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Making an alien planet using Video Copilot Orb

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Sep 26, 2022 Sep 26, 2022

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In this video, I show my preferred way of creating a texture for a new world. Rather than get stuck trying to force Fractal Noise to create randomness, I simply take a photo of a paving slab and once cropped show how to use masks and the colorama effect to quickly make a cool, natural looking surface. Then using Turbulent Displace I create oceans which are pretty random but still under my control.

 

Once it's applied to Video Copilot's free Orb plugin, I then use the same texture to make a normal map and specular map. I cover illumination options too and then add clouds and an atmosphere.

 

In this video, I’m making a M-Class world, but the techniques I cover could be applied to any type of rocky planet. Along the way, I drop loads of useful shortcuts and tips for using After Effects. Hopefully you'll be inspired by how easy it is to make a complex looking, realistic planet.

 

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Hi @ShiveringCactus

 

I love the fact that you used a real-world example in this project. Very thoughtful! 👏🏻

This reminded me of Andrew Kramer's presentations at NAB, where he talks about and inspires people to use real-world objects in their projects. 

 

Best,

Rameez

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