how to make sky for animation?

[chow choppe]

Hi every one.

i am working on an animation

 

can anyone please tell me how to make the backgound for this?

sould i put sky texture on a sphere(skydome)

what type pf maaping? and what type of texture would map on it?

 

are there any better ways to make sky for an animation?

 

please tell me how to do it?

 

thanks

[SandmanNinja]

(takes off moderator's hat)

 

Chow, for someone with 630+ posts, to come here and ask how to do something that is easily searchable is a little unusual. I find it disappointing.

 

I did a very easy google search: 3ds skydome and came up with many hits.

I have purchased a number of 3DATS books that covers sky issues thoroughly.

 

There is a saying, "Give a man a fish, and he eats today. Teach a man to fish, and he eats a lifetime."

 

It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that you're not even searching. You're not posting a problem with a particular aspect of an approach, you're giving me the impression that you don't want to expend any energy in a search, rather you just want someone to give you all the answers.

 

I did the same search on this forum and found some wonderful hits. Not JUST about Skydomes, but some about comparing them to other techniques.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/search.php?searchid=1544494

 

I'd like to suggest and encourage you to get some of the BEST books that exist for this type of work. 3DATS.com - they've just released their Advanced book and I got mine in the mail a few days ago. These books do not exist anywhere else and when they are gone, they are gone.

 

(puts moderator's hat back on)

[chow choppe]

(takes off moderator's hat)

 

Chow, for someone with 630+ posts, to come here and ask how to do something that is easily searchable is a little unusual. I find it disappointing.

 

I did a very easy google search: 3ds skydome and came up with many hits.

I have purchased a number of 3DATS books that covers sky issues thoroughly.

 

There is a saying, "Give a man a fish, and he eats today. Teach a man to fish, and he eats a lifetime."

 

It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that you're not even searching. You're not posting a problem with a particular aspect of an approach, you're giving me the impression that you don't want to expend any energy in a search, rather you just want someone to give you all the answers.

 

I did the same search on this forum and found some wonderful hits. Not JUST about Skydomes, but some about comparing them to other techniques.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/search.php?searchid=1544494

 

I'd like to suggest and encourage you to get some of the BEST books that exist for this type of work. 3DATS.com - they've just released their Advanced book and I got mine in the mail a few days ago. These books do not exist anywhere else and when they are gone, they are gone.

 

(puts moderator's hat back on)

 

My apologies

 

I think i need to sleep a little as its 8 am in the morning and i am working for more than 19 hours continuously. I have a deadline and got stuck with this.

i tried searching once but cusnt get the right anser. The time was running out on me and i havent even done the light set up and i am supposed to prepare draft renders in 2 hours.

 

searching on google gave me funny results maybe i was not using the right keywords.

 

Can u tell me from wheres a good library of skies for hemispherical domes

 

thanks.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

+1 for the new 3dats book. The best one of the series.

[TheAllusionisst]

Jeff Patton actually passed on this link to me the other day when we were discussing using shaders in the mental ray physical sky haze slot for clouds and the inherint problems it possesss. So rather than explain or provide links, use this one and follow along with the discussion for using flattened hemisphers layered for clouds.

 

http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/lighting---rendering/cg-clouds/

 

Hope it helps, there are even some links I think to some peoples that needed some tweaking.

[neil poppleton]

(takes off moderator's hat)

 

 

 

There is a saying, "Give a man a fish, and he eats today. Teach a man to fish, and he eats a lifetime."

 

 

 

Excellent Quote...I may have to borrow that one.....

[Nic H]

id help you out chow and tell you how i do it but you never learn or experiment so its game over sorry!

 

[chow choppe]

id help you out chow and tell you how i do it but you never learn or experiment so its game over sorry!

 

 

thanks nic anyway

[William Alexander]

ask how to do something that is easily searchable is a little unusual. I find it disappointing.

 

 

I find it funny that it was even commented on.... and this is why:

 

A very similar question was asked on another forum about wire frame rendering (another application). A seemingly nubee question .... the gentleman got some good feedback. LOL His image made Ballistics Book this last go round. Actually he did a whole bunch of question asking like that and it was fun to watch and even be able to contribute to. Got hooked on modeling and aniamting realistic bubbles-wonderful diversion over the day stuff.

 

600 posts ... maybe just maybe he knows where best to get the answers from expereinced people who 'are' willing to help. Here at CGA historically anyway was a great place. But it seems over the last couple of years these kinds of basic questions have become noise over a desired high signal level of expert questions for those who have books to sell or agendas, egos, superiority to move forward. But so goes the evolution of a forum.

 

However .....I was really shocked to see a moderator take his hat off and make this comment. I hope it was not a group decision of the other moderators or even Jeff (which I can't quite believe) to publicly make that kind of statement, which implied laziness or somehow that he was asking for more than he deserved or just plain ignorance of 'unwritten' procedure and such.

 

Sorry it's just enexpected to see all this here, where once it seemed common place where everyone no matter who they were or posts or whatever asked questions and frequently many asked many questions. Hell even the Almighty Ernest B, as he seems to be seen by others, has barraged the forum with questions when he moves into newer terrritory or application. Bet nobody ever told him to do a search.

 

Once again sorry but it just seems rather out of context and not of the norm for CGA.

 

Wm

[SandmanNinja]

(takes hat off again)

 

I always try to help people. But I feel if helping them will actually hurt them in the long run, then why can't I say so?

 

I made a point of distancing my comment from anything official by 'taking my hat off'.

We Moderators don't huddle in cloistered rooms, with smoke and dancing girls, deciding the fate of users.

 

I have to say that in other posts this user has made, he has stated he's tried searching before posting. He even posted the result he ultimately discovered. And ya know what? I praised him for it.

 

That tells me that this particular user learned that he can actually get answers QUICKER by doing a simple search.

 

And other users (new and old) can learn and do a search. If someone has a fairly straightforward question, the odds are that someone else has had a similar problem and a quick search in a searchable database might give instant rewards.

 

Why I took particular exception to this particular post was that there was nothing specifically mentioned in the post. Only vague generalities. It was as if he had made no effort on his part to do any sort of research. If he had said that he tried this and this, decided to go with this method, now he was running into a problem and posted screen shots of his FG and GI settings, then I'd be the first to offer suggestions.

 

As stated, this user has made improvements in his posts and I have acknowledged and complimented him on his new-found posting skills.

 

I honestly do not think anyone else has decided that I was leading the pack with Jeff and the other Mods, in a crusade against honest questions. If anyone else thinks I was out of line, please let me know.

 

I ask questions, too. But I think you'll find that I preface each post of a question with the phrase, "I've searched here and Google and have been unable to find a solution."

 

(puts hat back on)

[SandmanNinja]

ps: the meeting in the cloistered room is at 8pm tomorrow night, Mods. I'll bring the Cuban cigars this time.

[chow choppe]

(takes hat off again)

 

I always try to help people. But I feel if helping them will actually hurt them in the long run, then why can't I say so?

 

I made a point of distancing my comment from anything official by 'taking my hat off'.

We Moderators don't huddle in cloistered rooms, with smoke and dancing girls, deciding the fate of users.

 

I have to say that in other posts this user has made, he has stated he's tried searching before posting. He even posted the result he ultimately discovered. And ya know what? I praised him for it.

 

That tells me that this particular user learned that he can actually get answers QUICKER by doing a simple search.

 

And other users (new and old) can learn and do a search. If someone has a fairly straightforward question, the odds are that someone else has had a similar problem and a quick search in a searchable database might give instant rewards.

 

Why I took particular exception to this particular post was that there was nothing specifically mentioned in the post. Only vague generalities. It was as if he had made no effort on his part to do any sort of research. If he had said that he tried this and this, decided to go with this method, now he was running into a problem and posted screen shots of his FG and GI settings, then I'd be the first to offer suggestions.

 

As stated, this user has made improvements in his posts and I have acknowledged and complimented him on his new-found posting skills.

 

I honestly do not think anyone else has decided that I was leading the pack with Jeff and the other Mods, in a crusade against honest questions. If anyone else thinks I was out of line, please let me know.

 

I ask questions, too. But I think you'll find that I preface each post of a question with the phrase, "I've searched here and Google and have been unable to find a solution."

 

(puts hat back on)

 

i do a search before posting and before even posting on CGA i google it first

but sometimes what happens that you dont get to the right page( because of poor keywords) or you don't have knowledge of that subject. For eg i was trying to use AXYZ library and one was not able to load mocap files and i dont think i need to do an entire research on bipeds to just move a small character in my animation visible for 3 seconds. so i asked here and its was just a simple solution of clicking a button and loading files. Dont assume that i dont search on the net. Its faster for me to google it instead of creating images, uploading and then posting for questions but i still prefer to ask here because google gives you vast results and maybe not what you are exactly looking for.

 

You have to realise that i am not a noob with 600 plus posts . Like WDA said even ernest asks questions. maybe what u know is not known to me.i am a teacher myself and i know what all kinds of kids we have to deal with and i dont tell everyone that this subject was taught last year to your seniors and they might be having notes and search there. if i have a solution i tell them . With our profesion running 20 hours a day with deadlines u find forums the best place to ask for and with TIME ZONE differences its good for me that find answers immediately if i am stuck at night working on a project.

 

please dont take these words as offence. YOu are the moderator and you might be having the right to ban any user at ur wish:-)

 

P.S : i respect u a lot and u have been very helpful in the past . thats why i keep looking for you for Help always.

 

Thanks to all and God Bless

Edited September 23, 2009 by 3dsmaxed