Greets all I thought this would be harder than it was. This is the planet that the computer is on (for dvd #3).  Anyhow there will be a long shot, rings and all and then a close shot of the planet before entering the atmosphere.

While not as hard as I thought it would be, this actually took 10 renders to make one and then put it all together in aftereffects.  So, on the average..this approach will take about 3 hours per frame.  Good thing I have a new machine coming!

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BT

This is impressive. I like.

looks a bit flat though, with the sun from behind and no cast shadows. You might want to try a side illumination, and have the planet cast shadow on the rocks too. The rocks would also look better imho with visible shadows to the side. In all it should improve the 3D depth impression I think.

I'm looking closer at this and now have a question. At the planet's lower hemisphere, are those stars infront of the planet?

Frell, that's interesting !!

awesome!

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Phil, in animation..you can see the shadows.  In a still, you can't.  ...but when I actually get to the rock and planet animation part, I do think I'll experment with some negative lights to see if I cant exaggerate it a bit more (good call)

D_A_M, yep..thats residue from the background image (this is/was test render) that I didnt clean up before thefinal.  I have since removed those from the background because, unless thats a lazer coming thru the planet, ya shouldnt see them :)  (good eye)

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BT

This looks terrific so far. It is interesting that it looks like stars in front of the planet. Maybe it's just irridescent stuff, but maybe something more colorful would be interesting. I would love to see the animation!

There's a place called wolfie's den, that has some planetary mats, including a ring like Saturns'.  Might save some time.

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