{"id":295,"date":"2012-07-12T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T18:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2012-07-12T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T18:02:59","slug":"planet-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Planet Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet-prev.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-312\" title=\"planet-prev\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet-prev-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet-prev-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet-prev.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is quite simple to create a space scene like this. You only need two things.<\/p>\n<p>1. The photo map of any planet. (For this lesson I peaked up the Earth map.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Earth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-306\" title=\"Earth\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Earth-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Earth-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Earth.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. A background image with stars, nebulae, or the Milky Way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/space.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-310\" title=\"Space\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/space-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/space-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/space.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As long as you have all these pictures, just open your DesktopPaints&#8217; editor and load the first image (the planet map) as the scene background.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-316\" title=\"planet1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet1.png 523w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet1-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then set the effect to &#8220;Glass ball&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317\" title=\"planet2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet2.png 523w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet2-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set the &#8220;Ball scene motion&#8221; to &#8220;Spin right&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320\" title=\"planet3\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet3.png 432w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the final step is loading the space image as the background behind the planet. Set the Background option to &#8220;Use image&#8221; and load the second image.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321\" title=\"planet4\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet4.png 467w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/planet4-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it! The space scene is ready. Optionally, you can change the size of the planet and its position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is quite simple to create a space scene like this. You only need two things. 1. The photo map of any planet. (For this lesson I peaked up the Earth map.) 2. 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