Blender has not been able to reproduce landscapes for years. This has changed during the last decade. Inspired by the greatworks of jhmart (Terragen), gillbrooks (Vue) and omniFx in here I took a journey through the possibilities and would like to tell bout in a loose series. (While waiting for a better world to arrive and the next work of kratzdistel. Oops, there is! Only the work, not the world. :)) Maybe its inspiring for some. You might achieve better results, cause i am no artist. --------------------------------------- May contain details --------------------------------------------------------------------- First one is a lill "ready-made": The TXA-Ant-Addon by nerk987 (https://github.com/nerk987/txa_ant) Installation as usual. It contains a three-step-method, you should follow along slavishly. Pros: - Steep learning-curve - You get landscapes in basic Terragen quality in quite a few minutes - This version contains a set of predefined Materials. Results may vary. - You can also use own shaders (Materials-> Nodes) - A wealth of funtions forming the terrain Cons: - Its very consuming because of high subdivsurfacing - A wealth of funtions forming the terrain; You might get "lost-in-fiddeling". - Only small documentation, You have to find out! - Renders look always stylized, sweetish, ghibli. Maybe my fault? :( Hints: - Leave the SD on 7 untill final rendering, then turn to 9 up to 11. The more SD, the more realitstic! Up there its 9. Deactivate the overlays; dunno why, but it make the handling more easy. - The Addon comes with a predefined sets of landscapes. The programmer offers a whole bunch more on his github-site, these are the real deals. I fell in love with "canyons". In need go to the website, copy the .PY-File an drop it into the folder of the addon. Cool! - The Addon seems to crash my device together with "Dynamic sky". Up there its "HDRI-Lighting". - I did not try the Addon on EEVEE! If You play around with and find out, how to make things better, I would like to hear (and see) how this can be done!