by luc bianco | Sep 10, 2020 | Lab
Here an illustration of making Terragen picture step by step.. from a simple heightfield to a complete procedural shaped terrain and texturing
This scene is available in my store ready to play with it and add new iterations !
Starting by create global procedural shapes

Adding details without denaturate the landscape

Adding colors by altitude and/or by slope

Adding some vegetation (here some XFROG plants used) and adjust colors to better match. Find an interesting point of view.


by luc bianco | Sep 9, 2020 | Lab
Some books where I wrote some chapters few years ago, to explain, step by step, the creation process of my pictures :
Paysages 3D with a picture done with Terragen 0.9

Illustrations 3D with a picture done with KPT Bryce

It’s funny to see that these old books are still on sale….. hurry up before they become collectors 😉
Luc Bianco
by luc bianco | Jun 26, 2020 | Lab
Here some Terragen tests renders using some commercial photogrammetry models from Quixel megascans



by luc bianco | Jan 5, 2019 | Lab
Some wonderful and useful Xfrog, Inc models for lot of scenes I like to use :
Tropical with 20 species native to the world’s tropic regions. Each species includes 3 variations in age, size and shape for a total of 60 highly detailed, fully textured 3D models.

Oceania 3 with 20 species from all over Australia and Oceania. 9 variations in age, size and shape

USA Southwest contains 3D plant models of 20 species of cacti and succulents native to the deserts of the American Southwest. 3 variations in age, size and shape
USA Conifers contains 3D tree models of 20 species native to North America. 3 variations in age, size and shape

Europe 3 a collection of very detailed 3D trees. 20 species from all over Europe at different ages and varied seasons. 9 variations.


Agriculture 20 with species. 9 variations in age and shape


by luc bianco | Jun 2, 2018 | Lab
There are several new Terragen presets are available in the store section:
- Quiet river water pack you can use to add realistic color water shader in your scene, several types are provided like transparent or muddy water.

- Canyon 6 scene which show you how to setup stratas canyon scene which realistic displacements. Complete scene is included which all shaders (no vegetation).

- Fog layer preset with 2 types of fog, one is very detailed and compact, second one is more diffuse fog.

- Deep valley scene is a complete and very versatile valley environment with a lot possibilities of virtual excursions and reuse.
- Sky preset 2 with 4 clouds layers at different altitudes that you can enable/disable depending on cloud sky coverage you would like to obtain
