> Thanks Mark and Ken!
> <<I may have mistaken the intent of Ian's e-mail, but I believe he may have
> already seen the images and software you mention, and is looking for something
> better.>>
> I was wishing for something billowy and that could possibly be animated, but
> the media looks as if it will have to work for now, for the stills.
> Guess I'll have to learn how to use particles in cinema4dxl or studiopro for
> the animation.
> Does anyone have any really good dark storm type skies? (black or dark grey)
> thanks,ian
Your welcome to play with this to see what you can come up with. Right
now it is more of a nuetral gray color but with a few adjustments to
to the color maps youi might be able to get what you need.
Sorry about the formatting. I don't have time to clean it up for you.
sky_sphere{pigment{gradient y color_map{[0.0 rgb .8][1 rgb<.2, .3 .6>]}}
pigment{bozo turbulence .7 octaves 7 omega .49876 lambda 2.5432
color_map{[0 rgbf<.9,.9,.9,.1>][.4 rgbf<.95,.95,.95,.9>]
[.7 rgbf<1,1,1,1>]}scale .60 scale<20,.2,.2>}}
plane{y, 1000 hollow pigment{bozo turbulence 0.3 omega 0.7
pigment_map{[ 0.750 bumps turbulence 0.3 omega 0.7 color_map{
[0 rgb 1 ][1 rgb .7]}scale .4]
[.875 rgb<.9,.9,.8>filter 2][.950 rgb 1 transmit 1]}
translate 1*x scale 4000 translate-150*z}
finish{ambient .5 specular 1 roughness .01}}
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