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Subject: How to create light and dark side to planet

CheshirePaul opened this issue on Mar 16, 2023 · 3 posts
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CheshirePaul ( ) posted Thu, 16 March 2023 at 11:44 AM · edited Thu, 06 February 2025 at 4:31 AM

Sorry if this is a little basic, but I've been unable to find any answers through web searches and I'm new to Carrara. How do you create a half lit planet eg: like a crescent shape moon effect? Is it down to lighting or is it necessary to do something with, textures, material, or?

Thanks, Paul

WendyLuvsCatz ( ) posted Thu, 16 March 2023 at 1:56 PM · edited Thu, 16 March 2023 at 1:57 PM

lighting will do it, make sure with scene selected in the outliner the ambient is set to zero

you probably want to use distant light (not sunlight and the sky or realistic sky options)

the crescent shape will come down to your camera angle in relation to sphere primitive I assume you will use

that said Carrara does include pre-sets for Earth and other planets

also

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/categories/carrara-discussion

will get you more help than on this forum as not many Carrara users frequent it

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CheshirePaul ( ) posted Fri, 17 March 2023 at 3:20 AM
wendyvainity posted at 1:56 PM Thu, 16 March 2023 - #4458722

lighting will do it, make sure with scene selected in the outliner the ambient is set to zero

you probably want to use distant light (not sunlight and the sky or realistic sky options)

the crescent shape will come down to your camera angle in relation to sphere primitive I assume you will use

that said Carrara does include pre-sets for Earth and other planets

also

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/categories/carrara-discussion

will get you more help than on this forum as not many Carrara users frequent it

Many Thanks, I will experiment with those settings. Paul 

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