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I seen this alien landscape in a movie and was thrilled by the rock formations or trees maybe? I think this would make a good addon for Celestia and was wondering if anybody had some tips or advice on creating this. As of now all of the landscapes I make for Celestia are created with Terranim8or which randomally generates hills, mountains etc.

I would think an alien version of trees would be a better explanation. Rock formations like that shouldn't last long.

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I don't know about Terranim8tor, but such terrains should be easy to make with Bryce.

http://www.google.it/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:it:official&channel=s&hl=it&q=bryce&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=tK5jTP3_KcfKjAfBx_ykCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDYQsAQwAw&biw=1024&bih=579

The 5.5 version is FREE.

http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.ht ... &tag=ltcol

They should be made with the fractal erosion and smoothing of the terrains.

Fenerit wrote:I don't know about Terranim8tor, but such terrains should be easy to make with Bryce.

http://www.google.it/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:it:official&channel=s&hl=it&q=bryce&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=tK5jTP3_KcfKjAfBx_ykCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDYQsAQwAw&biw=1024&bih=579

The 5.5 version is FREE.

http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.ht ... &tag=ltcol

They should be made with the fractal erosion and smoothing of the terrains.

Oh thank you! I've been trying Bryce today and it's perfect.

An interesting free, multiplatform software with which can be achieved such vegetation landscapes (or whatelse similar) is here: http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/#download. This software is perfect for alien vegetation crashlanding sites or "Pandorum" world-alike (with different leaf textures, easy to built in 2d softwares).

Reiko wrote:Oh thank you! I've been trying Bryce today and it's perfect.

Hi Reiko... glad you're enjoying Bryce... I've used it for years!

bh wrote:

Reiko wrote:Oh thank you! I've been trying Bryce today and it's perfect.

Hi Reiko... glad you're enjoying Bryce... I've used it for years!

Have you tried 7 yet . . . ?

No Gojira... still on ver 6... I've been trying out Vue.

bh wrote:No Gojira... still on ver 6... I've been trying out Vue.

God bless you - I could never get the hang of Vue . . .

I haven't got the hang of the render settings yet, my renders are coming out a bit noisy, I think I prefer the speed and cleanness of the Bryce renders. Although i think Vue tends to be a bit more realistic, clouds, rays, water etc. Render times are a drag however!



A vue test render.

bh wrote:I haven't got the hang of the render settings yet, my renders are coming out a bit noisy, I think I prefer the speed and cleanness of the Bryce renders. Although i think Vue tends to be a bit more realistic, clouds, rays, water etc. Render times are a drag however!



A vue test render.

Wow - that's really pretty . . . ! I agree with you about the renders - I get Cornucopia's newsletter, & the renders that are featured are fabulous . . . ! What gives me fits with Vue is the blasted workspace - it's much too cluttered . . . If I want clutter, I'll go use Poser . . . !

Fenerit wrote:An interesting free, multiplatform software with which can be achieved such vegetation landscapes (or whatelse similar) is here: http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/#download. This software is perfect for alien vegetation crashlanding sites or "Pandorum" world-alike (with different leaf textures, easy to built in 2d softwares).

I'll have to give this a look.

bh wrote:

Reiko wrote:Oh thank you! I've been trying Bryce today and it's perfect.

Hi Reiko... glad you're enjoying Bryce... I've used it for years!

I love it though I have yet to figure out how to fit the terrain into the planet seamlessly like Runar Thorvaldsen does.

Yes... I'm also using the free version which has limitations built in.

Here's a recent Bryce render (I know... it looks familiar). It's much cleaner...



I'll prob stick with Bryce. Oops... sorry Reiko... I haven't tried it for planetary mapping, I'm Earth bound these days, still trying to sort out the shuttle.

bh wrote:Here's a recent Bryce render (I know... it looks familiar). It's much cleaner...

I like the streak effects in the sky, there, bh . . . ! I use Bryce primarily for creating backgrounds - this is a mixture of Bryce, Poser & lots of Photoshop (thank goodness for Photoshop) -



If I had tried to do this solely in Bryce, it would probably still be rendering, a year later . . .

heh... that's great.

bh wrote:heh... that's great.

Thanks - I miss David Tennant . . .