
to try some 'stacked-plane' clouds too.

   Have a look at Tim Nikias' page here:

 http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/past_pros/bowl/bowl.html


You might also want to have a look at Gilles Trans informative page
here:

   http://www.oyonale.com/ressources/english/sources13.htm


     ~Steve~


> Steve
>
> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote in message
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> >
> >     That's actually very good. How have you done this? The green
> > hillocks are transparent to the left of the image - is this meant
to
> > be the case?
> >
> >   ~Steve~
> >
> >
>
>

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