The sun isn't shaded. Its white in the center, gets a
red teint near the edge, and the dissolves into a soft
glow, but perhaps its too much. How about this?


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>
> I'm sorry, but I find this version is much worse than the previous, for
> two reasons:
>
> 1. The lights on the dark side of the earth are too bright, it makes the
> image less credible.
> 2. The sun does not look like a sun. Your sun looks cold, like it was
> made of wax, or plastic, while it should look really hot and be made of
> star plasma (or whatever). And suns never, ever have a shaded surface,
> they appear flat because of self-illumination.
>

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sun looks hotter in this image instead of a bit dull in the previous image.
I like this one better.

JWV


"Tim Nikias v2.0" <tim### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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> The sun isn't shaded. Its white in the center, gets a
> red teint near the edge, and the dissolves into a soft
> glow, but perhaps its too much. How about this?
>
>
> --
> Tim Nikias v2.0
> Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights
> Email: Tim### [at] gmxde
>
> >
> > I'm sorry, but I find this version is much worse than the previous, for
> > two reasons:
> >
> > 1. The lights on the dark side of the earth are too bright, it makes the
> > image less credible.
> > 2. The sun does not look like a sun. Your sun looks cold, like it was
> > made of wax, or plastic, while it should look really hot and be made of
> > star plasma (or whatever). And suns never, ever have a shaded surface,
> > they appear flat because of self-illumination.
> >
>
>
>

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Tim Nikias v2.0 wrote:
>The sun isn't shaded. Its white in the center, gets a
>red teint near the edge, and the dissolves into a soft
>glow, but perhaps its too much. How about this?
>

This is a nice warm looking sun.  But I still like the glow around the sun
and the thicker atmosphere.  It may not be realistic, but it just looks
good.

RG - reality... a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there

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???  Why did it post here instead of on the thread where I was replying too?

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> This is a nice warm looking sun.  But I still like the glow around the sun
> and the thicker atmosphere.  It may not be realistic, but it just looks
> good.

I feel the same way.

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Thanks you two! I'm satisfied as well. I've just
set the moon's rotation a little different, so I've
got to rerender the frames from 150 to 400, but
now I can finally leave it to render all 600 frames...


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> > This is a nice warm looking sun.  But I still like the glow around the
sun
> > and the thicker atmosphere.  It may not be realistic, but it just looks
> > good.
>
> I feel the same way.
>
>

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Hi Tim,

this is the best sun so far. A big glow makes the sun look dim.
Instead of an unrealistic glow I suggest realistic protuberances,
corona, solar flares, sun spots, ...:
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/NASA.Educational.Products/Solar.System.Lithograph.Set/Sun/.index.html

   Sputnik

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Ah, well, I'm not after a physically correct view on
sun and earth (as someone pointed out, the night-earth
is way too bright to be visible with the sun in-screen),
but a more artistic view. And thus, a warm sun for a
sunrise is good enough. And the beauty of night on earth
is also nicely visible.

As a side-note: you do know that images of sun-spots etc
wouldn't be able to capture the earth as well, as the lens has
to be fairly darkened to not get overlit at once...

Still, thanks for the suggestions!

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Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights
Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

> Hi Tim,
>
> this is the best sun so far. A big glow makes the sun look dim.
> Instead of an unrealistic glow I suggest realistic protuberances,
> corona, solar flares, sun spots, ...:
>
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/NASA.Educational.Products/Solar.System.Lithograph.Set/Sun/.index.html
>
>    Sputnik
>
> --
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> fr### [at] computermuseumfh-kielde
> ----------------------------
>
>

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> As a side-note: you do know that images of sun-spots etc
> wouldn't be able to capture the earth as well, as the lens has
> to be fairly darkened to not get overlit at once...

Of course I know, but I thougt you were willing to allow for
some artistic freedom ...

To say it with your own words:

> I'm going more for an
> artistic view, with overexagheration, than a physically
  """""""""""""
> correct and realistic view.

   Sputnik

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:-) Caught me there!

I just wanted a nice and warm sun, something
which would give a comfortable feeling. Too
much physical reality or too much detail loses
that. IMHO simplicity sometimes has better
artistic story than detailed overexaggeration...


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Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

> > As a side-note: you do know that images of sun-spots etc
> > wouldn't be able to capture the earth as well, as the lens has
> > to be fairly darkened to not get overlit at once...
>
> Of course I know, but I thougt you were willing to allow for
> some artistic freedom ...
>
> To say it with your own words:
>
> > I'm going more for an
> > artistic view, with overexagheration, than a physically
>   """""""""""""
> > correct and realistic view.
>
>    Sputnik
>
>

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