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Nichod
11-27-2006, 03:28 PM
http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/tg2/tech_preview.shtml

Terragen™ 2 Technology Preview will be the first public release of Planetside Software's new, cutting edge landscape visualisation software. The Technology Preview will be made available December 15th, 2006 for both Windows and Mac OS X 10.4.x.

TG2 Technology Preview features an advanced hybrid micropolygon renderer with powerful multi-angle displacement capabilities. It has a versatile procedural engine that can be utilised to apply subpixel-level detail to almost any aspect of a scene. Terragen 2 is capable of rendering billions of polygons in a single scene.



Cutting-edge adaptive subdivision renderer.
Modular, plugin-based architecture.
Render entire planets, sweeping vistas, tiny rock gardens, or anything in between.
Import 3D objects for rendering. Export high resolution objects.
Render millions of boulders or trees using "instancing".
Add multiple heightfields to your scene. Use procedural terrains that can span an entire planet.
Apply almost "infinite" fractal detail to terrain and other objects.
Overhanging terrain using procedural displacements, image-based displacements, or imported geometry.
Volumetric clouds or fast "2.5D" clouds.
Production quality anti-aliasing and motion blur.
Node graph editor for ultimate control over shaders and textures.

Seppuku
11-27-2006, 03:41 PM
I use terragen now and this is gonna be great, you can also use the terragen renders as references in paintings.

Walli
11-27-2006, 04:18 PM
but please keep in mind - itīs the Tech Preview, not the final release!
But even as Tech Preview it should proof usefull ;-)

best,
Walli

JasonA
11-27-2006, 06:14 PM
those gallery renders are very impressive :eek: , Terragen has come along way since the first free release. I wonder what the prices will be for commercial licenses..

jscheel
11-27-2006, 06:46 PM
Sweet! I've been drooling over the Terragen2 renders for a while. It's nice to see that some solid dates are starting to appear!

corneliu
11-27-2006, 09:46 PM
Awesome news... the pictures in the gallery are incredible

kiaran
11-27-2006, 10:49 PM
Looks very nice.

Does anybody know if you can export the procedural terrain heightmaps for rendering in a different program? Would be nice to get the procedural color maps too...

Szos
11-27-2006, 11:35 PM
Great news, but honestly until I see a shipping product, I will be hard pressed to believe it.... this new version has been in development forever.

duke
12-15-2006, 12:32 AM
Should be out soon I hope :D

pgp_protector
12-15-2006, 01:08 AM
What time zone ? :) :D

duke
12-15-2006, 02:01 AM
I'm in Australia therefore I'm in the future.

pgp_protector
12-15-2006, 03:37 PM
It's the 15th....

Where is it :D

Update

Terragen 2 Technology Preview

Hi all,

The Terragen 2 Technology Preview is now available for personal
non-commercial use or as a 30 trial for commercial use. Download it
here:

http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/tg2/tg2tp/

Information on purchase options for commercial licenses will follow in
the next few hours.

Anyone know of any mirrors :D There servers are getting slammed.

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