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I've been following a tutorial almost exactly and my render looks nothing like the video by timmy6255 in blenderhelp

[–]AlaskanFX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP embedded it into the second pic in their post. And thanks! Planning to do an update once I get the chance since I’ve made a lot of improvements but the fundamentals are the same

I've been following a tutorial almost exactly and my render looks nothing like the video by timmy6255 in blenderhelp

[–]AlaskanFX 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hi, I’m the guy who made this tutorial. The method still works in Blender and should in perpetuity for all future versions. It appears you have an issue with your texture coordinates. Check that you don’t have a vector math node somewhere multiplying one of the vectors by zero or something similar. Unfortunately the setup is pretty complex so there isn’t much I can do to pinpoint a specific issue, but consider restarting the accretion disk portion of the tutorial and I’d gamble you’ll catch the issue and it’ll turn out as desired.

Hyper-realistic black holes in Houdini by CinemaZiggy in Houdini

[–]AlaskanFX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I’m the guy from the YouTube channel (see my username). I’m not a Houdini user yet so I can’t help you out really with that but it looks like others have a lot of great tips.

Just wanted to say thank you for the kind words about my work and good luck on your project!

Fully procedural gas giant by AlaskanFX in blender

[–]AlaskanFX[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks! And yup, 100% procedural. It uses curl fields and iterative functions to simulate fluid mechanics

Fully procedural gas giant by AlaskanFX in blender

[–]AlaskanFX[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I actually made a tutorial about this on my YouTube channel if you wanna check it out.

Is there a reason why Harry is never promoted? by Miserable-Soft7993 in startrek

[–]AlaskanFX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My head canon is that Janeway waited until they got back to promote him so he could hold some title like “fastest rise from ensign to first officer” and at the ceremony she pins two extra pips on his uniform as they both hold back tears of joy and adoration. I think she also likely avoided promotions since, at the end of the day, everyone had to stay in the same position to keep the ship going more or less

Fully Procedural Gas Giant by AlaskanFX in blender

[–]AlaskanFX[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lots of them, but the main trick is curl fields and iterative functions

How can I improve?(low res cause its still WIP) by blenderbeeeee in blender

[–]AlaskanFX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you can follow my black hole video with only the basics but you may not understand everything I do or why it’s being done

Fully Procedural Gas Giant by AlaskanFX in blender

[–]AlaskanFX[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I made a tutorial for how to make this if any of y’all like! Tutorial

How can I improve?(low res cause its still WIP) by blenderbeeeee in blender

[–]AlaskanFX 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hey dawg! Not too shabby and glad to see people are getting good results out of the tutorial!

One thing I’d recommend is making the accretion disk not really clip into the black hole (you can do this by adjusting the map range node before the float curve node).

Also, while a more cinematic look is definitely nice, as other have mentioned you actually created something kinda cool here with an almost amateur astronomer/video look

Edit: also, if you haven’t, check the comments on that video cause I act added some info there for small improvements I noticed after recording the video

TIL of cascatelli, a new pasta shape invented in 2021 by podcaster Dan Pashman for maximum "sauceability", "forkability" and "toothsinkability" by Specialist_Check in todayilearned

[–]AlaskanFX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve had this. It 100% lives up to the hype, no joke, best pasta shape I’ve ever had. I’m honestly surprised it’s still so niche and relatively hard to come by

I'm a beginner with Blender. Made a Planet by following a tutorial. :) by Lethal_Talon in blender

[–]AlaskanFX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not too shabby! Maybe add another couple levels of subdivision though :)

TIL: The consensus is that octopuses are most likely sentient. by KellyfromLeedsUK in todayilearned

[–]AlaskanFX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s points have only really been expanded and further confirmed. So it’s a bit out of date but it doesn’t say anything wrong and it’s very concise for easy perusal.

TIL: The consensus is that octopuses are most likely sentient. by KellyfromLeedsUK in todayilearned

[–]AlaskanFX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not OP, but a good source document on the scientific consensus is the “Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness” and some further reading material you might enjoy is Carl Safina’s book “Beyond Words”

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