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im not doing much at the moment, but ive started producing one new nebula a day for a new selection of background :

jpg sucks the detail out a bit but if your on low bandwidth you might want to just look at that...

[url=http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon/Screens_Misc/Screens_Cptwhite/forum_neb1.jpg]JPG VERSION[/url] (low quality)

[url=http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon/Screens_Misc/Screens_Cptwhite/forum_neb1.png]PNG VERSION[/url](high quality)

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im not doing much at the moment, but ive started producing one new nebula a day for a new selection of background :

jpg sucks the detail out a bit but if your on low bandwidth you might want to just look at that...

[url=http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon/Screens_Misc/Screens_Cptwhite/forum_neb1.jpg]JPG VERSION[/url] (low quality)

[url=http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon/Screens_Misc/Screens_Cptwhite/forum_neb1.png]PNG VERSION[/url](high quality)

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you DID fix th EA logo on the Å“ide of the hyperion.... and if you didnt look at it.....

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you DID fix th EA logo on the œide of the hyperion.... and if you didnt look at it.....

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Neat looking nebula you got there CptWhite, keep it up

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Neat. How're you making these, BTW? Need to do quite a few myself.......

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Neat. How're you making these, BTW? Need to do quite a few myself.......

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paint shop pro 7 to composite
a few layers made in photoshop (fractal clouds)
a few layers from infinately textures (unnecessary)
a bit of noise in the layers

and following this tutorial :

http://www.ap3d.com/betterspace/betterspace-tut-04.htm

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paint shop pro 7 to composite
a few layers made in photoshop (fractal clouds)
a few layers from infinately textures (unnecessary)
a bit of noise in the layers

and following this tutorial :

http://www.ap3d.com/betterspace/betterspace-tut-04.htm

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Neat - I'll have to give this a shot (used Gliterato before to get some ok results). Cheers

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Neat - I'll have to give this a shot (used Gliterato before to get some ok results). Cheers

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Nice new touch White.

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As a matter of interest, have you considered using some of the public domain Hubble images? - I know they used some in the show itself.

Mind you - these ones of yours look pretty fine as it is.

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As a matter of interest, have you considered using some of the public domain Hubble images? - I know they used some in the show itself.

Mind you - these ones of yours look pretty fine as it is.

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Grey Area - i have included 1 of the eagle nebula (its the one at the beginning of "into the fire" - the gas column picture that drew a lot of gasps and shred light on how stars were formed) - its already in the current release :





you cant link individual real nebulas together like you can generic fake ones so its not really possible, and they tend to look crap anyway because they look blurry and are incredibily hard to touch up...hope that answers your question

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Grey Area - i have included 1 of the eagle nebula (its the one at the beginning of "into the fire" - the gas column picture that drew a lot of gasps and shred light on how stars were formed) - its already in the current release :





you cant link individual real nebulas together like you can generic fake ones so its not really possible, and they tend to look crap anyway because they look blurry and are incredibily hard to touch up...hope that answers your question

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I take your point

Yeah, linking them together for a spherical image would indeed be tough...

Still, aren't they beautiful?

There's a beautiful one of the Triffid that I love.
http://www.universedvd.com/gallery8.html

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I take your point

Yeah, linking them together for a spherical image would indeed be tough...

Still, aren't they beautiful?

There's a beautiful one of the Triffid that I love.
http://www.universedvd.com/gallery8.html

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