I love Povray animations.

https://www.maetes.com/en/blog/tussi_flight_number_2_povray

I have given a year-old film various upgrades.
Far from perfect, but looks much nicer.

Does anyone have ideas or half-finished scripts for:
- Earth surface
- Moon surface
- Cloudcover (during launch)
?

Have a nice day (sunny and warm days ahead in Cologne/Germany)
Martin

https://bsky.app/profile/martinseydler.bsky.social

Post a reply to this message

Attachments:
Download 'anim0-00033.jpg' (553 KB)

Preview of image 'anim0-00033.jpg'

hi,

"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I love Povray animations.
> ...
> Have a nice day (sunny and warm days ahead in Cologne/Germany)
> Martin

thanks, and enjoy the rest of your weekend.  I (very much) like the still you
posted.

question - why "Tussi" ?  (a not-quite girlfriend, iirc)


regards, jr.

Post a reply to this message

"jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> question - why "Tussi" ?  (a not-quite girlfriend, iirc)
>
> regards, jr.

You're totally wrong:
Stands for Tiny Ugly Science Satellite (and) Impactor.

The ANIMATION / VIDEO you can be found on the Website !!!!!

https://www.maetes.com/en/blog/tussi_flight_number_2_povray

Here ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ma

Post a reply to this message

hi,

"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> ...
> You're totally wrong:

has happened before.. </grin>


> Stands for Tiny Ugly Science Satellite (and) Impactor.

thank you for expanding the acronym.


> The ANIMATION / VIDEO you can be found on the Website !!!!!
> ...
> Here ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

got it ;-).


regards, jr.

Post a reply to this message

"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I love Povray animations.
>
> https://www.maetes.com/en/blog/tussi_flight_number_2_povray
>
> I have given a year-old film various upgrades.
> Far from perfect, but looks much nicer.
>
> Does anyone have ideas or half-finished scripts for:
> - Earth surface
> - Moon surface
> - Cloudcover (during launch)
> ?
>
> Have a nice day (sunny and warm days ahead in Cologne/Germany)
> Martin
>
> https://bsky.app/profile/martinseydler.bsky.social

Here's a place I used for the bump map of the moon!

http://planetpixelemporium.com/earth8081.html

Have fun!

P.S You have a Nice video!

Post a reply to this message

"Leroy" <whe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Here's a place I used for the bump map of the moon!
> http://planetpixelemporium.com/earth8081.html
> P.S You have a Nice video!

Thanks.
His Earth looks really good.
One of my (many) next projects :(
Sources for moon-maps I have (USGS).
But the complete pluto-maps are new to me.


"JR" wrote:
> thank you for expanding the acronym.

Acronyms are very important in the space-industry.
Do you KRUSTY? Or DUFF?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilopower

In german language "Tussi" means something like "underfunded diva". Fits
perfectly, because working with the space probe is sometimes really annoying.

If I didn't have burnout in my bones and could use the time better, I would
create entire comic animations. I have a lot of ideas, let's see how far I get.

The Animation below shows Cif - Camera Installation Front.
Yes, I know, there is still a long way to go.

Nice evening,
Martin

Post a reply to this message

Attachments:
Download 'anim_01_30fps.mp4.dat' (110 KB)

"Leroy" <whe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> Here's a place I used for the bump map of the moon!
>
> http://planetpixelemporium.com/earth8081.html
>


Sorry Leroy, I misunderstood your answer or you misunderstood my request.

I need nice environments for take-off and landing. In the case of the moon,
something with gentle hills, which should also look like a lunar landscape in
terms of coloring. I haven't been able to do it properly so far.

Even an attempt to use the global maps for this only cost me hours of time.

I have enough sources for views from orbit. Moon and Mars with horizontal
resolutions > 16,000 pixels.

Ma

Post a reply to this message

hi,

"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> ...
> Acronyms are very important in the space-industry.
> Do you KRUSTY? Or DUFF?

when I read "DUFF", I "saw" Homer & Barney raising their cans </grin>.
(and no, hadn't known either acronym before)


> In german language "Tussi" means something like "underfunded diva". Fits
> perfectly, because working with the space probe is sometimes really annoying.
>
> If I didn't have burnout in my bones and could use the time better, I would
> create entire comic animations. I have a lot of ideas, let's see how far I get.

typo cosmic I guess.  a recent Quanta article had what looked like a usable map
of Io.
<www.quantamagazine.org/whats-going-on-inside-io-jupiters-volcanic-moon-20250425/>

I look forward to further work by you.


regards, jr.

Post a reply to this message

"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "Leroy" <whe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>
> > Here's a place I used for the bump map of the moon!
> >
> > http://planetpixelemporium.com/earth8081.html
> >
>
>
> Sorry Leroy, I misunderstood your answer or you misunderstood my request.
>
> I need nice environments for take-off and landing. In the case of the moon,
> something with gentle hills, which should also look like a lunar landscape in
> terms of coloring. I haven't been able to do it properly so far.
>
> Even an attempt to use the global maps for this only cost me hours of time.
>
> I have enough sources for views from orbit. Moon and Mars with horizontal
> resolutions > 16,000 pixels.
>
> Ma

I understood what you wanted to Land and maybe take off from the moon. I landed
on mars awhile back. What I did is take just a part the 'bump_map' that I needed
and turn it into an height_field and then use the matching part of an
'image_map' for the pigment. I thought the Web address I gave you had both.

The Mars video I made is on my website http://leroyw.byethost15.com
It's under 'Videos' name 'Exploring Mars'(of course)

I wish I could tell how it was all done but it was a looooooooog time ago and
I've sleep since then. If you need the code I can look it up.

Have Fun!

Post a reply to this message

"js" wrote:
> I look forward to further work by you.

You will hear from me! (Schwarzenegger-voice)


"Leroy" <whe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>
> The Mars video I made is on my website http://leroyw.byethost15.com
> It's under 'Videos' name 'Exploring Mars'(of course)

I knew the video!
Have seen it month or even years before.
From 2005? How long did you render ... a week?
Nice work.

I have also tried my hand at a humanoid robot, but the work did not stop and did
not stop. But I would love to have one, or even a human figure. Wouldn't have to
be lifelike. Better a little comic than badly realistic.

If it's not too much work, see if you can find the code. I, on the other hand,
cannot promise that I will use any of it in the near future, so don't hurry. You
won't believe it, I like the parachute, I might need it soon :)

We Povrayers should exchange or provide much more code anyway, there are so few
of us.

Gr
Ma

Post a reply to this message