I don't know anything about the geology of Japan, so can not help with colors. However, the extreme horizontal striations in your mountains looks "wrong", even to my western eyes that are used to the "painted desert" type landscape.

So, I used the "SHINGLE" setting for the background landmass and changed the striation direction from horizontal to vertical. The image above shows the steps to get there.

If you wish to keep the land color, you can change the striation effect in the same manner... just follow the trail of clicks to the bump map area. Play around with the various bumps. One is bound to be more pleasing.

Hope this helps!!!

Message edited on: 07/30/2004 06:07