hello all... well I'd like to know if anyone knows how to make space gas clouds. I'd really love to make my space pic a lot better and i was thinking of adding a gas cloud to one of them but i'd like to know how to do this... any help on this is very weclome thanks from darkness

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There's a preset nebula material in the volume section that makes ecellent nebulas.

Last time I did a space scene I used a 2D backdrop and followed a tutorial back when I first had Bryce 3D free with 3D World - yonks ago. So is there another way to do it? Cos those nebula thingies look rather nice.

Volumetric presets on a sphere or torus. You can also get some good effects with transparency for surface textures on a disk. It really depends on if it is a distant object or something you want to move in.

You can also use Universe Image Creator (look it up on Google by Diard software).

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Message edited on: 05/30/2005 17:06

"Volumetric presets on a sphere or torus." Yeah, I tried that, but it's the rest of the settings that I can't figure. I tried turning off the Sun, the Atmosphere, Haze and Fog, but I still got an obvious line between a grey sky and a darker grey land... and you couldn't see the nebula by that time...

UVDan, So there's no way tp do it in Bryce then? Only using a paint program? Pity...

Fran, do you have a screenshot of this "obvious line"? It should be VERY possible to create space environments in bryce.

Some people use object masking to add the space background that they paint in Photoshop. I usually prefer to add my painted background to a flat plane in Bryce(not an infinite plane). I believe you go to the create menu, then click on the "leo" icon( man with outstretched arms. There is a keystroke to use to make sure that the face of the plane always faces the camera, but it escapes me right now.

I never knew about that keystroke, but you can duplicate UVDan's effect in the Attributes menu (use the tracking and parent features). If you are using it in the atmosphere, your problem is most likely that old Bryce volume textures messups. As with Rayraz, do you have a pic? Much easier to tell then.

I'm gonna try to make some "space textures"... be back soon!

As with Rayraz, do you have a pic? Much easier to tell then. What do you need me to get a pic of?

LOL not I was agreeing with you... like you, I need a pic of Fran's "obvious line" to fully diagnose the problem (if I can of course =P).

ooh okay :) gotcha :) that's what I thought 1st but then I read again and I wasn't sure :P

Looks like you have the groundplane still there! Just try selecting the ground plane (the grid that's there by default) and delete it :)

Alternatively, if you want to have the ground plane there for some reason (like you want everything to be cut off from a certain point down), you can just set both Diffusion and Ambience to 0. This will make the plane full black, which will be indestinguishable (SP???) from your full black sky.

It works best if you turn the atmosphere completely off, then make the result black.

But remember that the plane is still there, just the same color as the sky. So, object will still disappear if you put them beneath it =)

When you said "obvious line", I thought you meant in the nebula itself ;] EDIT: Just set everything to "0". Reflection can also reveal the groundplane. =)

Message edited on: 05/31/2005 18:01

ho yes.. only need 1 sphere to get this!.. and quiet fast to render too!

1 sphere? No kidding. Wow, that's interesting. You've given me an idea; I might be able to do something similar with two spheres. It would mesh with my current experiments with sci-fi. =)

set your controls for the heart of the sun..;)

nice one there pidjy!

Please post your recipe.

I will post the texture... so you could check by yourself how to do it

pidjy, " I will post the texture..." Oh gooooody!

RayRaz, Thanks, I TOLD you it's been a long time since I did any space scenes. I never even thought of deleting the groundplane, shinyary2, "Alternatively, if you want to have the ground plane there for some reason (like you want everything to be cut off from a certain point down)," Now that you mention it... I'm not sure why you'd want to keep it, why would you ever want things cut off?

Maybe they have become infected. On a more serious note THANKS PIDJY. I think volume textures in the foreground with a painted backdrop would give a nice combination of space gas.

Fran-- Just depends on what you're doing. Maybe you have a volumetric fog, and want it to stop at a certain point, etc. UVDan-- Peter Sharpe's mist texture, if you make sure to play with the density settings. =)