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05-28-2002, 12:09 AM
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| | tsk, tsk | 
05-28-2002, 12:16 AM
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| | Quote:
Terragen
A freeware Windows landscape creator, along the lines of Bryce. Development is spotty, but some amazing results.
| Ooh Terragen, I forgot that on my list in the Freeware thread. I love that program, and also Bryce (I have the full version of Bryce 3 from a magazine CD a while ago), and I've seen people make amazing things from those programs. (especially Jonathan Allen's "low tides" images made in Bryce - they look amazingly realistic)
DJ - those are some great first attempts in Terragen!
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05-28-2002, 12:28 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Doug Nelson Examples. We need examples | Check here: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/images.shtml(these are incredible - I'd never guess they weren't photos if I didn't already know)
and here: http://www.terragen.de/gallerylinks.htm (links to loads of galleries)
I'm going to mess around some more in terragen tonight and see if I come up with anything worth posting.
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05-28-2002, 12:43 AM
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| | Yeah, they're great, but it isn't the same as your examples | 
05-28-2002, 08:44 AM
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| | | Deb, those are great. You are so talented.
Sharon | 
05-28-2002, 08:59 AM
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| | Thanks everyone but it's not as if I painted them myself.  It was pretty much the basic settings on the program with a little dumb luck tweaking thrown in. I basically wanted to show what you could produce without much knowledge of the program.
Tim S
They can make terrains that are more lush but I can't at this time. So you are looking at the basic amateurs results from only using the program for about an hour. Check out the links David posted to see better versions than I can produce at this time. There are also plug ins you can get for adding trees and rocks etc.
As for the skys, they beat KPT 6 Sky Effects for reality, big time. I want to see if I can generate just the skys for future use in photos also. At anyrate you can't get beat the price. 
DJ | 
05-28-2002, 12:51 PM
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| | ok, Doug wanted examples, so here's some of mine:
(I accidentally output the first one in low rez, so it doesn't look very good)
-David | 
05-28-2002, 12:53 PM
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05-28-2002, 01:02 PM
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| | | oops, the attachment didn't work for #2 I'll try it again | 
05-28-2002, 01:07 PM
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| | | kind of off topic, but for anybody who's interested here's some examples of messing around in Bryce for about 15 minutes: (I didn't really spend any time on textures for the "island", I just put it in there and left it the way it was) | 
05-28-2002, 01:09 PM
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| | | I like the way the first one worked out better (the sunset one), but I'll post this day time one anyway: | 
05-28-2002, 03:01 PM
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| | | They all look great David. I love the sunset you got using Bryce. Is it easier or more difficult than Terragen?
DJ | 
05-28-2002, 07:01 PM
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| | Thanks DJ! There's a lot more in Bryce then there is in Terragen (terragen is just for landscapes, Bryce is a full 3D program) so it is a bit harder to learn, but I'd say its a lot more intuitive than Terragen to use. I really like working in Bryce, and you can get amazing results with not too much time and effort
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05-28-2002, 07:25 PM
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| | The biggest difference is the cost. Bryce costs around $300 for the full version. I guess I will stick with Terragen. 
DJ |
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