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| Charles Smith |
| Anyone heard of or used terragen before? Can you export the meshes into 3dsmax? |
| Gloski |
| heard of played with about two years ago i think never used it extensively hm not sure just try it it's a free software |
| dwp |
| u dont need to export the mesh a displacement map will do just fine.. |
| Charles Smith |
| hmm do professionals use generators.... i guess it would be hard to use displacement maps to make mountains...? |
| Gloski |
| hm im not a 3d professional but I think the mesh would be far too big/complex |
| Charles Smith |
| i mean how would you model a mountain exactly the way you want it in 3dsmax? |
| Gloski |
| i guess it's more about texturing and getting the "right" feeling |
| dwp |
| now a days ppl use DEM's a lot.. |
| Charles Smith |
| what are DEMs? |
| dwp |
| digital elevation model its like a height map of the earth.. |
| Charles Smith |
| ok i've made displacement maps for hills and simple landscapes. How would you make a complicated landscape in photoshop? |
| Gloski |
| hm, complicated landscape in photoshop? i'd say that's more about painting skills then 3d smartest thing might be to make it in 3d but to make the textures in photoshop or such |
| Charles Smith |
| im not talking about the textures, I just want to get the shape of say a mountain |
| Gloski |
| in photoshop? :) |
| Charles Smith |
| in anything hehe. |
| Gloski |
| is it for, say a skyline? |
| Charles Smith |
| im just trying to figure out how to get the same results as if I used a generator |
| Gloski |
| id guess you might have more luck in terragen okey terragen may use the same stuff as you can do in 3dsmax a problem that I see though is, even if you can get the same result you might end up having to work for a long time sins terragen creates the "model" more or less by "random"-but restricted values you'd end up having to figure out the same values and getting the settings right but I may be completely of just a thought |
