Airbrushed Jupiter Map - DEAD
Posted: 19.06.2022, 22:35
Back in 1984, a film called "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (which is the sequel to the classic 1968 film, "2001: A Space Oddysey"), featured a CGI animated Jupiter that while dated, still looks visually pretty.
The planet's texture was made from scratch using real data from Voyager 2 as reference, due to the original data being too low in quality for use in a feature film. The airbrushed map was posted in a blog about how they made Jupiter in the film.
Here's what the texture looks like:
While it is kinda dated as of now (especially because we now have higher resolution textures of the planet made from data from other spacecraft), I would like to see if I can try to make this texture usable by upscaling it, cleaning it up, and color-adjusting it to look more visually appealing for use in Celestia, and 3D renderings. That is, once I either get my current PC repaired or, more likely, get a new PC and have everything transferred to it.
The planet's texture was made from scratch using real data from Voyager 2 as reference, due to the original data being too low in quality for use in a feature film. The airbrushed map was posted in a blog about how they made Jupiter in the film.
Here's what the texture looks like:
While it is kinda dated as of now (especially because we now have higher resolution textures of the planet made from data from other spacecraft), I would like to see if I can try to make this texture usable by upscaling it, cleaning it up, and color-adjusting it to look more visually appealing for use in Celestia, and 3D renderings. That is, once I either get my current PC repaired or, more likely, get a new PC and have everything transferred to it.