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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 20, 2013, 08:13:17 PM

Title: An old beginner
Post by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 20, 2013, 08:13:17 PM
Hi all;

After several years off, concentrating on photography, work, and too many side projects to count, it's time to take another look at Terragen.

I seem to have missed a few versions in the interim, so I'm a beginner again. I like that idea. 

I'll be using the basic free version for now until I get a better handle on the new interface, and probably reusing a lot of my old real-world TER files made from DEMs. I've also switched over to the Mac side of things instead of Windows.

I'm sure I'll be in and out of the various forum areas looking for ideas, inspiration  and assistance, and to see if I recognize any old faces from the early days of Terragen.

Tim O
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Oshyan on August 20, 2013, 08:18:47 PM
Wow, talk about a blast from the past - welcome back Tim! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. TG3 is quite a different beast from old Terragen Classic (what we ended up calling Terragen 0.9x), but you sure can do a heckuvalot more. And you can use it similarly to TG Classic for basic scene construction too, just using the node lists on the left side.

Don't hesitate to ask questions when you have them. :)

- Oshyan
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 20, 2013, 09:06:56 PM
Hi Oshyan;

Yep - it's been a while.  :)

My first challenge is going to be digging the render camera out from under about a kilometer of rock in the Cascades near Mount Rainier.  Back to the tutorial. :)

I'm sure I'll have tons of questions and D'oh! moments.
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: jo on August 21, 2013, 02:50:48 AM
Welcome back Tim, a please to see you here again :-).

Regards,

Jo
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 21, 2013, 07:08:16 AM
Hi Jo - thanks!  Good to see you're still here too.

Tim O
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: inkydigit on August 21, 2013, 07:13:02 AM
Hi Tim, great to see you again!
look forward to seeing you about here!
cheers
Jason
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Kevin F on August 21, 2013, 10:46:07 AM
Good to see you back Tim. Looking forward to your future efforts!
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 21, 2013, 11:08:49 AM
Thanks, Jason and Kevin - it's good to be back.
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: yossam on August 21, 2013, 11:43:20 AM
The name rings a bell.................how long has it been?
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Matt on August 21, 2013, 06:52:19 PM
Welcome back Tim!
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 21, 2013, 08:41:38 PM
Thanks, Matt.  I see you've made a few small changes to Terragen. Well done!  :)
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 21, 2013, 08:44:25 PM
Quote from: yossam on August 21, 2013, 11:43:20 AM
The name rings a bell.................how long has it been?
Ermmm... about 6 years or more. I seem to have been otherwise occupied. Still ... it doesn't seem like that long.
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: yossam on August 21, 2013, 08:46:24 PM
Did you used to have a website with terrains and other things for Terragen?
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: Tim O'Donoghue on August 22, 2013, 07:05:41 AM
Quote from: yossam on August 21, 2013, 08:46:24 PM
Did you used to have a website with terrains and other things for Terragen?

Yes - I had a small selection of terrains and such.
Title: Re: An old beginner
Post by: yossam on August 22, 2013, 09:34:02 AM
That is where I remember you from...............welcome back.
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