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Bryan Valencia schrieb:
> It's amazing what a little lens flare from Photoimpact can do.
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For massive glowing gas giants in close orbits around their stars
check also out:
http://www.jtwinc.com/Extrasolar/mainframes.html
- you'll find dozens of gorgeous space art illustrations,
obviously made with a raytracer, though John Whatmough
is not willing to divulge what software he used... ;-).
Still, I think the ambient level of the rings is far too high -
the planet's night side glows, but this glow is by no means
bright enough to light the shaded parts of the rings so much!
See you in Khyberspace - http://www.geocities.com/electricafghan/index-e.html
Afghanistan Chronicle: http://www.ndh.net/home/bleimann/
Yadgar
Now playing: We Agree (Yes)
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Actually the images have been coming out way too dark, but here are the
problems I have been encountering...
The light is behind, and the planet with atmosphere shows a nice
crescent like I want, BUT all the moons are way to dark.
So I upped the ambient and then used Auto Brightness and Contrast in
Photoimpact, which make it at least viewable, but the moons are far too
bright on the dark sides.
The Stars Include file is biting me here because I have to readjust it
for each trace whenever I change resolution. Either AA wipes them out
completely, or it looks like God got into the Silly String cabinet.
I will attach the source if anyone thinks they can make it a little more
realistic... I can't seem to balance it all... OH! If balancing it
means making it take 43 weeks to render, forget it, I still have a lot
to add to the scene.
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>Still, I think the ambient level of the rings is far too high -
>the planet's night side glows, but this glow is by no means
>bright enough to light the shaded parts of the rings so much!
>
>See you in Khyberspace - http://www.geocities.com/electricafghan/index-e.html
>Afghanistan Chronicle: http://www.ndh.net/home/bleimann/
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>Yadgar
>
>Now playing: We Agree (Yes)
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