3D Terrain Tutorials

Topography in 3DEM
This tutorial covers the acquisition of elevation data and satellite imagery and application of it in 3DEM.  Also uses Photoshop.

 

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Topography in Maya
How to create a polygonal 3D terrain model in Maya using a height map and texture obtained from 3DEM. Using a threshold variable we can control the polygon count.

 

Texture Tutorials

Texturing Tutorial: Start to Finish
Create a basket weave texture from a photograph.  Covers perspective correction, seamless tiling, high-pass filtering, reducing noise, and painting on the shading details.  This process can be used on virtually any texture made from photo source.
Skybox Textures
Instructions for creating basic skybox images using Terragen and a simple script to automate the render.

Also includes a .PSD template for Dr. Parke's Guppy3D skybox maps.

Rendering Tutorials

Illustration Rendering
A quick and easy way to render an illustration perfect for high contrast print using Maya Vector.