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Subject: Crystal Ball: How to?

kalador opened this issue on Oct 23, 2002 · 8 posts

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kalador ( ) posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 5:01 PM · edited Tue, 21 January 2025 at 9:16 PM

I am trying to do a scene with a crystal ball, with a second scene showing in the crystal ball. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

SamTherapy ( ) posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 6:18 PM

The simplest way would be to render both scenes separately then comp 'em in Photoshop. Alternatively, set up the scene which will be in the ball, scale it down and place it all inside a transparent sphere (which you'd then use as your ball. Parent everything to the sphere so you can drag the whole lot around to any position you like, then create your "main" scene. I think. :)

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kalador ( ) posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 6:46 PM

Thanks Sam. I tried using the secondary scene as a texture for the crystal ball, but it never would show up.

STORMCLOUD ( ) posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 10:20 PM

Hey, did you ever get that snowglobe scene sussed out. im looking for something similar. but how to make the globe transparent in P3 despite the fact im being left behind by p5.. $$$,, and the fact its a gift . is left me catching up thanks