Here's that updated ringed planet image I was threatening to create...
Cassini modeled with Truespace (sorry, I just like the TS modeling
interface),
Saturn, Cassini model (to scale 1 pov unit=1 foot), light sources, and
textures rendered with Povray 3.1.

Enjoy!

--Blane Bizzaro

P.S. There was some post-processing done with Photoshop and Universe to
create the starfield. And if you hate the TS rendering engine, you're not
alone :-)

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That is the most complete non-irtc scene I have seen in a long time. The
detail on the satellite is impressive. This is truly poster quality.

 -Shay

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Thanks Shay, that's a nice complement.
One thing about that image...
On first glance, after rendering was complete,
the crand values on the Cassini gold foil were bothering me,
but after reviewing my texture library, I realised that the gold foil is
REFLECTING the dust and ice particles in Saturn's rings. The gold foil
itself actually has a very low crand value.

--Blane

Shay <sah### [at] simcopartscom> wrote in message
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> That is the most complete non-irtc scene I have seen in a long time. The
> detail on the satellite is impressive. This is truly poster quality.
>
>  -Shay
>
> Blane Bizzaro <bla### [at] bizzarocreationscom> wrote in message
> news:3cc9ae84@news.povray.org...
>
>

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High!

Blane Bizzaro schrieb:

  Here's that updated ringed planet image I was threatening to create...
  Cassini modeled with Truespace (sorry, I just like the TS modeling
  interface),
  Saturn, Cassini model (to scale 1 pov unit=1 foot), light sources, and
  textures rendered with Povray 3.1.

Impressive... what are the two moons in the lower left? The smaller, whitish
one looks like Enceladus, the more brownish to
the left might be Dione or Rhea? And in the lower right, that constellation
looks pretty much like the three belt stars of Orion,
even with the Orion Nebula below! Obviously, you used a simple cylindrical
projection of the whole night sky, such as the
Hipparcos mosaic from David Seal's site, and then you pepped it up with some
star clusters added with Universe...

But also some nitpicking: on most NASA pictures I know, Saturn has a
generally yellowish hue with subtle latitudinal bands,
not reddish-brown like here. Then I also think the rings should be somewhat
transparent... how far away from the viewpoint
are they?
And the metal housing of the Cassini probe looks strangely grainy, or worn...
is that intended?

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

Now playing: Tangram Set 1 (Tangerine Dream)

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On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:46:25 -0700, Blane Bizzaro wrote:
> Here's that updated ringed planet image I was threatening to create...
> Cassini modeled with Truespace (sorry, I just like the TS modeling
> interface),
> Saturn, Cassini model (to scale 1 pov unit=1 foot), light sources, and
> textures rendered with Povray 3.1.
> 

That's a fantastic image, keep up the good work. 

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