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    Terrain Techniques – Detail, Warp, Erode

    In this series of posts, we’ll explore different techniques to create art-directable terrains in Terragen. Starting with a basic form, we’ll modify its shape, then distort it with warp shaders.…

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    Terrain Techniques – Image Map Shader

    In this series of posts, we’ll explore different techniques to create art-directable terrains in Terragen. Starting with a basic form, we’ll modify its shape, then distort it with warp shaders.…

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    Terrain Techniques – Simple Shape Shader

    In this series of posts, we’ll explore different techniques to create art-directable terrains in Terragen. Starting with a basic form, we’ll modify its shape, then distort it with warp shaders.…

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    Exporting Terrain via the Micro Exporter

    In this post, we’ll export terrain from Terragen as textured 3D geometry for use in other applications like Blender and Unreal Engine. A common method of exporting terrain relies on…

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    Exporting Terrain from Terragen

    So you’ve created a procedural landscape in Terragen and want to export it to another package like Blender, Unreal Engine, Maya, etc. Where do you start? The answer depends on…

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    GPU Sky in Development

    We’re making a GPU renderer. Terragen is the go-to solution for big skies and planetary views. This is, in part, because of its use of procedural systems, a “big scene,…

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    Hello RPC! Part 2 – Error Handling

    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…

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    Rendering in the Cloud – Part 1

    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…

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    Fun with Vector Displacements !

    In this video our very own Kevin Kipper will take you through the process of using Vector Displacements with ZBrush, and how Terragen and ZBrush can work together in a…

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    Featured Artist: Hannes Janetzko

    Hannes Janetzko Hannes is a well known and long time Terragen user. He’s created some very non-standard and often ‘non-Terra’ Terragen images. We took some time to sit down with…

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    Featured Artist: Luc Bianco

    Luc Bianco Luc Bianco is one of the most well known and prolific long time users of Terragen.  Luc was the artist behind many of the earliest Terragen images, which…

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