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1. Adjusts the color of your atmosphere ATMOSPHERIC BRIGHTNESS Adjusts the brightness of your atmosphere ATMOSPHERIC GLOW ATMOSPHERE RADIUS RANDOM ENABLE RINGS RING COLOR RING SPACING RING TRANSPARENCY INNER RADIUS OUTER RADIUS Adjusts the intensity of the glow that shows around your atmosphere Adjusts the radius of the atmosphere Adjusts the randomness of the glow This setting allows the user to add rings their planet The ring settings are not available unles this box is checked This adjusts the color of the rings A gradient is used to help the colors blend more naturally This setting adjusts the spacing of the ring Black means space white means ring Adjusts the transparency of the rings Adjusts the radius of the inner area of the rings Adjusts the radius of the outer area of the rings Dj t larna ranet Planet Basic Coord Planet ac The orbit options tab contains the Atmosphere settings for controlling orbiting objects Currently your planet can have only one orbiting object plan to change this for version 2 0 ENABLE OORBIT This option allows the user to add an orbiting object to their planet LOOP ORBIT This option automates the orbiting planet so that it orbits around the planet without having to adjust the position or set keyframes DIRECTION This option allows you to change the direction that the orbiting object is traveling You may choose between CLOCKWISE2. USER MANUAL Copyright 2010 Ember in the Rain All Rights Reserved Welcome to the Planet X Generator 1 0 User s Manual Planet X Generator is a powerful and flexible plugin for Cinema 4D that allows you to create beautiful worlds with a few clicks of the mouse There are many different features included in the Planet X Generator THE INTERFACE You will find the Planet X Generator Objects in the plugins menu on the main menu bar of Cinema 4D There are three objects that come with the Planet X Generator A PLANET object a SPACE object and a SUN object PLANET OBJECT Along with the standard BASIC and COORD tabs the PLANET object also has five other tabs in the attributes manager where users can find all of the settings and controls for this object The planet tab contains settings for the general attributes of the Basic i Surface Clouds whole planet These settings Atmosphere Orbit Options affect the entire planet PLANET RADIUS Controls the size of the planet The slider allows for a maximum of 500cm however users can manually exceed this amount and may set the radius to any positive value ENABLE ROTATION Allows the user to set the planet to automatically rotate This eliminates the need to create keyframed animations for rotation DIRECTION Allows the user to determine which direction the planet will rotate The user may choose between CLOCKWISE and COUNTER CLOCKWISE SPEED Allows the user to de
3. CITY LIGHTS COLOR Mode Edit User Data Planet Planet Basic Coord Atmosphere Orbit Options Ci OL ci 4 Use Preset Enable Clouds Cloud Map Enable Cloud Generator Cloud Color Coud Brightness Coud Thickness Cloud Height Allows the user to choose an image map for their city lights Adjusts the brightness of the city lights Adjusts the color of the city lights Planet Surace The cloud tab contains all of the settings for the cloud cover of the planet These settings will only affect the clouds and nothing else USE PRESET There are fourteen preset cloiuds that come with the Planet X Generator The presets are as follows Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Planet X Hurricane Global Storm Tranquil When a preset is selected no other cloud options are available However when you have selected a preset you may alter the preset by deselecting the USE PRESET check box ENABLE CLOUDS This setting enables clouds on your planet If you uncheck this box there will be noie clouds on your planet at all This is useful if you are creating a planet such as mercury that is completely dead and does not have an atmosphere CLOUD MAP This setting allows the user to select an image map for their clouds Users can create their own cloud maps or find them online This allows for greater flexibility in designing your planet ENA
4. or COUNTER CLOCKWISE SPEED FPS Allows the user to determine the speed at which the object will orbit This setting is measured in FRAMES PER SECOND FPS This means that the lower the number the fewer frames are being show in a second Thus if the number is lower the object will orbit faster If the number is higher the object will orbit slower ORBIT PATH When ENABLE ORBIT is activated the Planet X Generator creates a spline object that is used as the path that the orbiting object will follow This can be switched with a different spline object if you wish PATH RADIUS This option allows the user to adjust the radius of the orbit path This can be adjusted to any positive number The slider has a maximum setting of 1000 ORBITING OBJECT This is the object that is orbiting your planet Choose any object in the object manager and drop it in to this field POSITION If the user has chosen not to loop the orbit he or she may set the position of the orbit using this slider Key frames can then be set to animate the orbit manually LANET ASSGENERATOR 1 0 Fi T Basic ribit 0 Coord Wise Light Options Coches THE SUN OBJECT The sun object is a light source If you have placed a sun object in to your scene you do not need another light source If you do place another light source in your scence to highlight aspects of your scene please remember that this may affect the city lights setting of the
5. BLE CLOUD GENERATOR This setting bypasses the cloud map With the cloud generator enabled Planet X Generator creates clouds for you CLOUD DENSITY CLOUD FREQUENCY Adjusts the percentage of clouds that are on your planet Adjusts the size and frequency of the clouds If this number is smaller you will have fewer larger clouds If the number is greater you will have more smaller clouds CLOUD COLOR CLOUD BRIGHTNESS CLOUD THICKNESS CLOUD HEIGHT Planet Planet Basic Coord Orbit Options Atmosphere Use Preset Enable Atmosphere Atmospheric Color Atmospheric Brightr Atmospheric low Atmosphere Radius Random Enable Rings Ring Color Ring Spacing Ring Transparency Inner Radius Outer Radius ATMOSPHERIC COLOR Adjusts the color of the clouds Adjusts the brightness of the clouds Adjusts the thickness of the clouds Adjusts the distance from clouds to the surface of the earth The atmosphere tab contains the settings for the atmosphere and the Planet planetary rings USE PRESET There are twelve preset atmospheres that come with the Planet X Generator The presets are as follows Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Planet X Thick Thin When a preset is selected no other atmosphere options are available However when you have selected a preset you may alter the preset by deselecting the USE PRESET check box
6. bject to Orbiting Object their planet Damrey LOOP ORBIT This option automates Loop Orbit the orbiting object so that it orbits Direction Clockwise around the sun without having to Speed FPS adjust the position or set keyframes DIRECTION This option allows you to change the direction that the orbiting object is traveling You may choose between CLOCKWISE or COUNTER CLOCKWISE SPEED FPS Allows the user to determine the speed at which the object will orbit This setting is measured in FRAMES PER SECOND FPS This means that the lower the number the fewer frames are being show in a second Thus if the number is lower the object will orbit faster If the number is higher the object will orbit slower ORBIT PATH When ENABLE ORBIT is activated the Planet X Generator creates a spline object that is used as the path that the orbiting object will follow This can be switched with a different spline object if you wish PATH RADIUS This option allows the user to adjust the radius of the orbit path This can be adjusted to any positive number The slider has a maximum setting of 1000 ORBITING OBJECT This is the object that is orbiting your sun Choose any object in the object manager and drop it in to this field POSITION If the user has chosen not to loop the orbit he or she may set the position of the orbit using this slider Key frames can then be set to animate the orbit manually E Sun Sun settings for the light that is e
7. mitted from Baan Coord tne the sun object Use these options to determine how to the sun will emit light eT tes TOT Visible Light Options g Visible Light Options VISIBLE LIGHT COLOR The color of the Bi light that is emitted from the sun The Visible Light Options tab contains Visible Light Color Intensity 200 3 BH INTENSITY The intensity of the light that Shadow None is emitted from the sun SHADOW The style of shadows that are cast from the light that is emitted from the sun THE SPACE OBJECT The space object serves only one purpose It s role is to create an outer space environment It does not currently have any adjustable attributes however this is likely to change for future released THANK YOU Thank you for purchasing the Planet X Generator If you have any questions or need support of any kind please visit our support forums at www emberintherain com community Copyright 2010 Ember in the Rain All Rights Reserved
8. planet surface RADIUS ENABLE ROTATION DIRECTION SPEED CORONA BRIGHTNESS CORONA COLOR CHROMOSPHERE BRIGHTNESS SUN GRADIENT SUN SPOT COLOR LOWLIGHT COLOR HIGHLIGHT COLOR FREQUENCY LEVEL SUNFLARES FLARE BRIGHTNESS FLARE DISTANCE FLARE COLOR Adjusts the radius of the sun Enables automated rotation of the sun object The direction of the sun s rotation CLOCKWISE or COUNTER CLOCKWISE The speed at which the sun rotates Measured in frames per second Lower numbers mean faster rotation The brightness of the outer rim of the sun The color of the outer rim of the sun Overall brightness of the sun The spectrum of color that crosses the sun The color of the sun spots The color of the lowlights in the sun The color of the highlights in the sun The number and size of various shapes in the sun s appearance The percentage of lighter areas of the sun These settings adust the flares that come out from the sun The intensity of the flare The distance that the flare reaches outward The color of the flare Sun Sun Basic Coord Sun Options settings for controlling orbiting objects Visible Light Options Orbit Options Currently your sun can have only one orbiting object plan to change this for version 2 0 The orbit options tab contains the Enable Orbit Orbit Path ENABLE OORBIT This option allows Path Radius AUU cm the user to add an orbiting o
9. se a BUMP map for the surface of their planet This type of map shows changes in elevation White areas on the map will be higher elevations and black areas will be lower elevations Gray areas will be somewhere in between ELEVATION STRENGTH This setting adjusts the strength of the elevation map The higher the setting the more elevated your map will look The lower the setting the less elevated your map will look ENABLE SURFACE GENERATOR This feature bypasses the image maps altogether When you have enabled the surface generator the maps you have chosen above will no longer be used Instead Planet X Generator will create a surface for you SEA COLOR Adjusts the color of the oceans on your surface LAND COLOR Adjusts the color of the land at lower elevations MOUNTAIN Adjusts the color of the land at higher elevations LEVEL Adjusts the percentage of land that exists on your planet FREQUENCY Adjusts the size of each piece of land If the number is lower there are fewer larger pieces of land If the number is higher there are more smaller pieces of land ENABLE CITY LIGHTS This setting allows the user to show city lights on the dark side of the planet The lights are only visible on the side of the planet that is not being hit by light PLEASE NOTE This effects only works properly if you have 1 light in your scene If you add a second light you will see lights on the lit side of your planet CITY LIGHTS MAP BRIGHTNESS
10. termine the speed at which the planet will rotate This setting is measured in FRAMES PER SECOND FPS This means that the lower the number the fewer frames are being show in a second Thus if the number is lower the planet will rotate faster If the number is higher the planet will rotate slower Planet Planet The surface tab conatins all of the settings for the surface of the planet sss a ake Lal Eas These settings will only effect the Atmosphere Orbit Options surface and will not effect the rest of Eeee the planet Use Preset USE PRESET There are twelve preset ciae M surfaces that come with the Planet X a ems Generator The presets are as follows Hevation Map Hevation Strength J3 Mercury Venus Enable Surface Generator t Earth Sea Color Earth High Resolution Land l Ae Mountain Calor Jupiter Level ng Saturn Frequency Uranus Neptune Enable City Lights Pluto Planet X When a preset is selected no other surface options are available However when you have selected a preset you may alter the preset by deselecting the USE PRESET check box SURFACE MAP This setting allows users to select any image map to use for the surface of their planet This image can be almost any available image format The plugin is only limited to the formats that Cinema 4D supports Check your Cinema 4D documentation to determine if Cinema 4D supports your image format ELEVATION MAP This setting allows users to choo
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