[ March 30th, 2007 ]
Adding a Tree on a Terragen Scene
Adding a Tree on a Terragen Scene
by Dwight Delleva
For Terragen v0.9
Please do not recopy. If you are going to use this tutorial on your website, please give me credit.
You can download the pdf version of this tutorial from the Content Pages.
Terragen v0.9 creates stunning landscapes but does not support renderings with trees. But with a little skill, using an image-editing program – you may add trees anywhere you like on your landscapes.
Take note that the final picture was done or could be done using image-editing programs like Photoshop and GIMP. If you don’t own a Photoshop, why not download GIMP now for free? Irfanview will also be used for enhancing your picture with a tree and Irfanview can also be downloaded in the internet free of charge.
1. Render a landscape on Terragen.
2. Now paint your tree on GIMP or Photoshop. If you could not paint your own tree, why not just copy-paste from a real picture of a tree. Make sure that the color of the space around the tree is white. Now open GIMP or Photoshop. Place and paste your tree on your landscape the way you desired.
If you somehow wanted to create an original tree by yourself - follow the following very easy steps:
Took some green leaves. Search for images with clusters of leaves like the picture below and open MSpaint.
Copy and paste the leaves and form it to a tree. Paint the trunk. Add some grasses. Be creative. See how it is easy to make a tree? Open your landscape and paste the tree.
3. Place the tree anywhere on your landscape. Your next task is to make the tree part of the picture.
Photoshop:
Use the magic wand tool and click on the tree. From the menu box, click on Image then Adjust and click Color Balance. Tweak the colors. Move the buttons over Cyan, Magenta and Yellow until you will colorize the tree just like your landscape and click ok same with GIMP through clicking Layer then Colors and Color Balance.
Irfanview:
You can directly change the color of the tree separately. From Image then Enhance Colors and do the thing on R, G, and B just like Photoshop and Gimp.
4. Filter your Picture.
Use again the magic wand tool and click on the tree and Blur it. From Filter then Blur – Gaussian Blur on Photoshop same with GIMP. The brilliant thing happens. Your tree will almost blend with the atmosphere. You may try using other Filters until you get the desired visual look and save.
5. Enhance your picture.
Open your pre-final image and enhance its colors using Irfanview. From the Image menu click Enhance Colors and play with the settings and save. There are many other ways of enhancing your images. How? Email me: undwight at yahoo.com
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