New Map Objects

[jfrazierjr]

Not that I like Space stuff that much (in terms of me trying to do it or RPG's), but I was bored and whipped this up in about 15 minutes or so. I included the xcf file in case anyone wanted to take a gander....

[bryguy]

hmmm... needs to have some swirlyness to it


maybe try like making a layer of one color (maybe behind the whole thing) and getting a selection the size/shape of the star or whatever, and filling it with a color, then removing the selection, setting the mode to dissolve, merge it down to a blank regular layer, gaussian blur it some, then use Filters--> Distorts--> iWarp on it? that could add some cool swirls and such to it.

[Redrobes]

If you were being true to real life then the star would look barely at all like any of these. If you look at our sun through a solar filter then what is almost shocking is the uniformity of it. It also has a really crisp edge to it, so much so that amateur astronomers use full eclipses to get the occlusion necessary to photograph the solar flares. These pro astro pictures are using sensors that can determine the sub structure of the suns to give the swirling patterns.

Here is a photo I took of the partial solar eclipse of this year.
http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2635

[jfrazierjr]

If you were being true to real life then the star would look barely at all like any of these. If you look at our sun through a solar filter then what is almost shocking is the uniformity of it. It also has a really crisp edge to it, so much so that amateur astronomers use full eclipses to get the occlusion necessary to photograph the solar flares. These pro astro pictures are using sensors that can determine the sub structure of the suns to give the swirling patterns.

Here is a photo I took of the partial solar eclipse of this year.
http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2635

Hmmm your right about the edge being more "sharp" than I expected. However, other than the yellow-orange instead of red-orange, I think mine is at least at fairly good representation.

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/sun_cam.html
http://space.about.com/cs/solarsystem/p/suninfo.htm
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/the_sun.html


The funny thing is that I made a circular halo, but the many of the pictures I have seen, the halo effect is more squished, more of a ellipse than a circle.