TITLE: RWwarp
NAME: Bob Mosby
COUNTRY: United States
EMAIL: twins@srv.net
WEBPAGE: none
TOPIC: Imaginary Worlds
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: rwwarp.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Ray Dream Studio

TOOLS USED: 
    Bryce 2(backdrop,reflected background), painter
5(jpeg,text,color         correct)

RENDER TIME: 
    about 1 1/2 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    Power Mac 8600/250

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

       It_s herd to tell, but the planet has a atmosphere extending about 2
pixels beyond the planet, and the stars point toward the planet.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

       The planet is just two spheres, the hard part was macking a realistic
texture fot it.  For the color map I used the cellular function and the mix
function as well as the wires function to create the polar ice cap.  I used the
same type of cellular function for every component, changing only the upper and
lower limits.  At first I tried to give the planet the apperance of city lights
by using a glow map, but this created white spots all over the planet .
        The backdrop was created using Bryce 2,  I used the cosmic 3d texture as
an ambiace map and turned the specularity up to the limit, when this texture
was wraped onto a sphere it created the nebula effect I was after.  Then I but
behind that an infinate plane of stars.  Next I used the rendered picture as a
texture map and put it on a properly shaped terrian in order to create the
warped effect which makes the picture seem to point toward the stars.
        The final rendering was done in Ray Deram so that I could put in the
lense flare.  In order to make the planet visible through the clouds, I hade to
turn _Light through Transparencies_ on , this combined with the complicated
textures on the two spheres created a long render time.