Thank you for your interest and any help calico! Yes I would like it if Moodflow could stop by, but I hope that I will find all my answers even if he is busy
So this is where I am at in understanding image mapping... Basically I have only an abstract understanding so far. An image map is a file such as a jpeg or tiff that is imported into a 3D program like TG2. The image contains visual information that can be used (somehow?) to direct and or control the appearance of other data. In the case of Terragen2 image maps are used to texture surfaces, and as masks (what else?).
Additionally image maps can be used in the manner Moodflow has used them (see above) to actually provide 3d information.
So building on my original 2 questions (still need answers)... What types of image maps can be used in terragen, what file formats are best suited for image maps, what is the method for importing, after importing then what, is what moodflow did considered advanced, what is considered a simple use of image maps, how do you use an image map as a mask, and what is the process for using an image map (and what kind of images) in the way that moodflow did?
I know its a lot of questions for one thread. But I think its better to be able to find as much information as possible, on any given subject, in one place.
Thank you again for any help