Click Ok in the Size/Radius dialogue and you will be bombarded by questions from the program, simply click ok to each of these, as they will not have an effect on your image if you are starting anew.
#FLY AROUND IN TERRAGEN 3 TRIAL#
Change the settings in the dropdown menu where it says �Resize Terrain To:� to 513x513 (this is the maximum size for the trial version of terragen, if you have the registered version and want to use one of the other sizes in the dropdown menu, follow these same directions, but make sure your Photoshop image is the same size as whatever you choose here)ġ3. Now we enter the Terragen portion of the tutorial, open Terragen and open the �Landscape� dialogue. Now to save your image, go to File -> Save As and in the �Format� dropdown bar, select �Photoshop Raw�ġ1. This mode gives a more detailed map for Terragen to read when it imports it.ġ0.
Then go to Image -> Mode -> 16 Bits Per Channel. Again go to Image -> Image Size and change the size back to 513x513px (making sure �Constrain Proportions� is checked). Now, merge your two layers (Command + E) and apply the same Gaussian blur (Command + F)ĩ. You should now have something similar to this:Ĩ. Now, duplicate your background layer, set the blending mode of the duplicate to �Difference�, and then go to Edit -> Transform -> Rotate 90 Clockwise. This will smooth out the features so Terragen won�t read the map as too jagged with many small sharp peaks.ħ. Now go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and set a radius of around 4 pixels. Now, in the same layer, go to Filter -> Render -> Difference CloudsĦ. Now, go to Image -> Image Size and (making sure �Constrain Proportions� is checked) change the size to 2000x2000px.ĥ. Reset your colors by pressing the D key and go to:Ĥ. In your new image, double click your background layer and then hit �Ok� to unlock it. This can later be opened from the dropdown menu in the �New Image� window.ģ. (optional) If you are planning on making many of these maps, click �Save Preset� before hitting �Ok� and save the preset as �Terragen Map�. Size: 513x513px, Grayscale, 8bits/channel, 72ppiĢ. Make sure the specifications match those seen in the image below: Open a new Photoshop document and name it �Terragen Map�.
#FLY AROUND IN TERRAGEN 3 MAC#
* I am using the Mac versions of both of these programs so some commands may be slightly different.ġ.
* Terragen v 0.9 or higher and a basic knowledge of the program * Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or higher and a basic knowledge of the program Many more advanced methods of brushing and blending can be used once you understand the basics of importing and exporting, and black and white data information and can be used to greatly advance your landscape creations.
#FLY AROUND IN TERRAGEN 3 HOW TO#
This tutorial will teach you how to create a basic Terragen height map in Photoshop and then import it into Terragen for use. The maps it reads can be generated in the program itself or created in Photoshop. What Terragen does when creating a 3-Dimensional landscape is it reads black and white data from the map it is given and translates this into highs and lows (white being high and blacks being low).
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