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>Blender Documentation Volume I - User Guide: Last modified April 29 2004 S68</TH
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>&#13;			Stars are randomly placed halo-like objects which appear in 
			the background. The star settings are again in the
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>Figure 8. Star buttons</B
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>&#13;			When creating stars, you must first understand a few important 
			concepts:
			<TT
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>StarDist:</TT
> is the <I
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			distance between stars. Stars are intrinsically 3D features
			that are placed in space, not on the image!
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>&#13;			<TT
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>Min Dist:</TT
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			from the camera at which stars are placed. This should be 
			greater than the distance from
			the camera to the <I
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>furthest</I
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			scene, unless
			you want to risk having stars appear <I
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			front</I
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			objects.
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>&#13;			The <TT
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>Size:</TT
> NumButton defines the actual size 
			of the star halo. 
			Keep this much smaller than the proposed default, to keep the material
			smaller than pixel-size and create pin-point stars which are 
			much more realistic.
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>&#13;			The <TT
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>Colnoise:</TT
> NumButton adds a random hue 
			to the otherwise 
			plain white stars. It is usually a good idea to add a little 
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>Figure 9. Star rendering.</B
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