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Planet Atmosphere Shader

CD Carswell edited this page Mar 24, 2018 · 2 revisions

The planet atmosphere shader can be found by selecting the Planet Atmosphere object and by heading over to the Node Editor.

There, you will see this node group:

atmosphereshader

OUTPUTS

Shader

Volumetric output for the shader.

INPUTS

Color

Main color of the atmosphere.

Absorption color

Creates the sunset reddening effect of the atmosphere due to refraction. This is essentially a volume absorption node mixed in with the scatter. The color of this effect can be adjusted with this setting.

Absorption

Amount of absorption effect.

Density

Density of the atmosphere. Controls how thick the atmosphere is.

Emission strength

Controls the amount of light emitted by the atmosphere. Not physically realistic, but helps get more light in shadowed areas and, at larger values, can generate a stylistic effect.