How create Planet Earth scene?

# 1 02-01-2004 , 08:16 PM

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Hello!!!

Please tell me where can I find good tutor how create planet earth scene: planet (with night side), clouds, and atmosphere?

Or please explain to me how to do this all?

Thank you!!!

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# 2 02-01-2004 , 08:37 PM

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Nest three spheres, each one a little bigger than the previous one. Map the innermost one with an earth map (check NASA's immage database). The middle sphere, you would make a cloud map (image, procudural...whatever gets the job done). The largest, outermost sphere would be for your atmosphere. Do a search on x-ray shaders and you'll get the general idea of how to set up a shader for it (sampler info node into the v coordinates of a ramp). Then just tweak everything til your heart's content.

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# 3 02-01-2004 , 08:40 PM

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Try this for setting up the nightside.

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# 4 24-01-2004 , 12:19 PM

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# 5 24-01-2004 , 12:19 PM

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This is strange, I am trying to do the same thing. I have made a NURBS globe and have put a layered texture on it. The first one is the Earth and the second is the clouds.

I was wondering, is there anyway of making the clouds move without the Earth moving. Or do I have to make 2 globes?

As far as creating atmosphere goes, I had a look at the related posts but there were a little over my head. Does anyone here speak n00b?! user added image

Thanks in advance.

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