EMAIL: twins@srv.net
       NAME: Bob Mosby
       TOPIC: Imaginary Worlds
       COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
       TITLE: RWwarp
       COUNTRY: United States
       WEBPAGE: none
       RENDERER USED: Ray Dream Studio
       TOOLS USED: Bryce 2(backdrop,reflected background), painter 5(jpeg,text,color 	correct)
       RENDER TIME: about 1 1/2 hours
       HARDWARE USED: Power Mac 8600/250
       IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
       ItÕs herd to tell, but the planet has a atmosphere extending about 2 pixels beyond the planet, and the stars point toward the planet.
       DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
       The planet is just two spheres, the hard part was macking a realistic texture fot it.  For the color map I used the cellular function and the mix function as well as the wires function to create the polar ice cap.  I used the same type of cellular function for every component, changing only the upper and lower limits.  At first I tried to give the planet the apperance of city lights by using a glow map, but this created white spots all over the planet .
	The backdrop was created using Bryce 2,  I used the cosmic 3d texture as an ambiace map and turned the specularity up to the limit, when this texture was wraped onto a sphere it created the nebula effect I was after.  Then I but behind that an infinate plane of stars.  Next I used the rendered picture as a texture map and put it on a properly shaped terrian in order to create the warped effect which makes the picture seem to point toward the stars.
	The final rendering was done in Ray Deram so that I could put in the lense flare.  In order to make the planet visible through the clouds, I hade to turn ÒLight through TransparenciesÓ on , this combined with the complicated textures on the two spheres created a long render time.