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#31

Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object

Last post by Belmont224 - June 30, 2025, 07:20:46 PM

That is very interesting, I hadn't seen that shader before. Thanks for pointing that out!

#32

Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object

Last post by Kevin Kipper - June 30, 2025, 06:49:25 PM

Have you tried the Shadow Catcher shader?  Not exactly a toon shader, but may get you closer to what you're describing.   Here's the online docs: https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Shadow_Catcher_Shader

#33

Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object

Last post by Kevin Kipper - June 30, 2025, 01:11:56 PM

Well a toon shader would be cool.  I'm not sure if it can be replicated via the available nodes...I'll ask Matt  

#34

Image Sharing / Re: Weekend Breeze

Last post by jhmart1 - June 30, 2025, 01:04:34 PM

Thanks 🙂

#35

Terragen Discussion / Keeping my site alive – Thanks...

Last post by Luc - June 30, 2025, 09:04:47 AM

Hello – as some of you know, I've often considered shutting down my website due to the ongoing costs of maintaining an online store. Every year, around the time the domain comes up for renewal, it's the annual report that ends up saving it — although it's been a close call these past few years. And once again, that will be the case for the coming year: the bare minimum has been reached to keep the site running.

Of course, Terragen's development has slowed down, with fewer new features being released, and I don't have much time to add fresh content to the store. Still, it remains a fantastic piece of software — truly one of a kind — and I believe many of the small scenes available on my site can still be quite useful for beginners. They're great for getting familiar with the software, experimenting, and working with ready-made presets and test scenes.

So I'm glad that at least financially I'm not running at a loss, and that the site can stay up and available to you.

Warm regards.

Luc

#36

Image Sharing / Re: Weekend Breeze

Last post by Stormlord - June 30, 2025, 03:12:04 AM

WOW
This looks very natural, nice one!

STORMLORD

#37

Image Sharing / Weekend Breeze

Last post by jhmart1 - June 29, 2025, 09:29:33 PM

Terragen 4

#38

Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object

Last post by Dune - June 28, 2025, 02:02:05 AM

I don't know a simple way to do this. There are some functions like get ray origin, but I have no clue what they do and how to link. Just wait for Matt or Kevin I suppose...

#39

Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object

Last post by Belmont224 - June 27, 2025, 11:41:35 AM

A simple 'cartoon' or threshold shader. So values below a certain value are black, values above a certain value are white. See example below (one half showing the effect I want, the other half showing the render without the effect). It isn't based on texture, but on the light hiting the object. I know this can probably be done outside of terragen, but I wanted to see if I could do it inside.

#40

Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object

Last post by Dune - June 27, 2025, 11:34:14 AM

I think if you make clear what you want to achieve exactly (with that mask), someone else may have an idea.