Blender 3D Most Realistic, yet Most Convoluted Planet Tutorial on YT (Simple + Advanced Setups)

Thumbnail image was rendered in Blender 3D using this method. Blender is capable of producing some of the most realistic planet imagery when configured properly. The thumbnail image only took around 10 minutes for a 4K render.

Special thanks to ‪@olemagnussunnevag3553‬ for giving me some super neat composites of cloud imagery to use. give him a sub for sure, one of the most skilled creators out there

WARNING:
the advanced node setup is *advanced*. Do not attempt if you have not already watched the first episode of my atmosphere series, and make SURE you have a significant amount of blender node experience behind you.

If you are a beginner or intermediate user, you will probably benefit most from the first method presented here.

In this tutorial, I present a simple, yet effective planet system, for the average blender user, and then afterward, for the node gurus among us, I present the granddaddy of all planet setups in blender. It takes a unique, and customizable approach to volume scattering in blender, and it can be applied to make many different volumetric objects. have fun guys!

Texture Sourcing @ 0:00
Start simple node setup @ 20:37
Start advanced node setup @ 48:25

42k Cloud texture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18WWy...

EarthExplorer: https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
NASA VisibleEarth:https://visibleearth.nasa.gov
SASPlanet: https://gisenglish.geojamal.com/2018/...

Sphere intersection .blend file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bAnr...

Seamless texture .blend file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R2Ej...

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