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1. Terragen 2 deep edition software#
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The resolution you will get is well worth the effort if you like VAST TERRAGEN type renders. You can get chunks of Arizona and save out the Grand Canyon- or UTAH chunks and save out Monument Valley or Bryce Canyon. Helen's file came from- a HUGE chunk of Western Washington State where I zero'ed in on. And Microdem can be used to slice these NED's up into smaller sections and saved out. MICRODEM can read HUGE 1 gigabtye NED BIL files that even WILBUR will choke on. But of course NED files can be HUGE (and I mean HUGE!) One method to make them smaller is storing them in Binary format- one being the BIL format. came out with the NED format- which are SEAMLESS terrain chunks- saving LOTS of problems in matching up terrains side-by-side- especially nice when you are doing something like the Grand Canyon. The difference is AMAZING! But the file sizes are obviously about 3 times (or more) bigger.Īnd then the guys that do this stuff for the US Govt. And then a few years back the much better 10 Meter resolution dems became available. Well, for many years the DEMs that were available were primarly all 30 Meter in resolution. so WHAT are NED BIL files and why are they so great? But their PRIMARY function is to act as FILE CONVERSION UTILS as there a a LOT of terrain formats and it DOES get very confusing for newbies. READ the help files-manuals with these programs and you will get a great education in digital mapping, terrain data manipulation, etc. WILBUR is my second favorite, because like MICRODEM, it reads NED BIL files (I will explain further down). The handy blue HTML link shows where to get ALL these programs. Reading the HELP files however is a GREAT education in the What's- What in Digital Mapping and Terrain file formats. It is a bit complicated but for basic file conversions you don't really need to know how the program works.

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The most Powerful of the free terrain tools in MICRODEM. You don't need VistaPro for these above operations- but I keep it around since I started with VP back in the late 80's with MS-DOS. In fact- the TER file is an "open" format and Vue could add this to their file import set I would hope. This should NOT be hard to do as Vue already handles 48 bit rendering, HDRI-IBL etc.Ĭonverting in Photoshop creates a smoothing of the data- but still looks very good- but TRUE 16 bits -like what Terragen does- would be better. Vue needs to impliment a better 16 bit IMPORT function into the Terrain Editor. This is because I have found that VUE will create "stair cases" on 16 bit Grayscale or Color files (I have tried TGA and PSD as imports in the Vue Terrain Editor). You should then convert the file FIRST to a an RGB Color file from Grayscale, and THEN convert it to an 8 bit RGB Color file. Often DEMS and TER files are not perfect squares. I would recommend all editing be done in the 16 bit RAW state- including cropping and/or resizing to a PERFECT 4097 x 4097 square. Here's the dialog in Photoshop 8- more important steps. I think exporting is not something Terragen restricts- but I haven't tested that myself. But I believe that limit only applies to rendering size- NOT export functionality- but I don't know for sure. I have the registered version of Terragen. The biggest RAW file you can get out of Terragen the BETTER looking your VUE Terrain scene is going to look "space-wise" (more Terragenish). Photoshop 7 and 8 reads 16 bit files- and I think several other Paint apps do also- but I don't use them to test this all out.ĪLSO- I always RESIZE all these Terragen TER files up to 4K by 4K (4097 x 4097) and then EXPORT these RAW files. I use Photoshop- so I will continue with that process in the meantime.

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O.K.- I just realized that some of you may NOT have software that reads a "RAW" file- so I can't help you there.

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Do NOT export it as 8 bits - unless your imaging-paint software cannot handle a 16 bit file- then you have no choice! If you are a MAC user- then export as a 16 Bit Motorola Byte-Order RAW file. The first thing to do to get a Terragen file out of Terragen is go to it's Landscape Panel (a little like Vue's Terrain Editor) and export your TER file as a 16 Bit Intel Byte Order RAW file. Terragen, as a FREE program, should be one of those toolkit programs.

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O.K., first I'll explain the Terragen link- and then direct you to some FREE terrain utilities you can download and add to your Vue Terrain Toolkit.