Create 3D Terrain with Google Maps in 3ds Max - DISPLACEMENT Modifier

in this tutorial you will learn how to create a good object for displacement modifier how to download the map based on the real topology location and how to download an assign that map to your displacement modifier so let's dive in [Music] hello everyone I'm st. Monica welcome back to another tutorial this tutorial is a very good and complete one which goes far beyond 3ds Max and v-ray series well I start with creating a simple plane I increase the plane size but don't worry size won't take the RAM space the most important tip about using a plane for displacement modifier is to increase the segment number to the maximum amount or at least increase it as much as your computer can handle turn on the wireframe to check that now as we have the plane object selected go to the modifier tab and search for displace modifier it needs two or three times to retype this word to find that now I need to assign the map as far as I want model based on a real location I need to search and find that place on the Google Earth you can download the app directly from Google or use the web version of this application I think this form of terrain is cool to be used in my video it's just for demonstration the place is not important to be honest I think most of you don't know how I download it and the good news is I'm gonna explain how to do it in the next minutes here you see a map with only a few bright parts which might not be useful for displacement modifier the reason is that it's a high density image that needs to be retouched in Photoshop to bring all those pixel up to this screen so what I'm gonna do is to use exposure adjustment and some order to bring them up there we go now you see it's a map of that location I've shown you on the Google Earth application you see how high-quality it is the perfect modeling will be made by the perfect source and that's what I'm always talking about now I save it and use it as my displacement modifier map let's assign it to the modifier and increase the strength amount to apply the change it looks great but still needs some more to make it perfect so I'm gonna apply a turbosmooth modifier to soften the edges you can increase its amount but be careful the truely's max will immediately crash if your ramp couldn't handle that amount now I set my camera to continue the modeling process let's draw another plane this time I want to add a river to the side the best modifiers that you can use to simulate the water are noise wave and ripple now I add an HDR eye light to the scene to see the result of this modeling after that I'm gonna show you how to download the map and at the end you will see how this simple modeling can be a cool location thanks to the v-ray engine here is the basic rendering of this scene to make sure everything is looking as we expect then we jump on the next part which is making materials and so on well as I've said here we can download any terrain map based on the real location all around the world follow these steps first go to the earth Explorer register on the website they will send you a confirm code or link to your email use the link to verify your account and login with your username simple as soon as you entered you will see this page find the location you're after then just click around the target area to be selected region then go to the data set tab extract the SRTM item and check the srtm one arcsecond global then go to the result tab here you see the map of your location shared in two parts download each and connect them together in photoshop if the target location is between these two regions click on download button and choose the last one well as you see this is the one I used in my displace modifier map so you can find and download your location and make the scene based on what you've learned now one more thing this is a very typical and simple scene I made using these tools and modifiers I'm gonna make the complete scene of this tutorial so you will learn how to make such a view here inside 3ds max using v-ray and adobe photoshop please like this video if you enjoyed and subscribe to my channel and click on that bill to be notified about next video see you soon have fun

Channel: Saeed Mandegar Tutorials

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Keywords: 3ds max vray, vray 3ds max, 3ds maxtutorial, vray ttorial, 3ds max modeling, 3ds max modifier, map, photoshop, terrian, google earth, 3dsmax, 3ds max

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Length: 11min 59sec (719 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 05 2019