- Image Credits:
- Everything- Jim Varner
- Image Notes:
- High Ground is actually just a test render of my
latest Earth Mesh (the 3rd since starting the Apollo
Themes). Although just a test, the result was so amazing I
had to give it a name and put it on the page! I hope you
like it enough that you will forgive the delay in the
Apollo - LMP theme countdown! (I hope to have it in another
week or two).
- Journal:
- The earth surface texture map is a complex composite of
bumpmaps, reflectivity, self-illumination (for cities at
night), and diffusion maps. The clouds represent the actual
global cloud cover (near infrared) from July 7, 1998 as
imaged by the GOES weather imaging satellites, and
converted into bump and opacity maps. All told, the
uncompressed texture maps used on this model weigh in at
over 200 Megs. It is a shame it is only going to be 2-3
inches across in the final theme background... (Some people
say I am a perfectionist, but their reasoning is obviously
flawed)
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