From time to time we will be posting Terragen™ tips and tutorials authored by digital artists worldwide. Click on the text and/or pictures below to link to the information provided. In some cases you will need Adobe Reader (a free download); and/or, Microsoft Word to view the information.

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The following links provide much helpful information for the beginner as well accomplished digital Terragen™ artist. Click on the text title and/or pictures below to display the information:

• 'Texturing in Terragen' by Paul Clavette. Note: Be patient while you download this file since it contains many pictures and text. This tutorial provides an illustrative .pdf document with focus on 'bumpiness' adjustments while developing surfaces for terrains. Paul's work here represents a culmination of more than eighteen months of experiences using Terragen™ to create digital landscape art.

 

• 'Pebble and Stone Overlays' by Mark Edwards. This Microsoft Word document contains some excellent guidance in getting started with applying overlays to your work.

 

• Tip - A link where you can find excellent overlay texture files is: http://www.mayang.com/textures/ .

 

• 'Markal's Planetary Tutorial' by Mark Edwards. This Microsoft Word document contains a short tutorial on how to add moons and planets to your images using Paint™ Shop Pro®.

 

• This tip comes to us from Kath Salier; aka 'twistednoodle' whose work can be found in the Renderosity Terragen™ gallery. This tip relates to reducing the resources it takes to run Terragen while rendering a picture thereby allowing one to check e-mail and other small tasks. In her own words: "To change the Terragen priority: (assuming you have Windows XP)
  
  Start rendering your piccy.
  
  Press Ctrl Alt Delete and the task manager will open; select the processes
  tab and click on Terragen to highlight; and (you may notice its running at about
  99%) right click and change the priority to below normal or low. A warning
  box appears saying you "may make something unstable" click OK.
  
  It should render in the background for you - I have to say it only takes
  marginally longer when you do this. You have to change the priority each
  time you render as it resets itself."

 

• Photo Integration by Azrabella. This tutorial and demonstration will show you how - by using Adobe® Photoshop® - to create a photo integration for your Terragen™ render giving it a more realistic appearance. Visit the Azrabella gallery at the Renderosity art community to see many of his works containing integrated photos. Also, visit the Azrabella website to view his personal gallery.