Golden Forest now with Tutorial!

[domdib]

Thanks for sharing this in such a thorough step-by-step manner - it really helps to understand how such a scene is constructed.

[Seth]

good tutorial Ryan

[Walli]

surfacing for the ground was left in the capable hands of the default Base Colours node.

great one ;-)

Very nice making of!

[pfrancke]

Thank you Ryan.  I got (am getting) a lot out of it.  Using the cloud to get better lighting.  Getting the fog density fractal right.  Had to experiment to get to the cloud level at the right elevation.  Got good understanding of what near and far distance means.  It never worked right for me (in my mind), but now I know that before near = nothing, between near and far is something, and after far is everything.  (I always used to thing that it was just between near and far - and had nothing but trouble with it).  The Photoshop stuff was very useful also, I had no idea that the soft light could impact an image so much.  You have no idea how useful what you put together is for me!!!  Thanks again.

Piet

[RArcher]

Hi Piet,

I am very, very glad to hear that it was a useful tutorial for you!  Please let us all see what you come up with when it is finished too.

[choronr]

Ryan, I've just begun working with the tutorial; and, find so many useful procedures that I can use in other images. I've learned a lot from this lesson and am grateful you made it available to us. Hopefully, my next image will show the results.

Bob

[reck]

Thanks a lor for the tut RArcher, having all the screenshots and the detailed descriptions really helps with the understanding.

[kaisersuzuki]

Been away from the site for a long time.  That is an awesome image, and the best tut I have seen for terragen.  Thanks!

[inkydigit]

thanks Ryan...love the image and the tutorial is really helpful....cheers
Jason

[rcallicotte]

Thanks Ryan.  I can't wait to try this.

[MacGyver]

I think this could well be the most often used tutorial in quite some time... great!