This tutorial covers all the necessary steps to apply and understand SOPack Strata - a plugin for Terragen by Sean O'Malley.

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This tutorial covers the essentials of using bitmap pictures as terrain textures in Terragen. It will also show you how to make a visually stunning image.

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With this dialog you can completely customize the lighting features in Terragen. This is a tabbed dialog box with settings for Direct Sunlight, Background Light, Sun's Appearance and Lighting of Atmosphere.


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The Terrain Dialog is the usually the first part of Terragen you will encounter. Here you can generate the terrain (or open existing ones), modify it in various ways or perform arithmetic with other terrains. You can also modify the surface map.

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Render Preview: Renders a low-resolution image based on all the current settings. This is invaluable when calculating when an image "looks right".

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The Clouds window is the easiest window in Terragen to work with: You simply plug in different numbers and are always left with a nice result. (Of course, some results are nicer than others...)

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The Atmosphere window has only 6 controls, which are very well explained in the window itself, so we suggest that you read those descriptions now.

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Learn how to lighten up your scenes and landscapes in Terragen, with the help of this tutorial.

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Water in Terragen is very simple - you specify an elevation for sea level, and it makes everything below that elevation water. This method works well, and although it doesn't allow for things such as waterfalls or stepped lakes, it can simulate many natural rivers and lakes.

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Create beautiful mountain landscapes in Terragen, with the help of this tutorial.

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