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From: Tim McMurdo
Subject: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 1 Sep 2002 13:28:26
Message: <3d724e3a$1@news.povray.org>
How do i convert Terragen files into a format useable as a POV height field?
I guess this means .ter file to .tga?

Thanks,

Tim


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 1 Sep 2002 15:23:36
Message: <3D726A06.223FB291@pacbell.net>
Tim McMurdo wrote:
> 
> How do i convert Terragen files into a format useable as a POV height field?
> I guess this means .ter file to .tga?

Unfortunately I don't know of a direct conversion route. The program
Leveller - http://www.daylongraphics.com/ - can import .ter files and
export to POV-Ray but it is a roundabout method of getting there.

-- 
Ken Tyler


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From: Gilles Tran
Subject: Re: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 1 Sep 2002 17:47:35
Message: <3d728af7@news.povray.org>

3d724e3a$1@news.povray.org...
> How do i convert Terragen files into a format useable as a POV height
field?
> I guess this means .ter file to .tga?

You can try HCREdit by fellow Pover Christof Hormann.
http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/
Export the terrain file as RAW 16 bits, Intel byte-order, write down the
size (default is 257 x 257)
Import it in HCREdit as RAW, same size, skip header size 1 (otherwise it's
just snow), 16 bit grayscale
Save as PNG 16 bits for use in POV-Ray
You'll have to reverse it scale <1,1,-1> translate z
To get an exact result you'll have to note the exact size and height of the
terrain in TG and scale it accordingly in POV-Ray.

(disclaimer : this is fresh knowledge as I discovered all this a couple of
hours ago !)

G.


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From: Norbert Kern
Subject: Re: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 1 Sep 2002 23:25:04
Message: <web.3d72d95a10ff7c72a183f11c0@news.povray.org>
Tim McMurdo wrote:
>How do i convert Terragen files into a format useable as a POV height field?
>I guess this means .ter file to .tga?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tim
>

You can try "wilbur", though I had some problems with it.
A perfect job does "forester" by Stephen Dartnall. It is not free, but it is
the only program capable of reproducing the exact camera settings as in
terragen.

Norbert


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From: Peter Popov
Subject: Re: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 2 Sep 2002 07:59:46
Message: <kik6nu8eo3btolkotcmk2pk6p3hkb9d42f@4ax.com>
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:28:17 -0400, "Tim McMurdo"
<tmc### [at] prodigynet> wrote:

>How do i convert Terragen files into a format useable as a POV height field?
>I guess this means .ter file to .tga?

What do you use to generate the Terragen file? Terragen? WorldMachine?


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg


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From: Tim Mcmurdo
Subject: Re: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 3 Sep 2002 07:55:03
Message: <web.3d74a2a410ff7c72eeb14df0@news.povray.org>
Peter Popov wrote:
>>What do you use to generate the Terragen file? Terragen? WorldMachine?


I am using Terragen to generate the files.

Thanks,

Tim


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From: =RAY=
Subject: Re: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 5 Sep 2002 20:30:12
Message: <web.3d77f66b10ff7c725b832b940@news.povray.org>
Tim McMurdo wrote:
>How do i convert Terragen files into a format useable as a POV height field?
>I guess this means .ter file to .tga?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tim
>
I think that there are some Terragen plugins that export to POV-Ray's
special TGA format.

=RAY=


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From: James Skemp
Subject: Re: Terragen Files to TGA?
Date: 7 Sep 2002 13:55:18
Message: <web.3d7a3d4010ff7c72a4b0cf6c0@news.povray.org>
=RAY= wrote:
>I think that there are some Terragen plugins that export to POV-Ray's
>special TGA format.
>
>=RAY=
>

Firmament v1.6 - http://www.mclusky.co.uk/firmament/ - will allow the user
to 'import' .tga files, but not export...

There are various RAW formats allowed for exporting to, as well as a windows
bmp format (with For Export Only,
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jomeder/feo/index.html)...  Take a stab with
those perhaps...

~james


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