Written by Rexman
Tools Required:
-Codename Eagle
-Paint Shop Pro
-Support files for this tutorial cetut1.exe
1. Make your height map
-Open up Paint Shop Pro
-Create a New Image, 512x512 pixels, background color black, grayscale.
-Set up your color to a medium gray
-Set your Airbrush Tool Options
-Paint brighter colors where you want
the land to be higher in elevation
-pure black is the lowest elevation
pure white is the highest elevation
Create an image that looks like this:
-Save your image as displace1.tga (always use these settings for saving)
-Chose Save As from the file menu.
-Set the Save as type to "Truevision Targa (*.tga)"
-Click the "Options" button
-Set the settings as in the image at right: >
-Press OK and set the file name to: c:\cetut1\tga\displace1.tga
-Press OK, Choose yes.
-Create your color map
-Save the image again by choosing SAVE AS and naming it c:\cetut1\tga\color2.tga
-Increase the color Depth to maximum colors.
-Select: Colors>Increase Color Depth>16 Million Colors
-Paint over the image with colors of your choice and save it when finished
