I am trying terragen, and found it very efficient to build landscapes. Is
there any way to convert these files into Pov description. I would like to
add some objects (trees, houses, baloon...) in these images.
Attach an example of what it can produce.
link: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/

Bye
Chaps

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chaps wrote:
>I am trying terragen, and found it very efficient to build landscapes. Is
>there any way to convert these files into Pov description. I would like to
>add some objects (trees, houses, baloon...) in these images.
>Attach an example of what it can produce.
>link: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
>
>Bye
>Chaps
>

Forester (http://www.dartnall.f9.co.uk/) can take a Terragen file and render
it in POvRay, and does most of the things you want.

You can export the terrain as a .bmp with a plug-in (either Firmament or
For-Export-Only, don't remember which) then render it as a heightfield in
PovRay, but you can't export the texture, which IMO is what really makes
Terragen pics look so good.

Lately I've only been using Terragen to render skies (Terragen does
excellent skies!), then using those renders as sky_spheres in Pov.

I've been using World Machine
(http://students.washington.edu/sschmitt/world/) a lot more lately for
landscapes simply because it has native support for Pov .tga files.

RG

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chaps wrote:
>I am trying terragen, and found it very efficient to build landscapes. Is
>there any way to convert these files into Pov description.

Can't remember offhand whether there is anything for direct conversions. But
you can use the 'For Export Only' plugin
(http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/resources.shtml) to convert to 3ds,
obj or so and then 3dWin (www.tb-software.com) to convert to pov.
Hope this helps

-anoop

P.S. Just remembered: Leveller can open terragen files - and save in pov
format AFAIK.

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