Just messing around with the 3D tools in Photoshop CS5 Extended. Pretty cool, but not exactly fantastic. Maybe I'll take a crack at more dedicated 3D tools
I don't remember where I got the texture for the large planet from, but the smaller planet's texture is from scratch. Pretty cool (for me anyway).
Interesting. Might have to play around with CS5 extended. Of course, 3DS Max seems to do it right all the time, but there are a lot of things to learn to make it look right.
Send me one of your planet textures and I'll do a render for you in 3DS Max 2012. If you are a student, you can download a free full registered version of 3DS Max 2012 to use. I have done both in Photoshop and 3DS Max. 3DS Max definitely does it right... when you figure out how to properly utilize the features.
I did not realize that. The thing is, is 3D that much better for planets? I find it a lot easier to work with 2D (but Photoshop's 3D is kind of slapped on).
Very well...