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    If you can imagine it, you can build it with Terragen Creative. Build whole planets of realistic and beautiful views, control the weather and the light. Add plants, houses, or anything you choose. Your world is waiting…

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    Terragen 4.6 Release
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    Terragen 4.6 Release builds are now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. “Half Dawn” by Kadri Özel Georeferencing for Everyone Georeferencing capabilities are now enabled in all editions, including the Free and…

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    Terragen Sky Early Access 2023-05-07 Update
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    Check for updates! Terragen Sky Early Access 2023-05-07 is now available! 16k Output Terragen Sky’s spherical output feature is now capable of rendering your virtual environment in resolutions up to 16k, when…

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    Script-it-Yourself: Kelvin Sunlight Colour with Terragen RPC
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    In the previous two posts, Hello RPC! – Part 1 and Hello RPC! – Part 2 we wrote a simple program in the Python programming language to modify an open Terragen project…

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    Hello RPC! Part 2 – Error Handling
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    Wouldn’t it be great if everything worked exactly as it was supposed to and nothing ever went wrong?  Sadly, life and programming don’t always work that way! When writing an application, such…

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    Hello RPC! Part 1 – Scripting for Terragen
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    Editor’s note: This post was originally published June 23, 2023 and has been updated to reflect improvements to the terragen_rpc module. In this post we’ll take a look at Terragen’s Remote Procedure…

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    Terragen in the Classroom: Wings Over the Rockies
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    The widespread utilization of Terragen 4 in film production, game development, digital art, and scientific data visualization is well-known. What may come as a pleasant surprise is to learn of its global…

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    Rendering in the Cloud – Part 2
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    In part 1 of this blog series, we took a look at how to prepare a Terragen 4 project for rendering on a cloud based render farm.  In this post we’ll take…

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    Rendering in the Cloud – Part 1
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    Outsourcing your renders to a render farm can save you time when rendering long animation sequences, or when you need to render images at much higher quality or resolution.  In this two-part…

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    Honda ‘The Origin of Determination’ – VFX by A52
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    Honda’s new commercial, ‘The Origin of Determination’ is a spectacular new brand spot, with all vfx created by A52 through the agency RPA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ZpE15892U Terragen Sky – a new, forthcoming application from…

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    Missing Link Set Extensions with Terragen
    Missing Link Skies and Set Extensions with Terragen
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    Some of the many set extensions Joe Beckley created in Terragen for Missing Link All green screen portions were rendered in Terragen We recently got the opportunity to sit down with Joe…

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    Terragen in LAIKA's Missing Link
    An Interview with Joe Beckley, Digital Artist on LAIKA’s “Missing Link”
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    In late 2016 we were contacted by LAIKA, one of the most successful stop motion-focused production companies, and makers of the critically acclaimed “Kubo and the Two Strings”, among many other excellent…

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    Paramount’s 100th Anniversary Logo Created With Terragen
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    Paramount’s 100th Anniversary Logo Created With Terragen Planetside Software worked closely with Devastudios on Paramount’s new 100th Anniversary Logo animation, with extensive use of Terragen throughout the entire sequence. Watch the new logo animation…

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    Lufthansa and Terragen
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    Lufthansa and Terragen A project recently shared on the Planetside Forums impressed us with its seamless integration and highly realistic results. We spoke with artist Marcin Gruszczyk about the project and he…

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    Drain the Earth’s Oceans by 422 South
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    Drain the Earth’s Oceans 422 South used Terragen to show the incredible landscape of the ocean floor for the National Geographic Channel and ORF PDF presentation by Chris Hunt, senior 3D artist…

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    Halo 5 : Guardians
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    Halo 5 : Guardians Terragen artist Mukul Somon worked on Halo 5: Guardians,  utilizing Terragen for some really impressive planetary skyboxes. I used Terragen to great effect for rendering 2 cloud cards…

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    360 VR Video Made With Terragen
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    Hangar 1 by Hannes Janetzko Hannes Janetzko brings us an innovative and exciting new use for Terragen, creating fully animated 360 degree VR videos. Check out the short video below, and feel…

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