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Terragen 4.3 brings new Easy Cloud animation animation tools, further rendering optimizations, OpenVDB export, and new rendering methods to experiment with, along with numerous other improvements and bug fixes. Read on…
read moreBuild 4.3.16 (Release) Released November 16, 2018 Included in Maintenance up to August 23, 2018 Faster Rendering Shaved about a third off calculation times for the colour generated by Power…
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Our ongoing Maintenance releases continue with Terragen 4.2, which includes optimizations to terrain rendering speed, an additional option for UV maps in exported terrain, and numerous convenience features, bug fixes,…
read moreBuild 4.2.10 (Release) July 10, 2018 Rendering Much faster ray tracing of displaceable surfaces in some cases, especially where rays travel nearly parallel to the surface. Corrected a flaw in…
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We have enjoyed a tremendous reception for Terragen 4 and now we’re pleased to bring you the first major update, the 4.1 release. Terragen 4.1 includes extensive optimizations to cloud and atmosphere rendering, resulting…
read moreBuild 4.1.11 (Release) July 25, 2017 The Linux render node is now built against the VFX Reference Platform CY2017. Fixed Bug #693: Pausing a render could cause the application to…
read moreBuild 4.0.04 (Terragen 4 Release Update) Performance fix: Many scenes with clouds will render much faster in this build. Mac users will see the biggest improvement, but it also affects…
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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…
read moreBuild 4.0.01.0 (Terragen 4 Release Update) Minor update post-release to fix some initial issues. Pausing or aborting a render with clouds is now much more responsive. Free Edition and Creative…
read moreBuild 4.0.00.0 (Terragen 4 Release) GENERAL Windows only: Installer creates an application called “Terragen 4” which is distinct from Terragen 3. You can have Terragen 3, Terragen 4, Terragen 4…
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Terragen 4 Now Free for Educational Use With the launch of Terragen 4, we are proud to announce a new policy regarding educational licenses of Terragen products. From this point forward…
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Pixel Plow is the Official Render Farm of Planetside Software Planetside Software is excited to be partnered with Pixel Plow as our Official Render Farm. Pixel Plow is a relative…
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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…
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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…
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Halo 5 : Guardians Terragen artist Mukul Soman worked on Halo 5: Guardians, utilizing Terragen for some really impressive planetary skyboxes. I used Terragen to great effect for rendering 2…
read moreChanges from 3.3.04.0 to 3.4.00.0 (March 12, 2016) Improved Image Saving Bit depth (8 or 16 bit) and compression options (None/LZW/Zip) are now available for TIFFs that are created by…
read moreChanges in build 3.3.03.0 Many kinds of object now have a Render method parameter, allowing you to choose between “Default”, “Force Displacement” and “Force Ray Trace”. Also known as “per-object…
read moreList of changes from to 3.1.02.0 to 3.2.02.0 CAMERAS Stereoscopic camera options (only in Professional Edition and Professional with Animation). Stereoscopic camera options are found on the new “Stereo”…
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Terragen 3.2 Released The release of Terragen 3.2 marks our second free update for Terragen 3 users. This release focused largely on improvements to existing features and render quality improvements,…
read moreList of changes from 3.0.10.0 to 3.1.02.0: 3D PREVIEWS The subdivision and displacement engine in 3D Previews and Shader/Heightfield Previews is now multi-threaded. It uses up to as many threads…
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