terragen

the official guide

Translations

You are reading the off-line version of the Terragen guide. The correct address for the most up-to-date version is http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~jgcm100/tgguide/.

Terragen is ©1997-99 Matt Fairclough. I didn't write Terragen. This user guide ©1998-99 John McLusky, Matt Fairclough. This guide is written for all browsers and is viewable at any resolution, although it will look best at 800x600 and upwards.

For your inspiration, there is a list of Terragen Galleries on Matt's Page. I personally recommend Luc Bianco's gallery, and as a blatant plug I also refer you to my gallery, which I at least think has some nice pictures on it.

If you have any suggestions for additions or corrections to any section, in particular if you have any ideas for expanding the FAQ, please let me know by emailing me, and I will give you due credit. I can also help if you have any problems not covered in this guide. Also, if you are interested in translating this guide into other languages, please contact me.

Last updated May 25, 1999. Recent changes include Atmospheric examples, an animation section and a guide to post-processing images. I am going to update this FAQ more frequently in future, so please come back often, especially soon after new versions are released as I hope to have documentation for new or changed features within a few days

Contents.

Using the various dialog boxes

*Render Controls

*Terrain Dialog

*Water Dialog

*Cloud Dialog

*Atmosphere Dialog (Atmosphere Examples)

*Lighting Dialog

*Image

Menu Items

Working with Files

Terragen FAQ

Tutorial - Getting started with Terragen

Tutorial - Rendering Moonscapes

Creating Animations in Terragen

Converting Image Sequences into Bink! Format

Post-Processing Terragen Images

Carol Brooksbank's Tutorial

The Legal Bit

Terragen is copyright ©1997-99 Matt Fairclough. This guide is copyright ©1998-99 John McLusky with some major input from Matt Fairclough. This guide is freely distributable and you are encouraged to distribute it to any interested persons (preferably in full) as long as any copyright notices are retained, and that it remains unmodified.



render controls

landscape

water

clouds

atmosphere

lighting

image
menu items - working with files - faq - getting started - moonscapes - animations - post-processing - index
©May, 1999 John McLusky