Project 1: Solar System

Standard Tutorial Animation:

https://youtu.be/YAXh_sN19us 

Changes:

1. Added texturing for background and celestial bodies.

   • Animated a cloud texture rotating around Earth to resemble weather

   • Added normal and specular mapping to Earth

   • Created a semi-transparent ring texture for Saturn

   • Made the sun a light source, producing some simple shadows

2. Adjusted planet size and velocity values to better match our real solar system

   • Planets further from the sun orbit slower

   • Planet/moon sizes a bit less egregiously disproportionate

   • Some planets axes adjusted

3. Rigged a camera to traverse the solar system instead of remaining at a stationary viewpoint

   • Conducts a quick tour of the more interestingly animated planets

   • Movement and camera rotation admittedly still need some refinement

   • Extended video length to 480 frames (20 seconds)

Improved (?) Animation:

https://youtu.be/HJuHj7ZNymQ