I'm completely new to Terragen and have been using it for about 2 hours now (not counting the overnight render time ;-).
I want to model landscapes to use as references for drawing, so I'm not interested in color or surface texture and photorealistic renders much, but more in the ease of creating shapes. I bought TU's Canyon Pack, and made my first canyons. It all works well, so I'm happy, but I have two questions:
1. I tried to paint a hole in the side of a mesa that I had left standing, but this did not work as expected. Is it possible to create caves or overhangs by cutting away lower parts of vertical walls?
2. I'd like my canyon to be not 800 metres deep but only a small ravine of maybe 5 metres and with comparably larger surface structures. What exacty do I need to do? There are some words in the accompanying PDF-file that say I have to adapt this-and-that, but I haven't found the relevant parts in my version of Terragen (3), or if I have, I have not understood what values I would need to enter for the effects I'm after.
I understand that Terragen is a powerful tool for expert modellers, but creating references being only one small step in my extensive workflow, I really don't have the time and motivation to exlore the depths of this probably wonderful software. If using Terragen is too hard, I'll have to continue finding photographs to draw from on the web. But I'd be very happy indeed, if I could find an explanation for what I want to do that is more newbie-friendly than what is current on the web.
Thank you!
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I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forums. The Canyon Pack PDF said to post questions in these forums, but I could not find a newer thread for that pack.