Tips On Terrains

Most 3D programs provide some method of bringing in a terrain - a bit map showing elevations by increasing RGB level (usually 256 levels of grey are used.

Programs like Bryce and Carrara are especially well suited to working with terrains. This set of pages is intended to help you work with terrains to achieve sophisticated effects.

	Painting your own terrains from real maps
	Painting on your terrains - creating texture maps that match the terrain
	Putting a body of water in a terrain - the easy way...