Terragen for VFX: Video Compilation Parts 1 - 28

This is a compilation of the twenty eight videos making up the Terragen for VFX tutorial series, in which we take a step by step approach of how to use Terragen in a visual effects studio production pipeline. We’ll explore topics ranging from importing third-party 3D assets and animation, to creating richly detailed environments with textured terrain, dynamic skies, and forest populations.

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00:00 Part 01 Intro
01:28 Part 02 3D Setup
04:35 Part 03 Import Camera Motion
06:44 Part 04 Importing Null Objects
09:03 Part 05 Importing 3D Objects & Apply Motion
13:53 Part 06 Loading Heightfields
17:10 Part 07 Heightfield Load Operator
22:13 Part 08 Localized High-Res Heightfields
27:33 Part 09 Fractal Detail
32:22 Part 09a Introduction Skies, Forests, & Clouds
33:23 Part 10 Clouds Hide Aircraft
45:34 Part 11 Thunder Clouds
54:25 Part 12 Distant Clouds
01:00:09 Part 13 Volcano Clouds
01:05:02 Part 14 Wispy Clouds
01:22:50 Part 15 Atmosphere & Lighting
01:26:38 Part 16 Forest Populations Overview
01:37:00 Part 17 Forest Populations Masking
01:43:30 Part 18 Evergreen Forest Populations
01:54:39 Part 19 Deciduous Forest Populations
02:08:11 Part 20 Texturing Mountains & Cliffs
02:18:49 Part 21 Texturing Grass & Meadows
02:28:24 Part 22 Texturing Snowy Mountains
02:36:35 Part 23 Render Settings Global Illumination
02:50:42 Part 24 Render Settings Quality & Details
03:07:38 Part 25 Render Layers
03:26:18 Part 26 RGB Matte Elements
03:43:13 Part 27 Spherical Environment Render
03:53:43 Part 28 Foreground Clouds Card

Content files for the video tutorial series can be found here:

Parts 1 - 9: Setup and previs through rough environment layout
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9eyy8plc2gl...

Parts 10 - 15: Clouds
https://www.dropbox.com/s/isr7dxfaw9u...

Parts 16 - 19 Populations (without population cache files)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7o90tx85ps...

Parts 16 - 19: Populations (with ~1GB of population cache files)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/96lzsu4pryp...

Parts 20 - 22: Textures
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eu6wilxwxne...

Part 26: RGB Mattes
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i64y28t4oeh...

Additional tutorials and resources:

Planetside Software:
https://planetside.co.uk/

Planetside Software Wiki:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...

Animated Easy Cloud Tutorial:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...

Masking Populations with Inverted Fractals:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...

Population Colour Tinting Techniques:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...

Texturing with Surface Layers tutorial:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...

Masking with Get Nodes:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...

Compositing Terragen Render Elements:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...

Creating 360 Degree renders with the spherical camera:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.p...


Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Funkorama” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)

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