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Title: Super high-res painted planets
Post by: Ace on November 16, 2003, 02:34:13 pm: (http://www.savant-online.net/graphics/rs_images/planetmoon_hr.jpg)

A desert planet and a moon. Both scaled down for this composited image.

Both are originally 2048x2048 textures. A lot of detail is lost in the scaling as well as the .jpeg compression.

It's for a project. :)

What was used to make this: Pure PSP8.
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Post by: Nico on November 16, 2003, 02:44:33 pm: neat :)
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Post by: kode on November 16, 2003, 02:59:06 pm: you need some ice around the poles and another moon, and you'll have Arrakis...
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Post by: Fineus on November 16, 2003, 03:14:14 pm: Purdy, I like! Nice one :)
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Post by: Ashrak on November 16, 2003, 03:29:06 pm: sphearize is your friend :)
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Post by: Ace on November 16, 2003, 06:23:31 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Ashrak
sphearize is your friend :)

That and textures... lots of textures.
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Post by: Triple Ace on November 16, 2003, 06:39:13 pm: NICE!!!
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Post by: Taristin on November 16, 2003, 06:47:20 pm: lvlshot is your friend...
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Post by: Setekh on November 16, 2003, 07:39:18 pm: It's fun evolving planets, isn't it? ;)
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Post by: Gloriano on November 17, 2003, 08:12:51 am: very nice:)
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Post by: Ashrak on November 17, 2003, 10:37:12 am: i love the craters on that moon :)
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Post by: FreeTerran on November 17, 2003, 02:06:22 pm: uhm how have you add the gow around the planet in psp ( i only know it in ps7 ?
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Post by: Taristin on November 17, 2003, 02:28:26 pm: It's called feathering...
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Post by: Ace on November 17, 2003, 04:49:39 pm: I use drop shadow effects as opposed to feathering as it offers more control. Though I should play with a feathered cloud layer...
Title: Re: Super high-res painted planets
Post by: Drew on November 17, 2003, 04:59:22 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Ace
Both are originally 2048x2048 textures. A lot of detail is lost in the scaling as well as the .jpeg compression.
nice :yes: :yes:
can we see the original?
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Post by: Thorn on November 20, 2003, 02:44:21 pm: Reminds me of Arakkis. All it needs now are some orange splotches all over it!
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Post by: Revelation on November 26, 2003, 08:57:51 am: This is a pretty cool try. I guess if you had wanted to make it a lot better you could try putting curving shadows over the planet so that they look 3D, maybe some stars. I couldn't see stars on that pic.

and if you add a bit of noise or displacement to the outer edges of the planets you will make them a little less perfect and thus more realistic.
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Post by: Nico on November 26, 2003, 10:05:34 am: mmh... take earth: the highest mountain is 8km tall. I doubt you'll see any bump on such a scale.
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Post by: TopAce on November 26, 2003, 12:03:30 pm: I hope I see it well that these are not made by LunarCell. Or am I mistaken?

By the way, it is very nice, dude! Keep up the good work!
:yes:
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Post by: icespeed on November 27, 2003, 12:06:55 am: good stuff, etc etc

just out of curiosity, do moons cast shadows on planets?
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Post by: Revelation on November 27, 2003, 07:17:58 am: in a word, yes. But very small ones. They are called eclipses.

Anyway, in response to "mmh... take earth: the highest mountain is 8km tall. I doubt you'll see any bump on such a scale", I was more or less referring to the moon (assuming it was a moon) which would be significantly small compared to the planet, thus would be close enough to see mountain ranges, and more so, craters due to its apparent lack of atmosphere.
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Post by: Setekh on November 27, 2003, 07:40:33 am: Hey, Revelation. Welcome to HLP, bro! Good to see another Aussie around. ;)

:welcome:

Indeed about the shadows. Really depends on the size of the sun, distance of the planet from the sun, distance of the moon from both, and fitting those altogether, in our situation the moon can cast shadows on the Earth. Penumbra and umbra they're called, one is complete darkness and the other is partial, but I forget which is which. ;)
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Post by: Ace on November 27, 2003, 03:48:23 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Revelation
in a word, yes. But very small ones. They are called eclipses.

Anyway, in response to "mmh... take earth: the highest mountain is 8km tall. I doubt you'll see any bump on such a scale", I was more or less referring to the moon (assuming it was a moon) which would be significantly small compared to the planet, thus would be close enough to see mountain ranges, and more so, craters due to its apparent lack of atmosphere.

As I said in the first post, these are scaled down from the original images. In the 2048x2048 moon image there are crater shadows at the day/night area that make the planet look much more 3d.