In other words, it is a grayscale image that assigns a different shade of gray to each point on a grid based on its height or altitude. With an 8-bit grayscale image, 256 heights can be displayed.Ī heightmap is a type of 2D representation of a 3D map that encodes the elevation data of the terrain or surface. A light value stands for a high position, a dark value for a low position of the 3D map surface. We use this data from heightmaps in the form of displacement maps to accurately create complex 3D terrains. I have been using World Machine since version 1.25 and haven't found anything else that can compete for ease of use, versatility and stunning results.A heightmap is a grayscale image that represents with each pixel elevations of a terrain. Rebecca Shearin, Senior Environment Artist, Electronic Arts This saves a bundle of time and with results that look more detailed and professional. World Machine works well with our proprietary terrain editor in that we can not only create height maps, but alphas for our terrain paint layers as well. Kenny Lammers, Technical Art Director, Microsoft Games Studio i would recommend this to any development studio that needs very realistic terrains, quickly! Its erosion filters are the best I have seen but also give a lot of control over the final look. World machine gives us the power to create very realistic terrains in a short amount of time. World Machine handled all of that beautifully. We needed a very large landscape and wanted something natural-looking but with enough control that we could place canyons and hills exactly where needed. World Machine was instrumental in creating the terrain for our Supersonic Sled demo.
I have used World Machine on a number of film projects and find it an invaluable asset for environment creation. Jordan Edell, Senior Artist Specular Interactive A must have tool for any environmental artist.
The feature set and work flow get better with each release. World Machine has allowed me to quickly and efficiently create massive game areas both terrestrial and otherwise.
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