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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.
TG2 can work with procedural terrains, heightfield based terrains or a combination of the two. Multiple heightfields and procedurals may be used and mixed freely in a single scene. Heightfield based terrains also greatly benefit from added procedural detail, which can be automatically generated by TG2. Terrain files from Terragen v0.9 are directly supported. The Technology Preview also has an importer for MOLA data and more DEM formats will be added prior to final release of TG2."
Looks like a great release. Are we buying this????
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Christopher J. Leone
Parsons Brinckerhoff
75 Arlington Street, Suite 9
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
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Ah cool, I've been watching this for the last couple of years since I'ts been in development. Looks like it'll be a very handy package. I might see if we can get a copy to use down unda
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Luke Cottle
Visualisation Specialist
Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia Pty Limited
www.pb.com.au  
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| I've been a terragen fan for a long time. Easily my favorite 3d program next to max. TG2 has been in development forever, but should be good, probably better than Mojoworld or Vue for landscape rendering. avatar came from terragen, in fact. Stevej
Steve JohnsonPBProject Visualization Technical Resource CenterE-Mail: johnsonste@pbworld.com...................................................................................................
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