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Terragen
Short: Landscape generator with .lwo terrain export
Cost: Other (Shareware, Coolware, Giftware, etc..) Application: External Application
Platforms: IntelMac  
URL: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
Detail-(usually from author's website):
intuitive user-interface - Extremely easy to use layout, along with realistic default settings, allows the creation of good-looking scenes within seconds of starting the program.

random fractal terrain - Controllable parameters allow extremely varied terrain shapes. Can also be used to 'fill in' realistic terrain on a user-defined landscape.

high detail foreground texturing - The rendering engine allows extreme close-ups of landscape details with automatic level of detail adjustment.

terrain sculpting tools - Can be used to 'paint' the shape of the landscape, to position mountains and valleys or make changes to random landscapes. Random terrain generation can be used 'fill in' realistic terrain over deliberately positioned mountains and valleys.

terrain modification tools - Functions for allowing overall modification of terrain shape, such as glaciation.

combination of terrains - Two terrains can be combined together to produce a new terrain, using a number of different methods such as 'highest', 'lowest', height addition and subtraction, to extend the usefulness of the terrain generation system.

terrain import/export - Terragen can import and export raw heightfield information in 8-bit greyscale (and soon 16-bit). Possible uses include the construction of terrains from externally created pictures. Terragen can also save files compatible with the 'Import Binary' feature in VistaPro.



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On   2008-12-01 06:18:08, Desert Lunch wrote:
  Terregen is by no mean some (brice or Vue)app. Its a de-tuned version of what DD uses in film production. and youve seen its power in many films. Obviously you need quite the hardware to utilize its full potential, not to mention you have to know what your doing. even terregen 1 can create TRUE 'FILM-REAL' imagery. Now if your just looking to make a 'sur-real' enviroment than theres plenty of solutions to think of. You can even piece together several plug-ins to get what you want. but terragen at its best is best. Oh and if your thinking of making photo real imagery using x-frog imagery forget it. it just wont hold up. makes everything look illustrated.

On   2007-01-09 16:51:17, jbav@v2.net wrote:
  Very promising but not quite ready for prime time. Given the long development time, I hope the final release is out before the year is up. Keep up the good work.

On   2006-12-21 12:10:44, Flay wrote:
  Keep in mind this is a tech preview, not a release. So it's likely more in the way of features are coming.

On   2006-12-21 03:38:22, D Roux wrote:
  It's not quite vue extreme but it will import OBJ. It does instancing and is great for producing photoreal backdrops or even HDRI. Previous version was very accessible and there were scripts to import camear motions from LW. At $299 US for a commercial seat + 5 rendernode lic. it can be a handy tool to have.

On   2002-04-20 10:09:56, dhayes wrote:
  How is this really useful? All it seems to do is add displacement maps to flat polygons. The objects it outputs are GROSS. I'm sticking with modeler.

On   2002-04-11 17:58:33, Kyle Toucher wrote:
  Terragen is the greatest thing since free lunch. Okay, well maybe a REAL close second.

On   1999-09-25 03:12:09, Christopher wrote:
  Let's see. You can export landscapes in the latest version. One can always take six shots in Terragen, map them to a "skytracer" cube or use them as a reflection map, background or image sequence. If you want to get objects into the render, export the landscape and use it to make shadows for your compostited objects. You can even take the ascii camera movement file and translate it to a LW .mot file so as to facilitate camera tracking.

On   1999-09-24 18:10:59, Frank Evans, Strictly3D! wrote:
  AAAARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH! Brilliant = everyone thought it was a photo! Not so brilliant = cannot import anything else, cannot get some sort of info exchange between LW and Terragen. DOUBLE AAAARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

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