Fun in the 3D Sun

[Luke]

Ahem, this is what happens when I get no sun for a while...   I've seen some folks doing some crazy/funky images playing about with solar images in 3D software, it looks like fun, here is my first attempt. I might play some more. Please add your experiments below if you like!

[p1taylor]

That is really good, what is 2D image before you prosiest it, witch software did you use.

peter

[Luke]

It has been soooo cloudy   The image is stretched in 3D as it's just a play, I didn't do the image to correct proportions.

Thanks, Peter! I think this one shows the correlation better than my first one. I used Cinema 4D.

[Pete Presland]

They certainly look different especially the last one.

[Luke]

I was a bit surprised when comparing with the orig how different they look. I love 3D software and I think I could have a whole load of fun with this potentially. The colour I added afterwards in Photoshop, in 3D it was a very fine mesh displaced by the original image. I'm wondering what it would be like with some shaders on it that take angle or height into account (I've seen some amazing mountain scenery done with displacement and shaders like that, e.g. snow on the higher regions - not that I think the Sun could do with snow!).

 I've been meaning to try something 3D with lunar, I was thinking a bit more subtle like trying to show the lunar features from an altered angle, I like the idea of trying to create a shot were you seem closer to the lunar surface.

Sarah is probably hoping we get some sunshine soon

[JB80]

I have been so ill this week so here is one I prepared earlier of AR2192.

AR2192 isothingamy 3D process by Jarrod Bennett, on Flickr

[p1taylor]

  Cinema 4D does a really good job, but it is to expensive for me or is there a cheep version.

peter

[Luke]

Love it, Jarrod!

Peter, sorry I should have said that it's professional 3D software, the base version costs several hundred pounds.

I had a tinker with lunar here if anyone is interested in that aspect, just an early play to see if something might work down the line.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

That looks very nice indeed

[jetstream]

Luke, stunning image! I'm not sure what to say here- I'm in awe of this 3d look.

[sooot]

the second one is a cracker . Must try out the 3d software thats on cs6

[Luke]

Thanks, Craig. Michael and Jerry!

If anyone has After Effects CC, there's a lite version of Cinema 4D included.