We made all the masks in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet. The fractal shaders are great for adding variation and imperfections to the environment. This was made using Terragen’s fractal noise shaders. Render showing a basic displacement from a height map.ĭetail was added through localised displacement effects which were controlled via fractal noise shaders and constrained by additional masks.Īdding base terrain colours and maps. We had access to a hi-res satellite photo and most of the masks have been created from it. Photo by Christopher Frederic Jones Step 1Ĭreate a height map in Photoshop and use this to displace the base terrain in Terragen. To begin, we started with a great aerial photo of the original museum, this served as a great reference for us: Head over to the Terragen gallery for some stunning renders: Below you can see a selection of great imagery done by Terragen artists.
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It allows you to import objects such a tress, plants and grass from other software and populate your environment. You can build landscapes with rivers, mountains, oceans and beautiful skies. Terragen is a powerful tool for creating and rendering realistic natural environments. The funny thing was when we showed the client some early aerial renders he actually thought we had done them from a helicopter.
Terragen is a great piece of software by PlanetSide Software that offered a big advantage over the aerial photography option (we didnt really have), being once the terrain was modelled accurately we could move the camera wherever we wanted. We wanted the aerial images to reflect the great scenery so we decided to create it using Terragen 3. The client wanted an aerial view of the museum but we didnt have the time or the budget for sending a helicopter up to take photos. Theres a fantastic museum in the area designed by Cox Rayner Architects, and the new museum, also designed by Cox Rayner, will cater for larger numbers of visitors and house larger exhibits.Ī big thanks has to go to my colleague, Leon McBride, for creating the environment terrain. The area has some of Australias best dinosaur fossils. The landscape is dry, vibrant red earth, undulating rocky plains and deep blue skies.
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