I came across a planet generation (http://home.tele2.fr/auroreblender/gimp/planet_en.html) script for GIMP. I followed the tutorial and produced this one as a test. This would make good backgrounds or space game images.
(http://file-pasta.com/t/641) (http://file-pasta.com/f/641)
Wow. Nice tutorial and your picture looks very good. Keep it up.
Never knew about the functionality of gimp. Thanks for sharing !
cool work RDC :)
Thanks guys. The pic was just a quick hack to see how to do the effect. I might try and whip up a little space scene. :)
It looks really good Rick, I haven't used GIMP before, is it any good?
I heard it was tricky to use.
Yeah RDC, that would be cool. I know that Conspiracy like the effect a lot.
Quote from: Shockwave on March 16, 2007
It looks really good Rick, I haven't used GIMP before, is it any good? I heard it was tricky to use.
It is basically an OS version of Photoshop, alhough it may not have all the capability of PS. It is a bit tricky to use, but well worth the effort to learn as it enables you to do stuff you just can't with other packages, and of course it is free. :)
I need a new paint program.. I tried to buy Photoshop online and what a nightmare that turned out to be! Corel's website is seriously bad, it seems impossible to even email them!
Water World
(http://file-pasta.com/t/644) (http://file-pasta.com/f/644)
That's a much nicer background than you had in the first one :) I liked the first planet better though because it looked more bumpy, still I don't suppose a water planet would be bumpy would it?
Wow RDC :)
Really impressive. Well done!
Nice looking planet. I also prefer the first one so far. (SW you might want to try out paint.net, get it here: http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html (http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html) )
Fairly comprehensive tutorial of how to make a planet here: http://www.solarvoyager.com/images/tutorials/planet_tutorial_large.jpg (http://www.solarvoyager.com/images/tutorials/planet_tutorial_large.jpg)
That could be just the thing I need!! Cheers Zawran, have some nice Karma :D
Thanks guys.
The first planet used a bump map as a texture so that is why it is a bit bumpy. Of course bumpy water would look a bit odd, so I didn't use a bump map for Water World. :) Considering I am no artist, I thought it turned out pretty good.
I did a retouched version of the pic here (http://home.grandecom.net/~rickclark58/gallery.html).
zawran your tut link didn't work for me, but I found the tut page on the site: http://www.solarvoyager.com/tutorials.asp
Some good stuff there.
I like the re-touched Pic :) Also there are some pretty impressive chladnis on there too :D
Heh. Thanks.
Taking a break from a new tutorial.
Last Days Escape
(http://file-pasta.com/t/653) (http://file-pasta.com/f/653)
Nice one, me likes :)
Thanks.
OK, here's the last one. I'll quite spamming now. :)
Journey's End
(http://file-pasta.com/t/663) (http://file-pasta.com/f/663)
Awesome awesome ... keep spamming ;)
Heh.