Making Earth in 3DS MAX

in this tutorial, i teach you weary folk how to create our planet, with a decent atmosphere. all in 7 minutes!. that's earth, not niberoo. thats the planet that's supposedly going to come close to earth in 2011/12/13. woop!

recorded with camstudio

earth map link:
http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//7107/world.topo.bathy.200408.3x5400x2700.jpg

can't find the original cloud map, but here's a damn good one, even better than the one i used, i think:
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net.nyud.net:8080/clouds/tmp/200911131653.597985/c...

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• how to make the earth
• our lovely planet
• in 3ds max. with an atmosphere

[fairo]

ok i figured that part out......but ive followed everything step by step and my clouds arent transparent. the opacity is set to 0 :/

[vfxmasterorin]

@fairo try using a white diffuse colour, and then using the clouds as an opacity map (with the opacity @ 100%)

[xxUrbanwookiexx]

Hey im having some trouble when i apply the earth map, moon map,cloud map to sphere its always blurry or pixaly and it does not change once rendered why?? Also how do i make the length of the animation longer can i use more than the 100 frames given i want to make a 2 minute long scene for example. Mine only last the 100 frames and ends up being 3 seconds worth??

[vfxmasterorin]

@xxUrbanwookiexx for the blurriness and pixelation, maybe its either the quality of the textures, or the size of the render. for the animation, theres a little box near the play/pause buttons, it looks like a box with a stopwatch next to it.

[popovickonstantin7]

In the end I used MeshSmooth because the sphere isn't so good circle.....

[vfxmasterorin]

@popovickonstantin7 fair enough. the straight lines always annoy me lol

[leemarvinuk09]

How can I get the clouds to cast shadows on the surface or the sea to be reflective? Thanks

[fairo]

when i put the texture in the material boxes i lose the tab "maps".........?????????

[mstrlekar]

yeess. classical music :D 

[popovickonstantin7]

@vfxmasterorin yeah...