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General => Terragen Discussion => Topic started by: myriac on January 15, 2007, 06:55:30 AM

Title: surface help
Post by: myriac on January 15, 2007, 06:55:30 AM
how to make a surface in the link below ?
it looks real with its relief and embossed features.
can you help ?

http://www.planetside.co.uk/gallery/v/tg2gallery/iceland.jpg.html


thx
Title: Re: surface help
Post by: vissroid on January 15, 2007, 07:09:33 AM
heh. yeah I was tryin to figure this one out this afternoon. but instead I found a way to make canyons in the program by mistake(they dont look good tho is the prob'). lol!
Title: Re: surface help
Post by: FrankThomas on January 15, 2007, 07:35:38 AM
it might well be based on a DEM of a real place. 

Then you have probably a strata shader, some grass objects of some sort (probably not the built in ones) and distribution shaders to control the placement
Title: Re: surface help
Post by: Will on January 15, 2007, 08:10:35 AM
Frank is probaubly right also it should just be sevral heightfeilds that have a ton of work or where made out side Terragen in anouther program like World Machine.

Regards

Will
Title: Re: surface help
Post by: Volker Harun on January 18, 2007, 06:30:56 AM
The easiest way to get those 'embossed features' to turn off the 'breakup only colour'-switch on the surface-layer-switch.
Title: Re: surface help
Post by: Will on January 18, 2007, 06:41:00 AM
Good tip.

Regards,

Will