3DS MAX: exporting terragen to max?

Anyone heard of or used terragen before?
Can you export the meshes into 3dsmax?

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

u dont need to export the mesh
a displacement map will do just fine..

hmm do professionals use generators.... i guess it would be hard to use displacement maps to make mountains...?

hm
im not a 3d professional
but I think the mesh would be far too big/complex

i mean how would you model a mountain exactly the way you want it in 3dsmax?

i guess it's more about texturing
and getting the "right" feeling

now a days ppl use DEM's a lot..

what are DEMs?

digital elevation model
its like a height map of the earth..

ok i've made displacement maps for hills and simple landscapes. How would you make a complicated landscape in photoshop?

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

im not talking about the textures, I just want to get the shape of say a mountain

in photoshop?

in anything hehe.

is it for, say a skyline?

im just trying to figure out how to get the same results as if I used a generator

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