[Tickets] [Orxonox] #354: high-resolution Textures for Planets

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#354: high-resolution Textures for Planets
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 Reporter:  dafrick      |       Owner:  nobody
     Type:  task         |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:        
Component:  GameContent  |     Version:  0.0.4 
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  PPS   
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Description changed by youngk:

Old description:

> Create high-resolution textures for planets, either to be used in the
> skybox generator, to generate an even more beautiful skybox. Or on a 3D
> Model of a planet.
>
> http://mygimptutorial.com/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial
>
> [[Image(planets.jpg)]]
>
> Be careful, when searching for textures, that you make sure their
> licensing does comply with ours.
>
> Hereby a couple of interesting links to follow:
> [http://freebitmaps.blogspot.com/ "Free Bitmaps"]
> [http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/ "JPL Maps"]
> [http://flatplanet.sourceforge.net/maps/alien.html "Flatplanet Maps"]

New description:

 Create high-resolution textures for planets, either to be used in the
 skybox generator, to generate an even more beautiful skybox. Or on a 3D
 Model of a planet.

 http://mygimptutorial.com/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial

 [[Image(planets.jpg)]]

 Be careful, when searching for textures, that you make sure their
 licensing does comply with ours.

 Also: The maximum allowed resolution for a texture is 2048x1024 (dictated
 by Ogre - empirically determined...).

 Hereby a couple of interesting links to follow:
 [http://freebitmaps.blogspot.com/ "Free Bitmaps"]
 [http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/ "JPL Maps"]
 [http://flatplanet.sourceforge.net/maps/alien.html "Flatplanet Maps"]

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