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hoevelkamp β 3ds Max Planet Rings Tutorial
Published: 2009-06-30 15:24:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 23871; Favourites: 210; Downloads: 1318
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Here we go. The second in my Tutorial series. This one is about Planet Rings. I hope you enjoy it.More to come.
Cheers.
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The 3ds Max Planet Creation Tutorial Series:
1. Planet Creation -> [link]
2. Planet Rings -> you're looking at it
3. Gas Giants -> [link]
4. Planet Map Creation -> [link]
5. The extra Mile -> [link]
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Did you use the UVW mapping for the planets or did you just manually adjust the size of your maps to create seamless ends?
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Well, in fact I didn't care about the seams. I just avoided them. 
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Hahaha so there's my problems! xD Any tips or pointers on fixing up seams when animating?
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Well, that depends on how close you want to get to the planet in the end. I work mostly with textures not bigger than 8000x4000 but tile them on the sphere for the planet if I want to get close. That unfortunately works only on stills. If you want to do a zoom on a planet that wouldn't work. So you need a really huge texture that'll look good all the way. I'd say 16000x8000 but you'll also need lots of RAM to work with textures like that.
To fix up seams there's only one way, when you create your textures in Photoshop you'll have to take the texture, cut it in half and switch places, then fix the resulting seam in the middle using the clone stamp tool (for example). You do that, you get your seamless texture. 
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Thanks! That really helped! I wasn't sure about size relationships for close ups but now I do!
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um could you tell me how to add stuff o the material editor
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um i was wondering if you knew where the tool is that i could use to edit a suface in 3ds max. im realitivaly new to this program and was wondering if you could help.
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Sorry for the late reply, Are you talking about the material editor like shown in the tutorial? You'll find that in the upper toolbar. It's the checkered ball. If that's not what you meant, please note me with more details on what it is you're trying to do, maybe I can help you.
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ok ill send you a note
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What version? PS CS4.
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Great tutorial!!! But, I'm a stuck n00b. How do I get the transparency map from the color image? (Layer 4 image above)
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Easily done. Desaturate the color image and then push the contrast up to your liking. You can then add noise to it (this is optional) to make it look like particles.
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Hi hoevelkamp,
I have a little question:
I want to make a planet ring with bigs and visibles asteroids, do you think this tutorial for Vue is easily practicable in 3Ds Max ?
=> [link]
Maybe you have another method to have this rendering ?
Thanks,
PS: I featured your awesome tuto on my french blog: [link]
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Hi DjMart,
I think it's possible in Max with the help of the particle system, but I also think it's easier in Vue. I use rocks from Vue to form asteroid fields or even rings in Max. Export some rocks from Vue, import them into Max and from there it's just cloning, rotating, scaling and positioning. Done for this piece: [link] with that method. It's easy and fast.
And thanks a lot for featuring me on your blog. It's an honor. I really like how you're presenting the tutorials there. My french is crappy to non-existing, but I guess I can grasp the meaning.
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In this creation (don't come any closer), do you placed the asteroids one by one ??
I realised some asteroids in 3dsmax as in this creation [link] but I'll test Vue, it seems to be so easy and the render is very good
No problem for the article, your tuto are really greats
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Not really one by one. It works like this. You clone ten different asteroids, rotate them a bit, scale them a bit and then you clone those 20 asteroids and do the same again and so on. Fairly easy and exponential growth in numbers. Once you have enough asteroids you simple select them in groups and push them around. A very fast method.
Those asteroids are really nice looking. Created using the noise modifier? I tried that too, but I think the method via importing rocks from Vue is easier and I think the rocks from Vue look better.
I left a comment on your blog, maybe you can translate it for your readers.
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Hm okay your method is the same that I use with my asteroids but in photoshop for me.
Don't care about your comment, if my readers understand your tuto they can understand your com
And it's good for them to practice their english
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Hey there, I know it's been a long time, but meanwhile I tried to create a ring with asteroids and dust in 3ds Max. I used the particle system. It works, but the results in Vue are much better looking and go easier on the RAM. Just wanted to let you know.
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Ok, thank you for the information
Finally I use the BlPh Vue's tuto and it works great as you say
(but it's hard to have the good point of view ^^')
PS: I'm looking forward to the next Attrius pack, I hope we will work soon.
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Used a bit of your tutorial (I had to stop at the 3d program and use another tutorial for planet rings) [link]
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That's exactly what I do. I use tutorials only as hints and clues, not as the only one way to achieve things.
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If you refer to putting the rings around a planet, that can be achieved in Photoshop by using the transform perspective tool. If that's not what you meant, please clarify.
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um where exactly is that tool?
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You'll find it under Edit -> Transform -> Perspective. Have a look here: [link]
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Thanks mate. Even if I'm not so familiar with Max, those PS tips are pretty cool.
Best wishes,
Jack - Mattedepartment
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Thanks Jack. I'm just glad at least a few people are looking at my tutorials.
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Well for me it's vital and fun stuff to explore new techniques. Keep up the great work my friend.
Jack - Mattedepartment
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My pleasure. Feel free to share the link.
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ou jeah!!ive been torturing myself with rings for quite some time now,defenitly tring it out!!
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Can't wait to see results.
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I will and be prepared for the Gas Giant Tutorial. That'll blow you away.
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As before, great tutorial. I may get into space scenes.
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Thanks a lot. I appreciate it and if I can inspire one to get into space scenes... well the more the merrier.
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Oy. If I didn't find 3D impossible I'd say it was cheating
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? 3d is cheating? bwuah... You can always leave the 3ds Max part alone and do the rest in PS too.
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Haha not that its actually cheating, because obviously, since I can't seem to do it, its not easy at all, but sometimes it seems like 3D artists do have certain advantages with regard to perspective and lighting. Its a tradeoff really, but the grass is always greener, eh?
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You're right about that. (The greener grass). The main reason for me to go 3d was to get it right and as realistic as possible. Still working on that.
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It's what many of us strive for
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awesome^^
thank u very much for sharing this
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