I believe that I started the thread with the wrong words. I was asking if it was possible with Vue to make images like Mopplewilli's, which "happen" to be made with Terragen, not that I was looking for the Terragen "look".

As a matter of fact Mopplewil's images (cant remember that name, anyway him) stand out from any other Terragen image I've ever seen, not only for the mood but because they do not look like the average Terragen image. I do not believe they are composites by the way.

In more generic terms the question was, can Vue generate totally realistic images without the children-illustrations look that is characteristic of the program.

I was hoping that someone could dig into the terrains function editor because this is obviously the key to quality fractals and hyper realistic look. I am no programmer but I have spent a few hours with it. One thing one can do, as you can see from the very basic example: image #1 is just a default terrain with a default texture. Image #2 is exactly the same with added a B&W dirt map jpg into the Altitude production function, i.e. the texture has not been changed, the function generating the terrain has. Obviously, depending on the dirt map picture, one should be able to embed in the terrain cracks, stones etc. with more realism than a simple texture, because they are actually in relief and cast shadows.

This is just one idea, after reading ten pages of the manual. I would encourage those interested in realistic images to explore these possibilities. I still feel that Vue has the potential to make images even more realistic than Terragen and without the help of third-party software.