Can anyone recommend a tutorial for terrain sculpting that uses the new interface for Vue 9.5? I've gone through Geek At Play's tut which uses the old interface, unfortunately, I'm not getting much of anything to work - especially the 2D sculpting, in 9.5. Any suggestions are appreciated.Thanks.

(BTW using Windows Vista 64bit)

Rule number 1: Keep your eye on your brush's normal when sculpting.  Some brushes like their normal to be vertical (smack on top of a hill top) and some like their normal to be more at an angle (while brushing into cliff walls).

Rule number 2: See rule number 1.

MNArist, what initial steps do you take to start your terrain in the Terrain Editor (before any sculpting is done)?  Then which brush are you selecting for use first?

In other words, there is no tutorial.

Thanks for your response. Have to admit, I'm feeling like a complete idiot not being able to figure this out.

Here's three images. The first is how the interface appears when I go into the editor. The second is an example of what I'm trying to do. Basically I want to create a simple terrain with a creek running through it. That much I can make happen, as you can see. Then what I want to do is soften the edges of the creek bed with the effects painting brushes. Image three shows how I'm trying to do that, but nothing happens. The brush acts like it's trying to paint, but no effect shows up. By the way, if it matters, I've got the rock hardness set pretty low in the Effects Tab if that matters.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Fluvial erosion airbrushing needs a brush size of 20m or larger.  I tried with 2m and Vue could not get enough of a dirt sample of the existing terrain to generate erosion from.

Clicking the Effects Tab and hitting the Fluvial Erosion found there not only erodes the entire terrain (which you don't want probably, thus the air brush), but it doesn't seem to have much control compared to using the airbrush method.

Hey Nabob -

Good to hear from you! And thanks for the tips. I'll try them out. I ended up putting two terrains together and using the resulting "valley" between them for the creekbed in the attached image. Not a totally unsatisfactory result, but it does lack some control.

Attached Link: Creek

Good to hear from you! And thanks for the tips. I'll try them out. I ended up putting two terrains together and using the resulting "valley" between them for the creekbed in the attached image. Not a totally unsatisfactory result, but it does lack some control.

Nice image MNArtist! Haven't been around much this summer due to the fire season we've been having and only now have I had a chance to check out the forums or galleries. Hopefully I will have some time this week to comment on your images.