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From: Matthew Pace
Subject: Landscapes
Date: 30 Oct 2003 19:44:21
Message: <matt-pace-35412C.16442130102003@netplex.aussie.org>
Hello,
   Landscapes are what i really want to eventually master in POV, and i 
know this is going to be a long, tedious journey.  My question is, what 
tools do you generally use for heightfields?  I have GIMP, every Adobe 
tool, and Macromedia freehand, so I am sure I can replicate and 
personalize any tricks and techniques you are willing to share.  I 
checked out Gilles Tran's oyonale website, very beautiful landscapes 
there.  Right now I am using Photoshop 7 to make black and white 
difference clouds.  Those were too steep and jagged, so I used some 
Gaussian Blurring, and it was slightly improved, but still not quite up 
to par.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
~Matt


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From: Matthew Pace
Subject: Re: Landscapes
Date: 30 Oct 2003 21:10:25
Message: <matt-pace-FC31C4.18102430102003@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <mat### [at] netplexaussieorg>,
 Matthew Pace <mat### [at] lycoscom> wrote:

> Hello,
>    Landscapes are what i really want to eventually master in POV, and i 
> know this is going to be a long, tedious journey.  My question is, what 
> tools do you generally use for heightfields?  I have GIMP, every Adobe 
> tool, and Macromedia freehand, so I am sure I can replicate and 
> personalize any tricks and techniques you are willing to share.  I 
> checked out Gilles Tran's oyonale website, very beautiful landscapes 
> there.  Right now I am using Photoshop 7 to make black and white 
> difference clouds.  Those were too steep and jagged, so I used some 
> Gaussian Blurring, and it was slightly improved, but still not quite up 
> to par.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
> ~Matt

* I am mainly referring to the image that creates the height field based 
on each pixel's brightness.  Just so you know...


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From: gonzo
Subject: Re: Landscapes
Date: 30 Oct 2003 22:27:19
Message: <3fa1d697@news.povray.org>
Matthew Pace <mat### [at] lycoscom> wrote in message
news:mat### [at] netplexaussieorg...
> Hello,
>    Landscapes are what i really want to eventually master in POV, and i
> know this is going to be a long, tedious journey.  My question is, what
> tools do you generally use for heightfields?  I have GIMP, every Adobe
> tool, and Macromedia freehand, so I am sure I can replicate and
> personalize any tricks and techniques you are willing to share.  I
> checked out Gilles Tran's oyonale website, very beautiful landscapes
> there.  Right now I am using Photoshop 7 to make black and white
> difference clouds.  Those were too steep and jagged, so I used some
> Gaussian Blurring, and it was slightly improved, but still not quite up
> to par.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
> ~Matt


There are several 3rd party tools available specifically to create
landscapes.

World Machine ( http://students.washington.edu/sschmitt/world/ ) is a good
one that creates POV .tga files.

RG


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Landscapes
Date: 30 Oct 2003 22:43:31
Message: <3FA1D9FD.E5D58263@pacbell.net>
Matthew Pace wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>    Landscapes are what i really want to eventually master in POV, and i
> know this is going to be a long, tedious journey.  My question is, what
> tools do you generally use for heightfields?  I have GIMP, every Adobe
> tool, and Macromedia freehand, so I am sure I can replicate and
> personalize any tricks and techniques you are willing to share.  I
> checked out Gilles Tran's oyonale website, very beautiful landscapes
> there.  Right now I am using Photoshop 7 to make black and white
> difference clouds.  Those were too steep and jagged, so I used some
> Gaussian Blurring, and it was slightly improved, but still not quite up
> to par.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
> ~Matt

http://www.povray.org/resources/links/3D_Programs/Height_Field_Modelling_Programs_and_Utilities/

-- 
Ken Tyler


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From: David Burnett
Subject: Re: Landscapes
Date: 4 Nov 2003 17:44:14
Message: <3fa82bbe@news.povray.org>
Matthew Pace wrote:
> Hello,
>    My question is, what 
> tools do you generally use for heightfields? 

In the general interest of blowing my own trumpet, I
use planetGenesis.

http://planetgenesis.sf.net

Dave


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