Other tabs handle the overall Terrain attributes, Shaders (effects applied to terrains to create dirt, grass, snow, etc.), bodies of Water, the Atmosphere (clouds, haze, etc.), Lighting (placement of the sun and other lights), Cameras (for taking “photos” of your scene, either still or animated), Renderers (settings for the size and quality of the finished image) and the Node Network (an advanced form of connecting and managing the attributes of your project, and no, I haven’t used it yet…).Įach tab has its own very detailed sub-settings that give you incredible control over your scene and the items in it. Tabs include a Library collection of scenes and objects, where you can import pre-made scenes and various 3D models and combine them to make your illustrations (that’s how I did the renders shown here).
But I found that if you break Terragen 4 down piece by piece and watch some online tutorials, you’ll get going pretty quickly. The Classic version (0.9, circa-2005) was a little more approachable and I did some decent work with it. Looking at the screenshot above, it’s easy to become immediately intimidated with Terragen, with its many tabs and sliders, and even nodes! For a long time I wasn’t sure exactly how it worked and what to do with it, since I’m a right-brained creative type and enjoy simple and intuitive interfaces.
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