Terrain edition - The complete toolset for your terrains

Terrain edition in Instant Terra

Compose terrains

Mix terrains of different sizes or different resolution and use a mask to drive the composition.

Paint masks

Paint masks directly in the 3D view and immediately see the results on the final terrain.

Stamping

Replicate your pattern on the terrains or on the masks. Control the placement options.
Create realistic terrains

Realistic terrains

Generate a terrain from scratch with  generators.
Change terrains size or properties

Transform terrains

Modify and insert a terrain into another terrain.

Change the terrain size

Change dynamically the size & resolution of your terrains.
Use the tiling composition to create your terrain

Composition with tiling

Tiling composition, driven or not by a mask.

Distortion

Use the Swirl node or one of the numerous Warp nodes.
Upscale your terrain and add details for a better resolution

Upscaling

Improve the quality of your low-resolution terrains.

Soften

Control the way you can smooth your terrains.

Very large terrains

Instant Terra is the solution to handle very large terrains.

Import real data

World browser with OpenTopography

Using OpenTopography

Download for free "almost" any region with a resolution of 30m or 90m, and directly use the elevation data in Instant Terra.
World browser with Mapbox

Using Mapbox

Download any heightmap and satellite image with a resolution of 1m to 30m, and use them directly in Instant Terra.

PBR material support

PBR material - Simple material

Simple material

The simplest way to use PBR material. Use up to 4 in-house sub-materials.
PBR material - The Material workflow

Material node

Mix up to 8 in-house or imported textures to build your material.
Add realistic snow to your terrain

Advanced material

Use any custom mask to define the location of up to 8 textures.

Color support

Create color map from masks

Mask to color map

Generate color maps from mask and color ramp and get detailed textures.
Add water planes to your terrain

Water level

Add lakes and oceans to your terrains. Adjust the water elevation and colors.
Add realistic snow to your terrain

Add snow

Add realistic snow on your terrains and get various results.
Automatic colorize for your terrains

Colorize

Automatic colorization from preset or custom color sets.
Ramp colorize effect for your terrain

Ramp colorize

Automatic colorization based on ramp colors and flow map.
Tweak the color map with the dedicated tools

Tools

A set of tools is provided to tweak and tune the color maps.

Mask handling

Generate various masks automatically

Generate masks

Create masks from the topology, or paint directly on the terrain.
Transform masks

Transform masks

Adjust the values and ranges of input masks in various ways.
Compose masks

Compose masks

Paint a mask and compose it, blend two masks… maximum flexibility!

Path generator

Generate random curves to create different rivers and paths.

Import

Import several masks from one file

Multi-channel import

Import up to 4 masks
from one single RGBA file.
Import several files to compose one terrain

Tile Import (PRO only)

Create a terrain or a mask from a set of images or RGBA files.
Import terrains

Import terrains and masks

Import images, heightmaps, DEM files, geoTiff.
No delay when importing heavy files

Optimized import (Pro only)

Import your different files in instantly, even with GBs of input data.
Import meshes

Import meshes

Import a 3D mesh file. The mesh is turned into a heightmap.
Import color map, splat map

Import color maps

Import a color map from an image file to apply to a terrain.

Export

Export terrains and maps

Output to different file formats

Export terrains, masks, color maps, normal maps, vector maps & flow maps.
Tiled export

Tiled export

Split your export files into several files to optimize rendering times.
Export flow maps

Export flow maps

Compute and export a hydraulic erosion flow map as a mask.

Environment

Set the lighting

Set the sun's position and the ambient light to better view a terrain.
Mannequin

Shadows

Play with the sun's position and the shadow opacity.
Mannequin

Mannequin

A mannequin is a great way to get a better understanding of the scale.

See also ... Satellite data - Erosions - Animations - User nodes - APIs & callback - Unreal Engine plugin