While I was blogging about making your own ILM yesterday one of my students tipped me off to Terragen (thanks Aaron). The more I saw of it the more it reminded me of Bryce. Terragen, like Bryce, is a special-purpose 3d app for creating amazingly realistic landscapes. It's terribly easy to use, even for 3d newbies. If you've ever banged your head on Maya, give it a try. Very refreshing. Not only that, it is free for now. No guarantees about the future, but I haven't seen any real problems with it so far. Terragen is chock full of features, some of which I don't see in Bryce (like a scripting engine). And you can't argue with the results... Oh, and it's available for OS X and Windows.Terragen: free Bryce knock-off lets you make your own world
While I was blogging about making your own ILM yesterday one of my students tipped me off to Terragen (thanks Aaron). The more I saw of it the more it reminded me of Bryce. Terragen, like Bryce, is a special-purpose 3d app for creating amazingly realistic landscapes. It's terribly easy to use, even for 3d newbies. If you've ever banged your head on Maya, give it a try. Very refreshing. Not only that, it is free for now. No guarantees about the future, but I haven't seen any real problems with it so far. Terragen is chock full of features, some of which I don't see in Bryce (like a scripting engine). And you can't argue with the results... Oh, and it's available for OS X and Windows.
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8-18-2005 @ 6:58AM
d|g|ta| said...
Knock-off??? Slightly harsh dont ya think?
Also you might want to add in World Machine. A great app for creating more complicated land formations which can be imported into terragen.
http://www.world-machine.com/
Overall Terragen is a fantastic free app!
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8-18-2005 @ 11:07AM
Dylan said...
Yeah, it's free, and I think it's gonna stay that way. Terragen has literally been out for years, and hasn't changed much through the ages.
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