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Subject:	Re: Easy starfield, planet and star recipe
Newsgroups:	lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography
Date:	Fri, 20 Sep 2002 02:28:36 GMT
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> In lugnet.space, Don Heyse writes: > Pretty picture, but the first thing that comes to mind is the planet > looks wrong. Thank you for your suggestions. I was trying to keep this recipe as basic as possible--sort of an intro for those who haven't tried this. Thus, that particular picture was not an exercise in astronomical accuracy but more for simply using the Photoshop tools, effects and methods I've been trying out. I plan on going into more detail in future posts and sample planetary renderings but please feel free to share a more accurate rendering that you created and the steps you took. I am eager to learn. Dan

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		Re: Easy starfield, planet and star recipe
Actually Dan, I've been taking the Jassim Starfield (and Galaxy) tutorial and have been more than pleased with the resulting galactic backdrops. It's saved me scouring the 'Net and stealing other people's images. Thanks kindly, Teach! Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)

		Re: Easy starfield, planet and star recipe
(...) Actually my "more accurate rendering" was done with pencil and paper. I suppose I could scan it. As for astronomical accuracy, I just thought somewhere in the back of my mind that the lit spot on the planet was somehow different from the way (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)

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		Re: Easy starfield, planet and star recipe
In lugnet.space, Daniel Jassim writes: ... (...) . . . (...) looks wrong. The lit spot is too small, unless the star is tiny, and practically on top of the planet. Perhaps you need to drag the gradient circle just a bit further if you start at the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)

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