Re: Starfield Environment Shader

Date : Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:29:02 -0600 (CST)
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : Joe Laffey <joe(at)laffey.tv>
Subject : Re: Starfield Environment Shader
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Adrian Lopez wrote:

Nice suggestion, Joe - I gave it a shot - and it sort of works.   There's a
lack of control, however, that I find unsettling.  I cant model
concentrations of stars, or control the spread in other areas of the sky.  I
suppose you could use textures or weight maps to control the emission - but
God, its such a struggle.

Perhaps mix something like the sphere with some Sketched Particles. These let you control a few settings, not to mention letting you "paint" them where you want them.


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