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Stephen Schmitt World Machine
World Machine is a terrain
heightfield generator that takes a slightly different approach
than the norm. Most available terrain creation software uses
the "masterpiece" approach: you dabble a bit here and there
until all is perfected -- and if something goes wrong at any
step, or you decide after 30 minutes that you want to use
a different basic terrain shape, all is lost.
COMPUneering
Inc SimuTerra Real-Time Terrain Modeling
Wondering about the SimuTerra plugin for SketchUp? If you
haven't already done so in the past, make sure you're on our
mailing list, by clicking on "Download Installer" or "Join
mailing list" on the left, and submitting the form. An alpha
version might be posted here by early November.
U&I
Software llc ArtMatic Voyager
ArtMatic Voyager is a program for synthesizing and exploring
stunning, exquisitely-detailed high resolution virtual landscapes
and worlds. The application is a new take on 3D landscape
creation that makes use of the ArtMatic graphic synthesis
technology to create photo-realistic landscapes of imaginary
worlds. The application can be used either standalone using
the built-in planets and provided ArtMatic systems, or you
can use ArtMatic Pro to define completely new worlds and terrains
of your own.
e-on
software Vue d'Esprit
Vue d'Esprit is a high quality
3D application that has been optimized for the creation, rendering
and animation of natural scenery. It has been designed for beginners
as well as advanced users and has been granted many awards for its
amazing render quality and incredible ease of use.
iLuaC
software aeliom
aeliom allows you to create and to explore in real
time amazing virtual landscapes thanks to its powerful high level
language.
Multigen-Paradigm
Creator Terrain Studio
Creator Terrain Studio (CTS), is a revolutionary
approach to terrain generation from MultiGen-Paradigm. With
in-depth experience and technology solutions for delivering
terrain generation tools, MulitGen-Paradigm understands the
challenges and complexities of generating scalable terrain
models for realtime 3D application. CTS delivers tools that
manage the process and workflow necessary to create superior
synthetic environments.
DAZ|Bryce
Bryce is dedicated to designing, rendering and animating breathtaking
natural 3D worlds and abstract 3D sculptures. Bryce is an
ideal application for both beginners and advanced users because
it is extremely easy to use and it comes loaded with libraries
of presets to use in your own work. As you become more proficient,
Bryce allows you to easily create your own surface materials,
skies and more, while making the creative process every bit
as entertaining as the final output.
3D
Nature World Construction Set
World Construction Set is widely recognized as the best
photorealistic terrain modeling, visualization, rendering
and animation software on earth. WCS lets you create
stunning, photorealistic images and animations, from
close-ups to the entire planet. Enjoy our comprehensive
set of real-world tools designed for serious production
and amazing output. WCS is the choice of natural resource
scientists, architects, engineers, film/video animators,
television broadcasters, game developers, GIS professionals,
educators and other serious terrain visualization and
animation users worldwide.
Digital
Element World Builder
Digital Element World Builder is the number one 3D landscape
creation, animation and rendering tool available. Digital
Element World Builder is the only standalone 3D landscape
tool that can work as a plug-in for 3D Studio MAX, 3D Studio
VIZ, LightWave 3D or Maya NT projects. Save yourself the expense
of purchasing endless plug-ins - Digital Element's World Builder
is your complete 3D landscape solution.
VendorNation VistaPro
VistaPro is a very fast landscape generating program that
uses DEMs (Digital Elevation Maps) to turn 2D topographical
data, into beautiful 3D terrains. Create scenic fly-throughs,
explore distant planets, or create your own landscapes all
in a fractal of a minute.
Planetside
Terragen
Terragen is a work-in-progress scenery generator for Windows.
At this stage of its development, Terragen is free for personal
non-commercial use. Terragen is already capable of photorealistic
results for professional landscape visualisation, special
effects, art and recreation.
Blueberry3D
Interactive modeling and visualization of incredibly detailed
3D terrain is now possible on a regular PC! Blueberry3D is
an advanced tool with which you can design and create your
own virtual landscape or automatically generate it from real
map data. Where the resolution of the map data is limited,
Blueberry3D uses mathematical fractals to extend the data
and create smaller details automatically. Coarse terrain-class
rasters are sufficient to create terrain in which every leaf
of all trees is visible.
3D
Nature Visual Nature Studio
VNS is a high-end visualization tool that is geared towards
streamlining workflow for GIS users. VNS provides new tools
to control visualization directly from GIS data, simplifying
and automating the process.
Black
Belt WinImage
State of the art F/X, editing and rendering for still or animated
images. 77 image layer blend modes form the basis for the
most powerful image editing experience ever. These range from
the expected to the extraordinary, like "warp layers", which
provide geometric changes in a layered, object-oriented fashion.
R7 also gives you full-bore morphing; particle systems; ray
tracing; tons of unique animated filters like explosions,
depth of field recombination, movie effects and much more;
the best area selection tools anywhere; CMYK separations and
printing; incredible brush-stroking that offers brush sizing,
soft shadowing, rotation (which can even follow the stroke),
flipping, and displacement; batching; scripting; open developer
plug-in API. Is used in major motion pictures, television,
advertising and the web. For Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000,
XP.
MultiGen-Paradigm
TerrainPro
TerrainPro is the fastest way to produce large area terrain
databases accurate to real-world data and complete with high-fidelity
3D culture and imagery.
Jeffrey
W. LaSor GeoFrac2000
GeoFrac2000 is a realistic landscape and terrain generation
tool that will create and output heightfields, texture maps,
3D Polygon Meshes, and more. It's primary function is to create,
sculpt and manipulate 2D heightfields using sophisticated
techniques and algorithms, as well as manual modifications
via grayscale painting.
Natural
Graphics Natural Scene Designer
Natural Scene Designer a powerful yet easy to use 3D
program which lets you design, render, and animate natural
outdoor scenes. Its intuitive interface makes it easy
to use for beginners, while advanced users will appreciate
its power and versatility. It has advanced algorithms
for creating realistic natural outdoor scenes with trees,
clouds, rocks, bushes, lakes, atmospheric effects, imported
3D objects, and snow.
Daylon
Graphics Leveller
Leveller works with heightfields in much the same way that
a painting program works with bitmaps, by letting you alter
its surface with various tools. Instead of painting, one digs,
raises, smooths, roughens, or otherwise sculpts the heightfield.In
addition to tools, there are also filters to let you quickly
produce a wide range of useful effects, and to import and
export elevation data.
geomantics
GenesisII Pro landscape generator
GenesisII Professional brings photorealistic landscape rendering
within the reach of all GIS users. GenesisII's dedicated MapInfo
and ArcView links mean you could be generating images like
these from your own data in minutes!
SUGIMOTO
Tomohiko Kashmir 3D
It's a software for making landscape CG or amuzing 3D maps.
You can render a beatiful landscape CG on your PC. You can
use USGS's DEMs, Grayscale Bitmaps and so on. You can know
which mountain you can see from your home. Support for 3D
Navigation by GPS Receiver. Support for Full-Raytracing rendering
and Z-Buffer rendering. Support for rendering clouds, fog,
snow and mist. Support for depth of focus. Kashmir 3D is a
free software for Windows95,98,WindowsNT 4.0,2000 or later.
SoftFire
Landscape Material v1.0
The Landscape Material - plugin for 3ds max 4. It is intended
for quick texturing lansdscapes and other. This to assign
from 2 to 10 different materials between bottom and top of
portions an object. Determine Position, Blend and Noise Parameters
for division between the two near sub-materials.
Precision
Lightworks Nverse Terra
Nverse Terra builds the landscape from freely available elevation
data. Terra loads and joins USGS digital elevation cells, and lets
you adjust the level of detail to meet your polygon budget.
Pandromeda
MojoWorld Transporter
MojoWorld Transporter is the simplest way to satisfy your need to
explore a strange new world. It provides the same incredible experience
of being a shuttle captain, complete with photorealistic imaging
capability. You can explore, image and animate any MojoWorld with
MojoWorld Transporter—for free!
Micropcomputer
Topography 3DEM
3DEM for Win95/98 and WinNT will produce three dimensional
terrain scenes and flyby animations from a wide variety of
freely available data sources.
Pandromeda
MojoWorld Generator
MojoWorld Generator™ contains the full power of
this new technology. MojoWorld Generator sets you free to create
and explore, to find the beauty, and to share your travels, discoveries
and creations with your fellow humans. It has unlimited resolution
in the size of the images. Generator has been used to produce shots
for movies and stage-sized photorealistic backgrounds for rock band
tours. MojoWorld Generator is the software you need to do it all:
create new planets from scratch and modify existing planets to suit
your whims, plus unlimited exploration and imaging, even Imax size
video rendering—if you have the computer horsepower.
Kerlin
Softworks Eleblend
Eleblend, as you might have guessed, blends textures,
bump maps and specularity maps based upon an input grayscale image.
In the past, this was a manual process that could take dozens of
hours per image. To get started, provide a grayscale image or a
digital elevation map from the US Geological Survey. It's essentially
a filter for determining how the textures will blend. If needed,
you can adjust the histogram of the input image so placement is
easier.
3D
plants.com
3D plants site is intended to provide an archive of free, original,
realistic, customizable botanical models in DXF & 3DS formats, for
artists, animators, architects, designers, and other 3D enthusiasts
Pandromeda
MojoWorld Transporter Pro
MojoWorld Transporter Pro gives you the freedom to explore and the
power to create spectacular images of the places you find. You become
a shuttle captain zooming down to planets from space, flying over
the surface, and stepping out to walk around. You can record the
whole adventure and render it in video or digital video. Plus, unlimited
resolution for photo-realistic still images.
xfrog
public plants
xfrog public plants site is intended to provide an archive
of free, original, realistic, botanical models in Xfrog (xfr)
3D Max 3.0 (max) VRML 97 (wrl) Maya (obj) Renderman formats,
for artists, animators, architects, designers.The materials
may only be used for non-commercial purposes.
DyVision
ALE - Advanced Landscape Editor for realtime 3D
Terraform huge landscapes in REAL-TIME with
WYSIWYG results. Use up to 6 individual textures to directly
paint your landscape with no loss of quality or speed. Automatic
optimization usually reduces polycount by about 50% on exported
models with absolutely no visible artefacts! Set the suns
position, then lightmap the entire landscape within seconds.
Use vertex colors to add even more variation to your creation.
Add virtually limitless variation to your textures in realtime
with no performance overhead. Intuitive & productive interface.
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