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Published: 2006-09-08 04:12:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 7203; Favourites: 132; Downloads: 165
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The sun rises. A beautiful image in time as it peers between the Twin Spires. However the beauty is fleeting...as the reality of the harshness of the desert sets in...a dry, choking place. The duality is striking in the contrast between the beauty we see...and the harshness of the reality.Resubmitting for prints and because I had to re-render the whole dang thing. Thanks for the suggestion, Stijn. You were soooo right!
I re-rendered my Twin Spires Daybreak image, although I had to do it from scratch.
The reason I had to do it from scratch is because I had not saved my .tgw file and so all the settings were lost. 
Lesson learned...people, always save your .tgw files!!! 
I got the POV and lighting just about identical...and the surfaces were saved in a different .tgw file thankfully. I did tweak the surfaces a bit though. I needed to re-render it again anyway because the original was too small for poster size prints. Here is the lovely...and much larger version. The old one is going into my scraps now.Terragen render.
Rendersize: 6000x4500 pixels.
Rendertime: 7.5 hours
Terrain: El Mocambo II by ~hillrunner
Thanks and enjoy!
--Mike
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Comments: 115
Nice work Mike! I'm impressed how close you got this to the original. I have to say, I think I prefered the lighter blue of the sky. . .but other than that, this is a great improvement. Excellent light, and the detail from the high res is fantastic!
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Thanks, Sacha!
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its so nice , how did u made this? I want to learn how to create those kind of terrains and etc. any suggestion to get started? cheers!
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Thank you!!
Well, as the description says I got this terrain from someone else.
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thanks alot, is related to 3d images right?¿ il try to get it asap!!
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Yes...it's for 3D images. World machine makes terrains that are then used in terragen. Terragen is the rendering application I use for these images. World machine just makes the terrain file (although you can also make terrain files in terragen...I just don't like to). I hope this helps!
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nice!!... hey a last question, did u know were can i get nice and easy tutorials for WM? i just started messing around with the software and it seems very cool.
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I love terrains like this...and I also love those hazy atmospheres and sandy textured surfaces...great image!
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Thanks, Tony! Much appreciated!
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I wish the strata was broken up more on the spires, they really stand out in the image.... because they simply don't look as good as the rest of it.
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Fantastico!! Awesome pov and most xlt surface work!!
Agree upon the saving. And make backups!
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Thanks so much, Jens!!
Yep...DVD-burners are great for making backups.
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Wow, I like this very much! You must have spent a
lot of time on it. Great Job
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Thanks so much! Yeah, I spent the better part of an evening getting the render set up. Thanks!
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Very Nice work Sorry about the trouble Live and learn i guess.
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Thank you!! Yep...live and learn.
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i love the terrain and the surface is
beautiful
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hey wow thats some amazing work
amazing detail in the terrain and textures too.
i always wondered if the terrain files were done in
terragen or photoshop. or both??? how exactly do
you make your terrains if you dont mind me asking?
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Hey, thanks a lot!
I usually make my terrains in World Machine...sometimes terraformer and sometimes geocontrol. I also use DEM's (digital elevation models) such as Mt. St. Helens or various regions on Mars. I don't care for the terrains terragen makes and very rarely use photoshop for terrains unless it's an image I'm converting to a terrain. Sometimes I also use ones I downloaded from other sites...like the one I used here was made by ~hillrunner from the program mojoworld.
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Awesome man, just awesome. I'm not sure though whether I was the only one who suggested it. I believe Sacha suggested using this one as well. But thanks man. Looks better bigger. This will definitely be a hit, or should be
Going into my favs of course
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Thanks, Stijn! Well, I know you're the one that insisted I include it now matter how much postwork fixing it would take. I am so glad I did! I think this is my personal favorite of all my desert renders. 
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No problem man, it really is an amazing render.
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wow very special, i'm really curious how you get that super realistic effect on your texture ... i want to create it too, it would be awesome if i could, but i really don't know how to do it. Please can you help me out?
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Hey, thanks man!! Well, I'm using about 3 texture overlays, 1 strata overlay, and probably 15 regular surface maps in this one. It just takes a lot of trial and error...believe me!
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Wow, lmao, that's really alot of surface maps man. I'll do my best
Btw, No problem at all
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omg - that happened to me with The Pit - i was soooo pissed! I realised what I had done that split second I closed T'gen. I was gutted 
Well we live and elarn ............. even to spell some times
Great peice Mike
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Yeah...it sucks when that happens! 
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'king hell Mike...love that dusty surface work...bravo.
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Hehehe...thanks so much, bud. I sure appreciate it!!
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Thanks, Ken! Glad you stopped by!
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jeebuz every time i see your desert mapping skills it just makes my jaw hurt...in a good way...
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Hey, thanks so much!!
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Thanks Michel, very much appreciated!
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