earth...or not

[hiro]

I have always wanted to make a good photorealistic earth to use in conjunction with my other models I have made...this is the closest i have come so far. I know it has a long way to go before it can be really useful, but tell me what you think I could do.

http://www.oott.org/newotaku/albums/album05/aax.jpg

[Zarathustra]

Too dark.

Why's the satelite blurry? Should be crisp. Shadows should be crisp.
There should be just one, strong light. You could argue reflected light from the Earth, but essentially just one light.

Try a glow on the atmosphere.

[hiro]

there is a glow on the atmosphere, and only 1 strong light source....i guess not enough glow, heh. How would you suggest making that fact more obvious in the scene? thanks for the comments.

[gpdesigner]

hiro nice planet but zarat is right the satalite should be abit sharper....
by the way hiro..... what is that avatar... it's driving me crazy... I can't make it out..I need glasses I know, but tell me what it is before I go insane dude.

[oxyg3n]

I think that your atmosphere needs to be glowing blue, almost like the glow you see around pictures of saints.

[hiro]

First, the avatar is a EAL-04A Pathfinder Alpha from Dream Pod 9's (http://www.dp9.com/Worlds/jc.htm) sci-fi tactical combat/rpg Jovian Chronicles.

And lastly, thanks for tips again.

[riki]

Yeah I have to agree looks way too dark.

[Zarathustra]

OK, I finally found where I put this link:
Photoreal Earth (http://personal.southern.edu/~dascott/tutorial01/nasa-earth.htm)

[Tiletron]

You should also look at this page:

The Earth - Requested Short Tutorial! - Graphic Intensive! (http://www.lwg3d.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=10431)

[CiaranM]

That's a nice start. As others have suggested an atmospheric glow would help. I also think you should increase the resolution of the planet model. I can clearly see the polygons making up the profile of the sphere. Try turning it into a high sub-patch object or just subdividing the mesh.

[jaraldo90210]

hey hiro uve inspired me with that link to those funky lil mechwarrior looking dudes... but do u know where i can find a more detail up close picture of the Venus Space Ship Shan-Yu? Id appreciate it.. good earth pic btw

[jman66]

Hey Hiro... got a question for ya.... maybe you can tell me if im right..

I've looked at this pic before but never noticed... thats not a satellite at all, but rather the Swordfish II !

Am i correct?