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Lighting Conditions is practically where you "sun" will be. A good way to learn though is to open the terragen atomsphere files and look at the settings they used for a sunset or for mist, it can really help.
#Tutorial terragen 3 how to
I can really explain how to use the sliders, mainly because there's already an explaination on the menu thing xD. Since your probaly a beginner at Terragen just open an atomsphere file. Now you can open one of the atomsphere files provided or you can make your own. Now this is the beef of your terrain, this is where your piece can either fail or blow people's minds. Now remember that you can always keep the defualt setting, if you want. The higher your Largest Cloud Slider the bigger the clouds. The higher the Persistence slider the more clouds you have. This shows you two sliders (that you can use), Persistence and Largest Cloud Size. Now click Generate clouds and you should see a new box thing pop up. I lowered my water level and made it look deep.Same pic as above.Ĭlouds can be very important in a piece, so don't underestimate them. Go to the sub-surface tab to change the water surface. I won't use any pics on this one because it's self explanitory. So here I'll teach you how to make the water level rise or lower.Well for starters click the water icon on the side and I'll show you the controls. Most of the time you already have water but sometimes you need more if your aiming for a island chain or ect. Intro- Water is a common focal in these landscapes. So now just find your perfect view of your creation. You can move the camera's graze up and down and around by holding the left mouse button.Also you can move around with the arrow keys. This allows you to walk around and find a good spot. My technique of getting a good perseption is by using the 3d model. I mean what good is a great landscape when you looking at the floor? Here I'll share my way of getting a good perspective. Intro The camera's position is one of the most important aspects. Though, I suggest you only using srf files, they most of the time look better. So really it's simple just press the open button and go to my resource pack and choose the surface map you want. But let me first tell you what one is- A surface map is practically the surface of your landscape like grass or rock or dark grass. Intro- Ok, well if you've used terragen before you probaly know that you can create your own surface maps, but my resource pack at the bottom has tons of them so I'll go head and save myself the typing. So I went ahead and added some islands and rivers.
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Now I myself want to add some island in the water so I'll take my trusty tool and click and hold and wahla.an island! So this tool is good for adding you personal touch to your landscape, keep that in mind. Now a quick lesson- holding down the right mouse button makes the land go down, but holding the left mouse button elevates the land. Intro- Now that you've generated you terrain you might feel "that water needs an island" or "that mountain needs a lake" or "that mountain is too tall" well the sculpt tool can change that. Then when you think it looks fine stop clicking. I want giant mountains, so check the second option below "Erase first and generate new terrain" and choose another method like Perlin Noise and click generate like there is no tomarrow. But there is still one problem, since we only have one layer, the terrain is feature less and boring. Now my goal is to make a mountain, so my settings above are made for creating mountains. So to begin start by checking the first option- Erase first and generate new terrain.
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Well above you see the screen for making terrain.
#Tutorial terragen 3 professional
Usually professional terrains are made up of 20 to 30 layered ones, but we'll just use about 5. To navigate do ctrl+f to use the find option, so you can skip to the parts you need. So I now present.*starts energizing music*.the tutorial! This will hopefully include resources, tutorials, and more.
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My plan for this topic is to be a resource for artists that aim for realism and want to create world of their own. Well, terragen is a remarkable program which if used right can produce great results. Terragen is freeware and can be downloaded here