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I've have experience with CAD but am a complete Blender (especially the Cycles engine) noob. Recently I've been doing a lot of self-learning, then I came across this image:
Could anyone please tell me how to achieve a natural fading effect on the planets? My nodes are a mess but the result still comes off as too "stiff" and "mechanical".
Hope that I've explained myself well enough and that you guys understand!
To fade the moons, I would use a spherical gradient texture to mix between the moon texture and transparency.
Use a mapping node to position and scale the gradient into position.
A colour ramp and math node can be used to control how quick you transition from texture to transparent.
Use Volume absorption and volume scattering as volume on a mesh that completely surrounds your scene.
Play around with a texture for the density and you'll be able to make clouds and all kinds of fun stuff.
