Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?
Apologies for the email mishaps - here is a proper one. Along slightly different lines but related, what do you guys prefer to create realistic looking landscape geometry? I am looking at World Machine and Terragen atm, dismissing Vue for now as the connectivity tools really suck. Any suggestions on strengths and weaknesses or good alternatives? //Morten -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?
i really like world machine, and it's definitely worth springing for the geoglyph plugins... you can make really amazing terrain, it behaves like ice, and what you get out is as many hi res maps as you can deal with, so no compatibility issues... a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy Sent: 18 May 2016 10:51 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q? Apologies for the email mishaps - here is a proper one. Along slightly different lines but related, what do you guys prefer to create realistic looking landscape geometry? I am looking at World Machine and Terragen atm, dismissing Vue for now as the connectivity tools really suck. Any suggestions on strengths and weaknesses or good alternatives? //Morten -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?
I am afraid it is very ad-hoc altogether, a combination of World Machine, Vue, Zbrush and some clever tricks is simply critical if you want to do sophisticated terrains and there is close to no literature on the subject. I did a job recently with 6km by 6km Swiss range of mountains (pretty amazing) and resolution to 1m that we did some extra resampling to go down every further and the datasets are so huge it is scary. Looked great, happy with the results, the process without the help of an expert would have been a total nightmare so it is on my to-do list of course but believe me when I say you are going to spend a ton of time finding out things, from formats to workflows… jb > On 18 May 2016, at 10:58, adrian wyer wrote: > > i really like world machine, and it's definitely worth springing for the > geoglyph plugins... you can make really amazing terrain, it behaves like > ice, and what you get out is as many hi res maps as you can deal with, so no > compatibility issues... > > a > > -Original Message- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten > Bartholdy > Sent: 18 May 2016 10:51 > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators > Q? > > Apologies for the email mishaps - here is a proper one. > > Along slightly different lines but related, what do you guys prefer to > create realistic looking landscape geometry? I am looking at World Machine > and Terragen atm, dismissing Vue for now as the connectivity tools really > suck. > > Any suggestions on strengths and weaknesses or good alternatives? > > //Morten > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?
Have you checked out Quadspinner? This guy and his team are brilliant. Lots of tools and tutorials for WM and VUE. He's the creator of GeoGlyph... http://www.quadspinner.com/ -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: May-18-16 5:58 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q? i really like world machine, and it's definitely worth springing for the geoglyph plugins... you can make really amazing terrain, it behaves like ice, and what you get out is as many hi res maps as you can deal with, so no compatibility issues... a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy Sent: 18 May 2016 10:51 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q? Apologies for the email mishaps - here is a proper one. Along slightly different lines but related, what do you guys prefer to create realistic looking landscape geometry? I am looking at World Machine and Terragen atm, dismissing Vue for now as the connectivity tools really suck. Any suggestions on strengths and weaknesses or good alternatives? //Morten -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?
Thanks again for all the good advice. World Machine and GeoGlyph it is then - GeoGlyph looks awesome. And I hear you Jordi regarding huge datasets and all that - I have been creating terrain stuff manually adding some Mudbox here and there up until now, but we would like to take things up a step or two and by the looks of it, WM and GeoGlyph will save me a ton of time even when I just need a quick terrain done :) //Morten > Den 18. maj 2016 klokken 14:23 skrev Marc-Andre Carbonneau > : > > > Have you checked out Quadspinner? This guy and his team are brilliant. Lots > of tools and tutorials for WM and VUE. He's the creator of GeoGlyph... > http://www.quadspinner.com/ > > > -Original Message- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer > Sent: May-18-16 5:58 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators > Q? > > i really like world machine, and it's definitely worth springing for the > geoglyph plugins... you can make really amazing terrain, it behaves like ice, > and what you get out is as many hi res maps as you can deal with, so no > compatibility issues... > > a > > -Original Message- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy > Sent: 18 May 2016 10:51 > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators > Q? > > Apologies for the email mishaps - here is a proper one. > > Along slightly different lines but related, what do you guys prefer to create > realistic looking landscape geometry? I am looking at World Machine and > Terragen atm, dismissing Vue for now as the connectivity tools really suck. > > Any suggestions on strengths and weaknesses or good alternatives? > > //Morten > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?
Hi Morten I recently got back into Terragen. The render quality is very nice, node based, and seems to handle a lot of formats quite well. The Pro Version with Animation module comes with 5 Rendernodes. Pricing for Pre-Order V3 with maintanence (which includes free update to V4 when it comes out) is $700 / 680 Euro. At www.terragen4.com you can see some examples of what is to come. Can`t give you real production value advice but planetside.co.uk is going to release version 4 by the end of June as they say. If you go to their forum you could get in touch with the developers easily. They are around quite frequently over their. Together with World Machine it makes a very good combo. If you already made up your mind, nevermind ;) cheers, Klaus >Ursprüngliche Nachricht >Von : x...@colorshopvfx.dk >Datum : 18/05/2016 - 16:07 (GMT) >An : softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >Betreff : RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain >Generators Q? > >Thanks again for all the good advice. World Machine and GeoGlyph it is then - >GeoGlyph looks awesome. > >And I hear you Jordi regarding huge datasets and all that - I have been >creating terrain stuff manually adding some Mudbox here and there up until >now, but we would like to take things up a step or two and by the looks of it, >WM and GeoGlyph will save me a ton of time even when I just need a quick >terrain done :) > >//Morten > > > >> Den 18. maj 2016 klokken 14:23 skrev Marc-Andre Carbonneau >> : >> >> >> Have you checked out Quadspinner? This guy and his team are brilliant. Lots >> of tools and tutorials for WM and VUE. He's the creator of GeoGlyph... >> http://www.quadspinner.com/ >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer >> Sent: May-18-16 5:58 AM >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> Subject: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators >> Q? >> >> i really like world machine, and it's definitely worth springing for the >> geoglyph plugins... you can make really amazing terrain, it behaves like >> ice, and what you get out is as many hi res maps as you can deal with, so no >> compatibility issues... >> >> a >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten >> Bartholdy >> Sent: 18 May 2016 10:51 >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> Subject: Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators >> Q? >> >> Apologies for the email mishaps - here is a proper one. >> >> Along slightly different lines but related, what do you guys prefer to >> create realistic looking landscape geometry? I am looking at World Machine >> and Terragen atm, dismissing Vue for now as the connectivity tools really >> suck. >> >> Any suggestions on strengths and weaknesses or good alternatives? >> >> //Morten >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with >> "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with >> "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with >> "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >-- >Softimage Mailing List. >To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with >"unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?
Thanks for the advice Klaus. Your mail made me go check it out again (did so long ago in a much earlier version) but I still find it kind of rough around the edges, with a bit clunky navigation and poor preview capabilities. I am sure there is more to discover and smarter ways to work with it once you get dug in, but I would say v4 looks very promising. I will definately keep an eye on that. Previously I have used Vue for rendering skies and cloudscapes, but it is like working with a strayjacket on while looking through a narrow tube, and while rendering looks nice, it is sometimes hard to get just the kind of detail and shapes you want, and the connectivity plugins for handling animation are awful. At least Terragen boasts fbx import and the Terragen v4 cloud stuff looks really lovely. I sat down and found my way around World Machine in a day or so (just getting started) so I find that very intuitive despite the kind of throwback PC style menus, and the output looks very good - mind you it does not boast a renderer, so stuff needs to be exported and rendered elsewhere, so not a direct competitor to Terragen in that respect. I have yet to check out how to create terrain in Terragen. Cheers Morten > Den 18. maj 2016 klokken 19:08 skrev "kla...@bluewin.ch" : > > > Hi Morten > > I recently got back into Terragen. > The render quality is very nice, node based, and seems to handle a lot of > formats quite well. > The Pro Version with Animation module comes with 5 Rendernodes. > Pricing for Pre-Order V3 with maintanence (which includes free update to V4 > when it comes out) is $700 / 680 Euro. > At www.terragen4.com you can see some examples of what is to come. > Can`t give you real production value advice but planetside.co.uk is going to > release version 4 by the end of June as they say. > If you go to their forum you could get in touch with the developers easily. > They are around quite frequently over their. > Together with World Machine it makes a very good combo. > > If you already made up your mind, nevermind ;) > cheers, Klaus > > > >Ursprüngliche Nachricht > >Von : x...@colorshopvfx.dk > >Datum : 18/05/2016 - 16:07 (GMT) > >An : softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > >Betreff : RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain > >Generators Q? > > > >Thanks again for all the good advice. World Machine and GeoGlyph it is then > >- GeoGlyph looks awesome. > > > >And I hear you Jordi regarding huge datasets and all that - I have been > >creating terrain stuff manually adding some Mudbox here and there up until > >now, but we would like to take things up a step or two and by the looks of > >it, WM and GeoGlyph will save me a ton of time even when I just need a quick > >terrain done :) > > > >//Morten > > > > > > > >> Den 18. maj 2016 klokken 14:23 skrev Marc-Andre Carbonneau > >> : > >> > >> > >> Have you checked out Quadspinner? This guy and his team are brilliant. > >> Lots of tools and tutorials for WM and VUE. He's the creator of GeoGlyph... > >> http://www.quadspinner.com/ > >> > >> > >> -Original Message----- > >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer > >> Sent: May-18-16 5:58 AM > >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > >> Subject: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain > >> Generators Q? > >> > >> i really like world machine, and it's definitely worth springing for the > >> geoglyph plugins... you can make really amazing terrain, it behaves like > >> ice, and what you get out is as many hi res maps as you can deal with, so > >> no compatibility issues... > >> > >> a > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten > >> Bartholdy > >> Sent: 18 May 2016 10:51 > >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > >> Subject: Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain > >> Generators Q? > >> > >> Apologies for the email mishaps - here is a proper one. > >> > >> Along slightly different lines but related, what do you guys prefer to > >> create realistic looking landscape geometry? I am looking at World Machine > >> and Terragen atm, dismissing Vue for now as the connectivity tools really > >> suck. > >> > >> Any suggestions on strengths a
