Create planet Saturn and add a ring

Create the ringed planet in After Effects with the free VC Orb plugin.
Part of the Makin' Planets tutorial series, this video looks at how to use After Effects and Video Copilot's free Orb plugin to recreate the gas giant, complete with 2.5D ring
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Links:
Video Copilot's Orb plugin can be downloaded here: www.videocopilot.net/orb/
Solar System Scope: www.solarsystemscope.com/
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[@IT9GameLog]

You save my day in solving the problem #2, specifically on how to use the matte to hide something behind the orb

[@ShiveringCactus]

Glad I could help

[@tomkam9783]

FIRST! Also, I literally searched for this the day your teaser came out because I needed this exact thing for a shot I've been working on for the last 2 weeks for a TV show. It features Saturn from the surface of Titan, and CC Sphere was not cutting it. Suuuuch amazing timing. Many. many thanks!

[@ShiveringCactus]

That is good timing. Hope your deadlines didn’t get messed up waiting all week for the tutorial. If you (or anyone) needs to see a tut before it’s published p, just drop me a line on the teaser.

[@doninofriadi1000]

Thank you brother for the tutorial, from now on I will subscribe your channel. Thank you very much

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you too. Glad you like it. You might also like the updated version where I fake shadows of the ring on the planet: Planet Saturn ( with rings and shadows ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2nOZaaGhc5-b5o

[@scifiguy810]

Thank you - this ring tutorial is exactly what I needed!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alexzonnenberg7320]

This is fantastic! Thanks for this tutorial

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm currently in the planning stages of a second "season" of Makin' and doing some shorter videos too.

[@fabri2022]

Excellent!!

[@code.with.chirag]

You're amazing truly!!! Subscribed!!

[@ShiveringCactus]

I try my best and fail constantly. But thank you!

[@zarkfire5806]

Thanks you a lot !

[@Caleb-xv1nk]

*stargate music intensifies*

[@xileflien]

You my good sir, are a GOD!

[@ShiveringCactus]

I do work in mysterious ways 😉

[@imkavindu]

Dang! You're very underrated!

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you. I'm enjoying myself making these tutorials and people are responding well to them.

[@mycamstudionetwork]

An excellent tutorial and easy to follow. Only one issue is having completed the tutorial, I want to move Saturn in the comp so I can add more planets. However the rings don't follow Saturn. I've tried parenting the rings position to the VC orb position, but Saturn moves quicker. How can this be resolved?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you, but that sounds like an odd situation you’re experiencing. If you go to my channel’s about page and click on the for business link, you’ll see my email address. Drop me a line with your project and I’ll see if I can spot anything.

[@tomkam9783]

Aaaannnd...second. OK, after using this, it was great, yet frustrating. Flying the camera around trying to find the right angle is ... not fun. I think I'm experiencing the the frustration that comes from fighting AEs 3D tools. Being able to control the camera and find an "angle" for the shot using real-world camera conventions would be great. Distance in [not arbitrary] units, lens/zoom in focal length so I can play with wide angle distortion versus distance. Rotating orb around the way you can rotate the earth in Google Earth...Great tutorial, great technique...it worked, but the problem is AE.

[@ShiveringCactus]

Yeah AE’s camera is definitely ‘interesting’

[@oksana_korda]

Hello, I wanted to thank you for the amazing tutorial! Absolutely love it. Just one question pls… My shadow caster doesn’t appear. No matter what I do, it just doesn’t show up. May be you have an idea why. Thank you in advance )

[@ShiveringCactus]

Have you tried comparing your project to the one I linked in the description? If it’s still not happening, head over to my website shiveringcactus.net and use the form there to drop me a line. We can trade files and project files

[@UNIVERSOENUNACAJA]

I've been searching for this for months, thanks!!! I have just one problem... shadow caster doesn't cast shadow =(

[@ShiveringCactus]

Oh no. Just to confirm following the tutorial the shadow layer isn’t casting a shadow onto the ring?

[@UNIVERSOENUNACAJA]

@@ShiveringCactus exactly. I did it 3 times from the beginning and it didn't work. May be I have to update the Ae... 🤔

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@UNIVERSOENUNACAJA - that must be frustrating. Can you DM me on Reddit ( shiveringcactusAE ) and I could take a look at your project file. See if I can spot anything.

[@UNIVERSOENUNACAJA]

@@ShiveringCactus thanks a lot!! I'll write you when I get home.

[@zarkfire5806]

@@UNIVERSOENUNACAJA i have the same problem, somemone have the solution ?

[@ivanfriedman4550]

Great Tutorial! any idea how to make rings cast shadown on saturn sphere?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Funny you should mention that, I’ve got a tutorial on its way which covers that.

[@ShiveringCactus]

Here’s a link to my updated tutorial showing how to have the rings cast shadows : Makin' planet Saturn ( with rings and shadows ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2nOZaaGhc5-b5o

[@code.with.chirag]

@@ShiveringCactus hey I wondered the same thing! The link you put here redirects to the same video. Only thing missing here is rings casting shadow on Saturn! Is there a solution?

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@code.with.chirag well that’s embarrassing, try this link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2nOZaaGhc5-b5o I’ve updated the link above too

[@code.with.chirag]

@@ShiveringCactus thank you!!!

[@helloimflo1]

Nice tutorial, but shouldn't the rings cast a shadow on the planet as well? I will look into this...

[@ShiveringCactus]

That’s a really good point. Oops, never even occurred to me. I suppose you could use C4D Lite instead of Orb, (see my tutorial on Makin’ Neptune). Let me know if you figure this out and I’ll try too.

[@ShiveringCactus]

Thank you for asking this question, I finally have an answer, check out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enfPn51ud5msm9E (Also you get a shout out in it)

[@jakeanderson1682]

I cant seem to get a shadow to cast on the rings even though I followed this tutorial like 3 times. Any ideas?

[@ShiveringCactus]

Oh no. It's kinda hard to tell. Can you go to my KZbin channel's About page, click on the "For business inquiries:" View Email Address button and drop me a line. You might need to send me your project file, but I'll do my best to help.

[@jakeanderson1682]

@@ShiveringCactus thanks for replying so quickly, I sent you the file

[@ShiveringCactus]

@@jakeanderson1682 You're welcome and check your email - I've sent through a working file.

[@ryder3715]

Even I need help im also facing problem with shadow caster

[@Aquilonel]

The shadow of "Shadow Caster" is not projected onto the ring...Is there a solution? When I turn on "Receive light" it disappears.

[@ShiveringCactus]

It's a little hard to tell without seeing your project, but you want the Ring layer to have Accept Lights off, but Accept Shadows on.

[@ryder3715]

Shadow caster not working for me please help

[@ShiveringCactus]

Here’s a couple of things to try and if they don’t work, you can find my email in the About: for business section: 1) check your light is set to cast shadows 2) check the orientation of the shadow caster is pointing at the light’s position and not anything else 3) set the rings comp directly underneath planet matte and set the track matte.

[@ryder3715]

@@ShiveringCactus ok I'm trying it now thanks for the reply it's a lot for me.

[@ryder3715]

@@ShiveringCactus yeah i got it I forgot to put ring layer to alpha inverted matte 😁 thank you so much now its looking so realistic with shadow.

[@ShiveringCactus]

Awesome. Glad I could help

[@ryder3715]

@@ShiveringCactus yay thank you so much 😀