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Terragen is a scenery generator program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X developed and published by Planetside Software. It can be used to create renderings and animations of landscapes.
Terragen Classic for Windows Terragen Classic for Mac
Released in stages (tech preview and beta) to a participating community, Terragen 2 was released to pre-purchasers on 2 April 2009.[1][2] Terragen 2 is offered in feature limited freeware and full-featured commercial licenses.
Planetside Software released the first public version of Terragen 2 after more than three years of development of both the core technologies and the program itself.[3][4] Since then there have been several released updates to both licenses of the software along the development cycle with a series of technology previews and a beta release. The "final" build was released on April 23, 2009, and more updates, including feature modules, are expected to be released later.[5]
Planetside released Terragen 3 in August 2013.[6] Version 3.1 was released in February 2014. Version 4 was released in 2016.
A highly reflective lake, showing off the possibility for photorealistic renders in Terragen Classic
Julia island from Terragen Classic. It can be combined with other tools (here land-mapping as a Julia set).
Terragen Classic
Terragen Classic is popular among amateur artists, which can be attributed to it being freeware, its intuitive interface, and its capability to create photorealistic landscapes when used skillfully. It can also use DEM (digital elevation model) files, and other graphic surface maps for rendering.
A commercial version of the software is also available and is capable of creating larger terrains, renders with higher image resolution, larger terrain files, and better post-render anti-aliasing than the freeware version.
The terrain is generated from a two-dimensional heightmap. The program contains facilities for importing and exporting heightmaps to images, for use in other programs.
An image from what is now known as Terragen Classic appeared on the April 16, 2001, cover of Newsweek, and Terragen was used for animations in Brandy Norwood's "What About Us?" music video. The classic version was also used by numerous artists, such as Joan Fontcuberta ("Orogenesis" series),[10] and the French photographer Mathieu Bernard-Reymond ("Vous êtes ici" series and "Pôle" series). Terragen Classic was used to create skyboxes for 3D video games such as Serious Sam.
^"About us: Matt Fairclough, Proprietor and Lead Developer". Planetside Software. From 2000 to 2003 Matt was also a Technical Director at Digital Domain in Venice, California. He is credited in The Time Machine, Star Trek: Nemesis, and The Day After Tomorrow. Matt initiated the development of Digital Domain's proprietary terrain renderer which was used in the films Stealth, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters From Iwo Jima and other films and TV commercials. Much of its core technology went on to become Planetside Software's Terragen 2.
^"Planetside Home: Change the landscape with Terragen". Planetside Software. Terragen has been used to create visual effects for many films including The Golden Compass and The Wicker Man, dozens of games and countless TV commercials
^Joan Fontcuberta. 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine New York: International Center of Photography. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
^"Paramount's 100th Anniversary Logo Created With Terragen". Planetside Software. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
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For the Marvel Comics substance see Terrigen Planetside Software redirects here For the video game series see PlanetSide Terragen is a scenery generator program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X developed and published by Planetside Software It can be used to create renderings and animations of landscapes TerragenTerragen 2 0 1 1Original author s Matt FaircloughDeveloper s Planetside SoftwareStable release4 5 56 January 1 2021 2 years ago 2021 01 01 Written inC Operating systemWindows Mac OS XType3D computer graphicsLicenseCommercial freewareWebsiteplanetside wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 History 2 Terragen Classic 3 Use in media 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditTerragen ClassicOriginal author s Matt FaircloughDeveloper s Planetside SoftwareStable release0 9 43 September 7 2005 2005 09 07 Preview release1 9 99 1 July 31 2008 2008 07 31 Operating systemMicrosoft Windows Mac OS XType3D computer graphicsLicenseCommercial FreewareWebsiteTerragen Classic for WindowsTerragen Classic for MacReleased in stages tech preview and beta to a participating community Terragen 2 was released to pre purchasers on 2 April 2009 1 2 Terragen 2 is offered in feature limited freeware and full featured commercial licenses Planetside Software released the first public version of Terragen 2 after more than three years of development of both the core technologies and the program itself 3 4 Since then there have been several released updates to both licenses of the software along the development cycle with a series of technology previews and a beta release The final build was released on April 23 2009 and more updates including feature modules are expected to be released later 5 Planetside released Terragen 3 in August 2013 6 Version 3 1 was released in February 2014 Version 4 was released in 2016 A highly reflective lake showing off the possibility for photorealistic renders in Terragen Classic Julia island from Terragen Classic It can be combined with other tools here land mapping as a Julia set Terragen Classic EditTerragen Classic is popular among amateur artists which can be attributed to it being freeware its intuitive interface and its capability to create photorealistic landscapes when used skillfully It can also use DEM digital elevation model files and other graphic surface maps for rendering A commercial version of the software is also available and is capable of creating larger terrains renders with higher image resolution larger terrain files and better post render anti aliasing than the freeware version The terrain is generated from a two dimensional heightmap The program contains facilities for importing and exporting heightmaps to images for use in other programs Use in media EditRendering software contributed by PlanetSide proprietor Matt Fairclough was used by Digital Domain for effects in Star Trek Nemesis Terragen Classic was used in The Golden Compass the 2006 remake of The Wicker Man games and many TV commercials 7 8 9 An image from what is now known as Terragen Classic appeared on the April 16 2001 cover of Newsweek and Terragen was used for animations in Brandy Norwood s What About Us music video The classic version was also used by numerous artists such as Joan Fontcuberta Orogenesis series 10 and the French photographer Mathieu Bernard Reymond Vous etes ici series and Pole series Terragen Classic was used to create skyboxes for 3D video games such as Serious Sam The software was used by Devastudios to create the mountainous scenery in the intro used by Paramount Pictures for its centennial anniversary in 2012 with Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol in 2011 which would be carried on for Paramount Players Paramount Television Studios and Paramount 11 Devastudios also used the software for the sky and clouds in the revamped version of the 2019 Warner Bros Pictures logo in 2021 with Locked Down which would later be carried on for Warner Bros Television New Line Cinema and Warner Animation Group See also EditE on Vue VistaPro PicogenReferences Edit Planetside Forums Pre purchasers get release early permanent dead link M Larsson M Wrenninge Roble August 2004 Inter frame caching for high quality terrain rendering ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 Sketches Siggraph 04 9 doi 10 1145 1186223 1186235 ISBN 1 58113 896 2 S2CID 230003 Fairclough Matt M Wrenninge M Larsson August 2004 Robust rendering of high resolution terrain ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 Sketches Siggraph 04 10 doi 10 1145 1186223 1186236 ISBN 1 58113 896 2 S2CID 23197912 Beta Release announcement Terragen 3 Planetside Software Retrieved 24 September 2014 Terragen 2 Planetside co uk About us Matt Fairclough Proprietor and Lead Developer Planetside Software From 2000 to 2003 Matt was also a Technical Director at Digital Domain in Venice California He is credited in The Time Machine Star Trek Nemesis and The Day After Tomorrow Matt initiated the development of Digital Domain s proprietary terrain renderer which was used in the films Stealth Flags of Our Fathers Letters From Iwo Jima and other films and TV commercials Much of its core technology went on to become Planetside Software s Terragen 2 Planetside Home Change the landscape with Terragen Planetside Software Terragen has been used to create visual effects for many films including The Golden Compass and The Wicker Man dozens of games and countless TV commercials Joan Fontcuberta Archived 2008 04 03 at the Wayback Machine New York International Center of Photography Retrieved 10 July 2008 Paramount s 100th Anniversary Logo Created With Terragen Planetside Software Retrieved 2020 11 20 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Terragen Planetside s Terragen website Luc Bianco s Terragen gallery Terragen at Curlie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Terragen amp oldid 1135604695, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
