Forum: Bryce


Subject: Terragen first WIP

scoleman123 opened this issue on Jan 25, 2005 ยท 12 posts


scoleman123 posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 2:49 PM

ok so here is my first terragen creation what do i need to do and how the hell do i get it to look smother, without paying the $99?

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pumecobann posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 3:01 PM

That'd make a good print. Looks like something you'd buy at Athena. PS; still waiting for that stir-fry!

The wait can be horrific, but the outcome can be worse - pumeco 2006


pakled posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 4:35 PM

Photoshop? no, wait, that would cost a lot more that $99..btw..have you been by the Terragen forum?..;)

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RubiconDigital posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 4:58 PM

Using 3d clouds or really high altitudes can sometimes give that ragged look, although your clouds don't look that high. One technique that a lot of us use is to render at twice the required size and then re-sample the image down later, followed by a bit of unsharp mask. This can give very nice results. I hate to say it, but if you want really smooth Terragen images, you need to fork out the money. You should call in to the Terragen forum too.


scoleman123 posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 8:54 PM

-parkled i have PS CS, 7, and elements 2.0

-rubicon i have them set at 3d, will 2d really make that much of a difference? and i ahve proposed that my school fork over the cash for the full version

-pumeco it is still here waiting (kind of cold now)

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TobinLam posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 8:59 PM

There are also a few water settings that need to be turned down, though I don't remember which ones, to get more realistic water. They have to do with the way the water reflects light.


TobinLam posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 9:01 PM

I just click the read new messages link and it took me to the Bryce forum. Weird. ;)


RubiconDigital posted Tue, 25 January 2005 at 9:25 PM

Dropping the Reflection of Lightsources value down to say 10 as a starting point,will help a lot as will increasing the reflection spread.


pogmahone posted Wed, 26 January 2005 at 1:29 AM

This is really weird. I haven't been using Terragen much recently, but in the time that I used it (the unregistered version) I never encountered this problem. Would you like to send the file to me, see if it renders out OK? IM me for e-mail address. I haven't updated to the latest Terragen, so I'll try on my current setup, then update, see if it's a bug. Wonder if files are backward-compatible.....which version are you using?


cambert posted Wed, 26 January 2005 at 5:48 AM

On the 'Rendering Control' panel, under the 'render settings' button, on the 'quality' tab, did you push the two sliders all the way to the right? They control accuracy of atmosphere and cloud shading.


scoleman123 posted Wed, 26 January 2005 at 6:32 AM

-Rubicon, will try that -pog, i am useing the newest version -cambert yes i did

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TobinLam posted Wed, 26 January 2005 at 7:49 AM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=790068&Start=1&Artist=TobinLam&ByArtist=Yes

I was in the orthographic view once and I somehow got squared shadows. The only thing I can think of for fixing those edges is to render at a higher resolution.