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Published: 2005-07-26 04:15:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 1742; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 352
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Trying out some compositing ideas for planets in the sky. I know the image is a little big...but I didn't want to lose some of the details in the terragen render. Sorry about the large size...
Terragen render.
Rendersize: 6000x4500
Rendertime: 9 hours
Terrain: 2049x2049 world machine terrain.
Large planet: courtesy of ~meta474 obtained through *inner-space
Small planet: courtesy of Yves...although I forget where I downloaded it from...
Planets were composited in photoshop.
Enjoy!
--Mike
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Comments: 86
Okay you and me can't possibly be on the same planet. This looks like something to die for. Wonderful picture
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Wow, the terragen is amazing. THe planets are not bad, either. Keep it up!
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Thanks, dude! I will keep it up!
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beautiful work!!!! 
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Thank you my friend!
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The strat worked well on this lovely terrain: top notch surface!
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Very nice, my only suggestion is blending the atmosphere of the lil planet a little better into the back ground..but it looks good
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Thanks! Yeah, I agree about that planet...a little more work and it would've been perfect! 
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You and your damn beautiful strata...and those planets are just plain awesome...
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Hehe...thanks, Skye! I'm glad you like it! I'm slowly getting better at this space stuff...
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You're awesome. o_o
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Thank you very much! I really appreciate the 
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Thank you very much, my friend!
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well i would sharpen those planets, and meaby add some starfield very much transparent to sky ;S
ps. this terrain rules, and how the hell did u do this kickikng ass texturing?!!! Great Job my friend
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Thanks much for the tips! I'm trying to improve with the space parts of my pics...so many thanks! I'm glad you like the surfacing too...
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pleasure to help so skilled artist like u
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Oh, there's plenty I'm not skilled at yet...like this space stuff! 
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Marvelous!!!sweet work on the surfaces and the postwork
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Thank you so much, Robert! I really appreciate the
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I'm not normally a fan of pointy terrain, for some reason it just bugs me. But you seem to have a used it very well. The surface map is awsome, I can't imagine trying to get all those layers like that. Great work. I really dont' have a lot to critique as. I really like the textures down at the bottom where it looks all cracked and worn, was that photoshop or actually terragin?
The atmosphere works with the terrain very well, it has the "dusty" kind of feeling like it would in a place like that with the sun setting. The planets complete the picture. Great job!!
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Thank you for such a detailed comment! Yes, this was all done in terragen...I used overlays for the cracked stone effect. The only photoshop work was for the planets...well, and resizing/sharpening/etc. Thanks again!
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nice strata & terrain, looks vast...nice contrast of sharpness & soft light of the planets
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Thank you very much!!
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Nice texturing. Especially nice blending on the overlay(s). The 2D clouds and overly thick/glowing atmospheres on the planets (especially the smaller one) detract slightly, and the strata might be better if broken up a bit more, but this is really an excellent image overall and these are small issues.
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Hey Oshyan! Thanks for the comment and the tips...what would you suggest to replace the 2D clouds here? I could probably adjust the planets' atmo's with an erase brush at a lower opacity to fix that. Anyway, I really appreciate your input here...and thanks for the compliment!
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Well, 3D clouds (in Terragen) could be a start.
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Yeah...I haven't found good enough settings for 3D clouds yet (mainly because I haven't experimented enough yet...except for overcast skies...I love 3D clouds for overcast skies
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Very nice composition, the terrain is awesome... as for the planets, I'd suggest making the atmosphere halos smaller, and add some large-scale features to the top-right one, craters/continents or something like that - it's a bit uniform at the moment.
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Thanks! I appreciate the tips too!
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i wish i had your texturing talent, i guess i'll have to work a LOT more ^^, good job there
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Wow...thank you very much!
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Wow! Amazing textures as always. And look at those rocks! The banding is incredible, and looks like it must have taken you forever to complete.
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Thanks, Erin! Actually the strata are rather easy to do...just have to set the .bmp overlay file, sdjust some height and slope parameters...and voila! Strata!
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Donβt apologize for a good thing man, you posting a big version is a good thing, very good.
More than once people donβt even care if you are able to see the details, and even strap a huge watermark across the entire piece, which in many cases its not needed cause the piece is crappy anyway
Not your case though, the texturing and strata on this piece is superb!! The attention to detail is wonderful, the atmosphere also is first rate, congratulations. I only find one little detail that bothers me, the atmosphere on the left planet seems too thick, you should really reduce that cause affects the overall realism of the piece.
Cheers ο
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Thank you very much for the detailed comment and suggestion! Yeah...now that I look at it more I agree about the smaller planet having too thick of an atmo...I'll try to fix that later.
I'm glad you appreciate the details and being able to enjoy more of the pic at a larger size!
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one other thing man, you should really try and make your own planets, its pretty simple if you compare to your detailed texturing
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Yeah, I'm just starting to work on that. 
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Thanks, my friend!
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