Comments on: Earth http://www.lindsaydigital.com/blog/2009/10/12/earth/ A (usually) visual blog to share my work and things that other artists create. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:49:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Spence http://www.lindsaydigital.com/blog/2009/10/12/earth/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Spence Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:21:17 +0000 http://www.lindsaydigital.com/blog/?p=217#comment-202 Yeah,.. you have to mess with the curves in the falloff material <a href="http://lindsaydigital.com/lab/earth.mat" rel="nofollow">Here's the material library</a> I used. You can replace the image maps with ones of your own or you can <a href="http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_set.php?categoryID=2355" rel="nofollow">download some here!</a> Another option is to map the atmosphere as seen from the side onto a plane and then set the plane in the center of the sphere and make it camera facing. It's an old game development trick. Happy Planeting! Yeah,.. you have to mess with the curves in the falloff material Here’s the material library I used. You can replace the image maps with ones of your own or you can download some here!

Another option is to map the atmosphere as seen from the side onto a plane and then set the plane in the center of the sphere and make it camera facing. It’s an old game development trick.

Happy Planeting!

]]> By: Oliver http://www.lindsaydigital.com/blog/2009/10/12/earth/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Oliver Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:54:58 +0000 http://www.lindsaydigital.com/blog/?p=217#comment-201 I tried making a planet, but the light would gradually fade away on the sphere, it ended abruptly when it hit the opposite hemisphere... I tried making a planet, but the light would gradually fade away on the sphere, it ended abruptly when it hit the opposite hemisphere…

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