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**aszazeroth** · 06-03-2008, 08:46 AM

hmm, have to check it out, but the tutorial pages, should superceed the older page <5 figures. The size of the alpha is sort of dependent on how close you wanna render them beasts. Recommend atleast 4096x2048 px.

efritsch · 07-10-2008, 01:43 AM

Can anyone help me out with how to create a cloud map that pretty much covers 100% of the surface? Kinda like Venus?

**aszazeroth** · 07-15-2008, 09:05 AM

How detailed do you need that cloudmap to be ? I would suggest stacking individual cloud maps if you need massive detail, or, do a clever noise/smoke displacement in your 3D program. Perhaps an amalgam of the both is to be preferred... I will try and post the results =)

efritsch · 07-16-2008, 12:16 AM

Not terribly detailed but seeing as anything to do with maps, textures, etc, baffles the snot out of me, any help would be great.

su_liam · 07-31-2008, 09:08 PM

It's interesting to see an example of just how much relief can be seen from space. Here is a shot from the ISS: The Alps

VertexMonkey · 08-08-2008, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by su_liam

It's interesting to see an example of just how much relief can be seen from space. Here is a shot from the ISS: The Alps

That's pretty impressive! Mind you; a 800mm super-telephoto lens is a hell of an upgrade on the Mk 1 eyeball

su_liam · 08-15-2008, 08:37 PM

True... true. But imagine your doing a gunport view in a battle between a ship at 12,000 km and a ship at 100 km altitude is the target. The gunscopes on a ship in Traveller or Starfleet Battles have got to be at least super-telephoto.

Now for a Firefly shot. I'd say from the jiggle it's at least a little telephoto. Last night I watched an Olympic medal ceremony. They zoomed in on the gold medalist from so far out and apparently the cameraman had too many double espressos. Made me pine to watch me some Firefly. Then I put on some Battlestar Galactica. Up till two in the morning working off that jones.

**aszazeroth** · 09-09-2008, 05:00 PM

Bah, damn reallife(tm) caught up with me big time and I fell off the radar there for a while. Sorry about that, but that keeps happening to me =)

Anyway, I am known to be a resilient guy, so here is the next page. (I hope this tutorial really get finished soon =) )

Cheers
//Dr.Asz

Davide_sd · 09-13-2008, 09:18 PM

Very interesting, thank you!
You talked about cloudbump map for the low orbit shots. Can you explained more about this?

**aszazeroth** · 09-20-2008, 09:39 AM

Howdy folks...

I have now compiled the PDF that was sort of promised in the beginning of this thread. I took me darn long time, I know, but ye' ol' old timers know that I tend disappear and the re-appear without any real warnings =)

You can download it from here (temporary storage, will edit this link if place changes)

http://pc213.astro.lu.se/~stefan/drd/tut01_v1_0.pdf

Now, I will go through this thread and my PM box and try help ya'll with those more detailed questions.

Cheers
//Dr.Asz

06-03-2008, 08:46 AM	#111 (permalink)
aszazeroth Resident Ph.D Flaunter Realname: Stefan Join Date: May 2006 Location: Höör (Scania), Sweden Age: 33 Posts: 1,232	hmm, have to check it out, but the tutorial pages, should superceed the older page <5 figures. The size of the alpha is sort of dependent on how close you wanna render them beasts. Recommend atleast 4096x2048 px.
	________________________________ "The impossible only takes longer time" [DrD] [WBD]

07-10-2008, 01:43 AM	#112 (permalink)
efritsch SFM Guru Realname: Eric Fritsch Join Date: May 2006 Age: 28 Posts: 657	Can anyone help me out with how to create a cloud map that pretty much covers 100% of the surface? Kinda like Venus?
	"Common Sense is so rare it should be a damned super power" Spiken: 1993-2008 R.I.P.

07-15-2008, 09:05 AM	#113 (permalink)
aszazeroth Resident Ph.D Flaunter Realname: Stefan Join Date: May 2006 Location: Höör (Scania), Sweden Age: 33 Posts: 1,232	How detailed do you need that cloudmap to be ? I would suggest stacking individual cloud maps if you need massive detail, or, do a clever noise/smoke displacement in your 3D program. Perhaps an amalgam of the both is to be preferred... I will try and post the results =)
	________________________________ "The impossible only takes longer time" [DrD] [WBD]

07-16-2008, 12:16 AM	#114 (permalink)
efritsch SFM Guru Realname: Eric Fritsch Join Date: May 2006 Age: 28 Posts: 657	Not terribly detailed but seeing as anything to do with maps, textures, etc, baffles the snot out of me, any help would be great.
	"Common Sense is so rare it should be a damned super power" Spiken: 1993-2008 R.I.P.

09-20-2008, 09:39 AM	#120 (permalink)
aszazeroth Resident Ph.D Flaunter Realname: Stefan Join Date: May 2006 Location: Höör (Scania), Sweden Age: 33 Posts: 1,232	Howdy folks... I have now compiled the PDF that was sort of promised in the beginning of this thread. I took me darn long time, I know, but ye' ol' old timers know that I tend disappear and the re-appear without any real warnings =) You can download it from here (temporary storage, will edit this link if place changes) http://pc213.astro.lu.se/~stefan/drd/tut01_v1_0.pdf Now, I will go through this thread and my PM box and try help ya'll with those more detailed questions. Cheers //Dr.Asz
	________________________________ "The impossible only takes longer time" [DrD] [WBD]

07-31-2008, 09:08 PM	#115 (permalink)
su_liam SFM Nugget Realname: Colin Paddock Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 13	It's interesting to see an example of just how much relief can be seen from space. Here is a shot from the ISS: The Alps

08-15-2008, 08:37 PM	#117 (permalink)
su_liam SFM Nugget Realname: Colin Paddock Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 13	True... true. But imagine your doing a gunport view in a battle between a ship at 12,000 km and a ship at 100 km altitude is the target. The gunscopes on a ship in Traveller or Starfleet Battles have got to be at least super-telephoto. Now for a Firefly shot. I'd say from the jiggle it's at least a little telephoto. Last night I watched an Olympic medal ceremony. They zoomed in on the gold medalist from so far out and apparently the cameraman had too many double espressos. Made me pine to watch me some Firefly. Then I put on some Battlestar Galactica. Up till two in the morning working off that jones.

09-13-2008, 09:18 PM	#119 (permalink)
Davide_sd SFM Guru Realname: Davide Sandonà Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North of Italy Age: 19 Posts: 336	Very interesting, thank you! You talked about cloudbump map for the low orbit shots. Can you explained more about this?

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