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From: Ben Lauritzen
Subject: Might as well... (~75kbu)
Date: 20 Dec 2000 00:44:32
Message: <3a404740@news.povray.org>
I thought since everyone else was, I'd post my own...


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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: Might as well... (~75kbu)
Date: 20 Dec 2000 04:03:49
Message: <3a4075f5@news.povray.org>
> I thought since everyone else was, I'd post my own...

i think your clouds look to 'solid' - might look better of you faded them
around the edges slightly


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From: banty
Subject: Re: Might as well... (~75kbu)
Date: 20 Dec 2000 19:23:01
Message: <3A414EFA.54BEC09@rapidnet.com>
How did you do the surface texture?

That aside, the clouds to look a tad solid. Personally, I'd do the
model in three parts, 1) I'd create the land mass by mapping it to a
sphere (Not that I've currently had much success with such things) and
apply the pigmentation. 2 I'd create another sphere for the water and
tweak the radius until it looked right. and 3) I'd create the
athmosphere.

Of course that's just me, and I hardly ammount to an expert.

on the whole though, your model looks like a good start. nice work.

 banty.

Ben Lauritzen wrote:

> I thought since everyone else was, I'd post my own...
>
> [Image]


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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Might as well... (~75kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 00:34:28
Message: <3A419570.330993A3@faricy.net>
Sorry, we've moved on to locomotives.

Thos're wierd clouds. They look injection molded. ;) Make 'em
translucent and you're there. (Or media! ;)

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From: Ben Lauritzen
Subject: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 12:24:32
Message: <3a423cd0@news.povray.org>
Personally, I think it's purdy.


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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 13:01:12
Message: <chrishuff-21E67E.13022121122000@news.povray.org>
In article <3a423cd0@news.povray.org>, "Ben Lauritzen" 
<loo### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> Personally, I think it's purdy.

The stars fade out closer to the Earth...it's surrounded by an area of 
complete darkness. Maybe you should check your media settings...or 
max_trace_level, but since there isn't a very sharp boundary, I doubt 
that is the problem.

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From: Ben Lauritzen
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 13:16:50
Message: <3a424912$1@news.povray.org>
> The stars fade out closer to the Earth...it's surrounded by an area of
> complete darkness. Maybe you should check your media settings...or
> max_trace_level, but since there isn't a very sharp boundary, I doubt
> that is the problem.

I actually did that on purpose, I used a bmp for the stars, after blacking
out a circle in the center.  I rendered it at 1024x768, then shrunk it with
photoshop.  The stars are more visible in the larger pic.


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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 13:28:03
Message: <chrishuff-77355B.13291321122000@news.povray.org>
In article <3a424912$1@news.povray.org>, "Ben Lauritzen" 
<loo### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> I actually did that on purpose, I used a bmp for the stars, after 
> blacking out a circle in the center.

Oh...um, why?

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From: Ben Lauritzen
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 13:56:21
Message: <3a425255@news.povray.org>
>
> Oh...um, why?
>

Because... it's hard to see the stars when there's something brighter in the
way.  I guess...


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From: Hugo
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 16:44:52
Message: <3A427994.95D8215B@post3.tele.dk>
Definitely an improvement, I think! Looks very good..  :o)

Well, I see no stars (?) if they are supposed to be there.. Anyway my
idea for a further improvement, would be to make the shadows from the
clouds a little less dark.. And by the way, do you use 2 layers for the
clouds? Then, the bottom layer looks a bit strange.

But I like the whole of it, nevertheless.

Hugo


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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 18:12:30
Message: <3A428D88.977FD37E@videotron.ca>
Ben Lauritzen wrote:
> 
> Personally, I think it's purdy.
> 
>  [Image]

Indeed it is.

But (there has to be one!) I think your water is unrealistically clear. 
Can we actually see the continental shelf off the coast of Venezuela
from space?

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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 18:27:42
Message: <3A4290FE.C4B1F209@faricy.net>
Improved, but they look awfully thick still.

Earth pics are always purdy. :)

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From: Nick Portelli
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 21 Dec 2000 19:21:52
Message: <3A42A159.758375A4@pilot.msu.edu>
Looks very good.  Any code?

Ben Lauritzen wrote:
> 
> Personally, I think it's purdy.
> 
>  [Image]


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From: Marc van den Dikkenberg
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 22 Dec 2000 00:00:12
Message: <cd9COrlK4G8zP4ROndcp6I5TP5kB@4ax.com>
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:39:43 -0600, "Ben Lauritzen" <loo### [at] yahoocom>
wrote:

>Personally, I think it's purdy.

Impressive!

Any chance of getting a glimpse at the sourcecode?
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From: Ben Lauritzen
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 22 Dec 2000 11:36:21
Message: <3a438305@news.povray.org>
> But (there has to be one!) I think your water is unrealistically clear.
> Can we actually see the continental shelf off the coast of Venezuela
> from space?

Well, no... artistical merit and all.  I had the water as a solid color
before, but I couldn't seem to get it to look like water, so I just used the
land map again, which has clear water for some reason.


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From: Ben Lauritzen
Subject: Re: Softer Clouds (~76kbu)
Date: 22 Dec 2000 23:50:51
Message: <3a442f2b$1@news.povray.org>
> Improved, but they look awfully thick still.
>
> Earth pics are always purdy. :)

Not always...


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