User`s guide

176 Starry Night User’s Guide
Custom Horizons
To make your viewing experience even
more realistic, you can modify your
surroundings in Starry Night to more
closely resemble the area in which you
live.
To modify the scenery set:
1 Open the Options pane, expand the
Local View layer and open the Local
Horizon Options dialog box.
2 Check the box marked “Custom” and
then close the dialog box.
3 Choose Edit->Edit Custom Horizon
from the main menu.
4 A series of yellow squares, or nodes,
appear on the far and near horizons. If
you click and drag a node, you can
adjust the topography of the landscape
in the current view. You can also click
on any of the trees along the horizon,
and drag them. This will change their
size and /or position.
5 When you are finished editing the
horizon, select
Edit->Edit Custom Horizon again. A
dialog box will appear, telling you that
changes have been made to the horizon
and asking if you want to save these
changes. If you are satisfied with the
changes, select Save.
Caution! This alters the default
horizon file “Earth.txt”. Once you
have saved your changes, the only way
to revert to the original horizon is to
copy the original file from the Starry
Night DVD.
Photorealistic Horizons
One of the exciting features of Starry
Night is the ability to simulate your local
landscape by adding 360 degree photos of
your own backyard and favorite observing
sites. By default Starry Night comes with
several photorealistic horizons that you
can use when viewing from the Earth.
Visit http://www.starrynight.com/help/
photorealisticHorizons/ for instructions on
how to add your own custom horizons!
Not only can you make your own
photorealistic horizons for Earth, but also
for any planet and many moons in the
solar system.
If you’d like to share your own
photorealistic landscape with other Starry
Night users, you can submit your final
work to http://www.starrynight.com/
support/customer_question.html.