Mike Oliver doth schreibble:
>
> I am trying to produce a desert landscape with a deep chasm in the
> surface (running away from the camera). I have tried creating a thin
> mountain ridge and inverting it but this doesn't seem to work.
>
> I'm afraid my finances meant I had to stop upgrading with Version 3.1
> Mover but it still affords me what I need and I'm happy with it.
>
> I shall be even happier if anyone could solve this little problem for
> me.

Hi, Mike ~


Back in the days when Vue D'Esprit
was still shareware(!), this little
image was included with the files:

http://tinyurl.com/yhvnrh

This should give you a pretty good
idea of how to proceed when creating
a greyscale image as the basis for a
canyon-like structure.

Just load it up, and weather it to
taste ;)

Here is another link to an image
I created in one of the earliest
versions of Vue D'Esprit, using
that canyon greyscale:

http://tinyurl.com/ykm2lz

And this page hosts a number of
utilities you might find useful,
including a few that convert
DEMs to greyscale images:

On-line Resources for
Landscape/Terrain Rendering
http://tinyurl.com/ycsv93

Cors in Manu Domine,


~ Khem Caigan
<Khem@...>