# Build a Realistic 3D Planet with Materials & Lighting (https://academy.spline.design/collections/materials-shading-that-look-good/build-a-realistic-3d-planet-with-materials-lighting)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: beginner
- Duration: 6 min 35 s
- Published: 2022-04-22
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE
- Part of: [Materials & Shading That Look Good](https://academy.spline.design/collections/materials-shading-that-look-good.md)

## About this tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn how to easily create 3D planets by combining texture layers and lighting on Spline.

🌎 Final result: https://my.spline.design/planetearthdaycopy-2333a6dda7fecbc7779226b36abe6285/

Texture Maps:
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble?page=1
https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/
https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/images

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=0s) Introduction
- [0:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=32s) Making the Earth's sphere
- [1:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=60s) Creating the materials and lighting
- [1:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=90s) Adding clouds
- [2:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=120s) Adding the atmosphere effect
- [3:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=190s) Rotating the earth transition effect
- [4:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=240s) Fixing texture details
- [4:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=270s) Animating the clouds
- [5:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB5LCAatCE&t=308s) Final outcome

## Related documentation

- [Lightning](https://docs.spline.design/#%F0%9F%92%A1-lighting)
- [Image Layer](https://docs.spline.design/materials-shading/image-layer)
- [How state-based animation works](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/how-state-based-animation-works)
- [Events & Interactivity](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/events-interactivity)