@@jimiclaybrooks9501blenders preferences allow you to show geometry data, I recommend polygonrunway tutorials he goes through a lot of this sort of ui customization

@@jimiclaybrooks9501 the material node is just another window, you can drag out another window and then change it to be a node viewer

hey! thanks, just watched your video - this tool i think solves exactly that problem! it works beyond the first iteration, as many times as you'd like. if i'm unclear what you're trying to say pls let me know. disclaimer that this only *algorithmically* normalizes the size, but generally it'll get you 99% or more of the way there.

@@jaredralphstanley for me good job is visually same size logos. But sameness depends on font size, colour (contrast), background (colour plate and white text) etc. Also geometric centre and optical centre… So it is hard to do it only base on container size.

yes i explain it at 0:40 in the video - what it is and how to get it

@@jaredralphstanley Got it , created API ! Thank you 🙏

Hey it sounds like you’re frustrated, this is a pretty advanced tutorial to cover exporting and such - there are tons of resources covering exporting etc, I’d recommend covering some basics first it will be much less frustrating. Best of luck!

@@jaredralphstanley lol

@@AubryX 🤷good luck!

hey at 0:40 i explain what it is and how to get it, hope it worked out for you!

It sounds like you’re in object mode and you need to be in edit mode. Hit TAB to toggle between modes. Edit mode edits the specific polygons and geometry of an object, Object mode works at the object level so you can add or remove different objects. Sry it’s stressing you out, I’d highly recommend going through a dozen or more tutorials from @polygonrunway first to get comfortable with the basics

I had same problem. You need switch render mode to Cycles

Sure, you’ll want to be careful of having too much data - so if you’re doing a whole continent you probably don’t want to load in every little foothill and bump - so depending on the scale you should manage the information accordingly.

Thanks! Yeah I love the animation side. Glad you liked it. Hit me up w any other questions. Site is https: / / radical.graphics

Yes! That happens on the parent container. If you set them to vertically center they’ll stay centered when you change the sizes

no prob! lmk if you have any other suggestions for tools you'd like to see

there are snow plugins, look up 'real snow', i've never tried them though.

I definitely will try it. Thanks!

hey! there's a lot that goes into it, seems a little complex to do a tutorial on everything but yeah let me think about it maybe i can do a barebones version

which github link

yes an iPhone 12 or above has Lidar

THIS IS AN ORDER! 😂

Maps in Blender 3.5: Custom Height Maps (DEM) + Color Maps (Photoshop, No Plugins, Blender 3.5)

@@jaredralphstanley Gracias, porque intenta replicar la metodología pero alguna herramientas no aparecían.

¿Qué herramientas?

@@jaredralphstanley Cuando utilizas los nodos por ejemplo Displacement. En mi caso, tengo un TLS en la cual algunas herramientas cambian de posición o regla.

Thanks! I think 2 weeks total, could do it faster the second time around for sure.

hmm not sure. www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/world_srtm30plus_bathy1km_hillshade.html?format=fgdc maybe someone on this url would know? I feel like the arcGIS stuff is the most complex part of this process, mainly because it requires high accuracy....while the blender approach is prioritizing visuals not accuracy. good luck!

The "bump only/displacement only" options don't even show up in EEVEE, make sure you set it before the "set to displacement, not bump" step.

thank you, you are a lifesaver!!

are you able to download the file from the usgs.gov site?

cool, thanks for the tip! will take a look at that.

hmm what version? i know the texture panel changed in Blender 4.0 but have not downloaded it yet...

You have to use Cycles and not EEVEE. Go in Rendering and change it

Ah man sry that sucks when you follow the steps but get stuck on something. It sounds like it might be the size of the light? Try making it larger / smaller or moving it further away (although with the sun settings it shouldn’t make a difference). polygonrunway on KZbin has tons of great tutorials on lighting, I’d check those out and get comfortable w the lights and then revisit. Good luck!

thank you. but what about rendering and exporting? Im semi begging that you redo this video with way more detail. like, it took me several hours to figure out that you had the rendering set to evee and not cycles so that i could change the "bump" thing.... @@jaredralphstanley

The polygonrunway guy goes over all the rendering etc and will get you familiar with all those settings. I’ll think about redoing it, but sort of wanted this one to just be abt map techniques and not other basics. Good luck!

​@@jaredralphstanley i really appreciate that you did this video but i think that this video is very misleading. Following these steps will not produce the final map you have shown. you should have stated that you adusted the lighting beforehand so that when your viewers follow along they will know why their lighting/shadows look like shit. like i said, i have never opened blender before and was extremely confused and it took me a really long time to understand that you simply did not discuss these things. its kind of frustrating/disengenous. there is a huge absence of tutorials that take you step by step through producing a nice looking DEM based map in blender. its kind of like somehow there is this concerted effort to not explain the entire thing to keep the knowledge hidden or something? its very frustrating. anyways i appreciate this video but it is lacking for sure

Sry. it’s definitely not for ppl brand new to blender. if you’ve never opened blender you should be focused on basics. Did you expect to open the program and be able to recreate this after following a 20-min tutorial? If you haven’t learned about lights I’d suggest you focus on that, if you haven’t learned about rendering I’d suggest focusing on that. Anyone with basic blender skills should be able to recreate this but I’m not able to go through from installing to navigating etc. a basic level of knowledge is assumed. Good luck!

this is the same exact issue that i am having. my shadows are extremely sharp and harsh, my render is super low quality, and its really fuzzy

Yeah really, and i still trying to find solution for that and i was watch many tutorials and i have no anything new :(

Here’s a couple ideas you guys could try: - make sure the number of polygons is huge. Select your polygons in edit mode, subdivide like 5 times and then come out of edit mode back to object mode - make sure your image resolution is large enough and has enough info to render out the details. - make sure you’re not in evee, I think this may only work in cycles. Try those and lmk the outcome! Good luck!

​@@jaredralphstanleydone 👍🏻

You could load that tiff file in as a texture and align with the model. Have you tried that?

yes! just the magic of webgl rendering. i first was messing with it here years back lab.jaredstanley.com/spin/ note the colors are simple but as it speeds up you start to see new colors. pretty wild.

No prob! Lmk if you’d like me to make other vids on specific subjects.

Thank you!! 😊

sure. what specifically do you not understand? exporting for digital/print is just like anything else - if you're thinking of exporting for 3D printing or something, that's not something I am familiar with. Either way there are dozens of tutorials that can walk you through either of those. as far as looking like mine - it's the exact same process, just a different color gradient and a different spot on the map. Same lights, camera, process etc. I cover how to set up everything here, including choosing color palettes. LMK if you're thinking of something specific and I can help!

@@jaredralphstanley but say I wanted to share it on instagram? How would I render it out and export it as an image?

@@TheTP219 Ryan King has a great tutorial on how to export an image: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJLTfqeParmsrpo basically you choose render > render image in the top nav, and then save the resulting image to your computer. His tutorial helps you tweak the settings. Also Polygon Runway goes over this at the end of almost all of his videos, especially his earlier ones. LMK if you still need help!