Kreeos Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 As you guys may have guessed I like making space pictures. You can see them in the pictorium if interested. Anyway, onto the point. The moons look wicked, but the planet itself isfairly flat and unimpressive. Does anyone have any ideas on how to add texture to the planet's surface? I'm talking about things like mountain ranges and valleys and stuff like that. Edit: Another question. Do any other fractals exist aside from Mandelbrot and Julia? Another Edit: I managed to figure out a way. Looks alright. Use localized embossed areas underneath. Any other ideas are still welcome though. Quote Deviant Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchunn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Well, I am a huge fan of "relief" and "emboss" for those kinds of things. They both add a 3 dimensional look to images. Of course, you are already using emboss (it looks like) for your moons, so maybe that is not what you are going for? Quote Total hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchunn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Edit: Another question. Do any other fractals exist aside from Mandelbrot and Julia? Yes. They are not built in to PDN, but they do exist. You would have to find an image of one (or generate one with another program) and then use it as a starting point, but they do exist. A search for fractals on this site will give you some interesting places to start looking. Quote Total hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreeos Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 I managed to figure something out. More tinerking is required to get it to look great but ya, embossing is the trick. Quote Deviant Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchunn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 You might try duplicating your "earth" texture, then playing with emboss on one layer, and then playing with blend modes to blend the color and the embossed effect... just an idea. Quote Total hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreeos Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 You might try duplicating your "earth" texture, then playing with emboss on one layer, and then playing with blend modes to blend the color and the embossed effect... just an idea. I like that. Thanks! Quote Deviant Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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