Forum: Bryce

Subject: connecting/mergin 2 terrains

d7man2000 opened this issue on Jun 14, 2004 ยท 16 posts

d7man2000 posted Mon, 14 June 2004 at 11:25 PM

Is it possible to merge/connect 2 terrain for further modeling. Let's say you create one terrain and duplicate another. Could they be joined together so I can see both in terrain editor at the same time?

danamo posted Mon, 14 June 2004 at 11:45 PM

No, unfortunately this is not possible in Bryces' terrain lab.

Jaymonjay posted Mon, 14 June 2004 at 11:45 PM

Attached Link: http://calyxa.best.vwh.net/~calyxa/pearl/terraintut/fractaltile.html

Not in the way I think you mean, but this tutorial may help.

pogmahone posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 1:04 AM

Another way, perhaps, would be to do an altitude mask render of the two terrains, bring the result into PhotoShop and get rid of the seam, then import back into the terrain editor. You'll need to increase the size of the grid in your original terrains, and the size of the render, so you don't lose definition. Don't forget to untick 'altitude mask' in the render options, after you've got the altitude render you need!

Message edited on: 06/15/2004 01:12

pogmahone posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 1:05 AM

Trim using the clipping brackets. Then you can up the resolution of the grid if you want to.

Message edited on: 06/15/2004 01:10

pogmahone posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 1:23 AM

PS - when you've brought the altitude render into PS, lighten it all up a bit, crop the image square, and flood the background with black. That way the clipping brackets will get rid of all the excess around the edges.

danamo posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 2:01 AM

Er, not possible without an image editing app, I should have said,lol. Calyxa's tut is a good one too.

pogmahone posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 10:34 AM

danamo - I think it should work OK even without an image editing app, you could render out an altitude mask, then delete the two original terrains, and apply the picture to a new terrain. You'd need to be starting out with very high resolution terrains, and rendering fairly large....

danamo posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 12:06 PM

Ya know Pog, I do believe you're right. Come to think of it, I've created heightmaps for lattices(for an archbridge) without ever leaving Bryce. I just arranged primitives assigned with different shades of grey and rendered them from top view. There is a lot you can do in Bryce without even using an image editor.

pogmahone posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 12:56 PM

Oooohhhh.... cool lattice work!!!! Great idea, assigning different shades of grey - who'da thunk of it!

d7man2000 posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 1:26 PM

How do you guys render out an altitude mask?

danamo posted Tue, 15 June 2004 at 4:23 PM

Thanks Pog! I've found that using primitives this way is often easier and faster than painting, or using a vector-based app to make your heightmap. Maybe I should write a tut?

pogmahone posted Wed, 16 June 2004 at 1:35 AM

d7man2000 - see attached. But you need to remember to change the rendermode back afterwards, I ALWAYS forget, then wonder what the heck is going on lol danamo - I'd say lots of people would appreciate that tut :o)

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ysvry posted Wed, 16 June 2004 at 7:10 AM

great thinking guys

for some free stuff i made
and for almost daily fotos

d7man2000 posted Wed, 16 June 2004 at 12:40 PM

thanks, I must tell you, Bryce is an amazing program, I can't believe they let it die. There is always something new discovered in it. The interface is clever too. You think you know the program but there is always something new.

MoonGoat posted Wed, 16 June 2004 at 7:37 PM

I remember discovering what 'the little 'g' does.' Hehe good times.