Terragen

[Steve Newport]

I would like to post some renderings I did in a program that is often overlooked by 3D artists. For those of you that havn't heard of it, it's called terragen. Although not a TRUE 3d setup in which you can place objects like Bryce, it's a heightfield program which has the possibilities to create strikingly real 3D lanscapes. I am convinced it is the best out there. These are some images I created, although the rendering process is long, it's worth it. Go and take a look at it if you know what's good for you. You can download the program for *FREE* right herePlanetside
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Steve Newport

[Steve Newport]

A Canyon

Steve Newport

[Steve Newport]

Misty morning

Steve Newport

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Hi Steve,

I really like the shapes of your mountains Steve. They came out very well. I especially like the mountains in the first image.

I guess you came into this board a tad later than the rest of us huh? [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Just wanted to say that i've brought Terragen to everyone's attention awhile back in some earlier threads. I find that Terragen renders much faster than any other 3D app i have. Even considering that "volumetric" effects are rendered almost by default in Terragen. I'm running a PIII 650 w/256 meg of Ram. And when i render i usually make the image 640x480 with the "Atmosphere" setting one below full, and the "Clouds" setting at full. All of the images in my gallery took no more than 7 minutes max to render.

I also mention Terragen on my Photoshop site, on the index page. I think more folks need to know about it! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Here's the url to my gallery if you'd like to see some other Terragen renderings: http://gurus.onlinedesignschool.com/...-gallery.shtml

Take care,
Mark...

[randyrives]

Steve,

Nice renderings, I especially like the canyon.
Thanks for sharing!

[gnurf]

I tried out terragen a while ago (as I also heard about this FREE software), but isn't there some "restrictions" with the free version. Something about smoothing and max pixel size? Or do I remember wrong?

-Paul

[Steve Newport]

keeper randy paul
The Keeper:

Yea, I remember seeing terragen mentioned earlier on, but didn't see any renderings made by it. If so, then, oh well, it's still nice to promote this great program! And I am very envious of you! 7 MINUTES!?! Mine takes literally anywhere from 2-5hours! But considering I only have 32mb/RAM [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif[/img] ... that would explain it! But my Dad has 200 & some RAM and his still takes quite a while, must be the computer!ugh

Randy:

Thanks for the compliment, these are my favorite also, but believe me, I have plenty of bad ones!

Paul:

Have you tried Terragen though? The only major option you get when you register is the ability to Super-Antianilizing (Very Good Example) , ability to have terrains larger than 512x512, and, correct me if I'm wrong, volumetric lighting!? Anyway, both ways have very impressing results.
ttyl, by

Steve Newport

[Steve Newport]

By the way Mark, I love your site!! Amazing use of each program! I especially love your Xara Fountain!!! The water looks tooo real! You MUST post a tutorial on how to creat that effect in the XaraGallery Forum! Great job [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Steve Newport

[minimiro]

Hwo is Mark [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img] ?
In all topic didn't seen name like this... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img]

[Steve Newport]

"TheKeepers" name is Mark. If you go to his site you'll see that he sometimes signs his work Mark Larmand. Sorry to confuse!

Steve Newport