Oh yeah another tip for your planet renders
make sure there is no anti aliasing on the planet texture surface at all as this will make it look terrible when you render anti aliased.
Also if you use Lightwave - deactivate pixel blending and ensure you use a nice high res map - this will let the planet stand up to high res close-up shots.
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