Tarrgen*

What a strange and wonderful program this is! You may not have a dire need for this program, but it will amaze you nonetheless. With all the capabilities and features that are packed into this title, it will catch you off guard and you won't believe it's free. I was taken back by the professional look and feel, which will tempt you to find reasons to use this software. The professional feel is probably why this program has and is being used by professionals in the industry of film, television, music videos, games, multimedia, books, magazines and print. I introduce you to **Terragen**. Terragen is a landscape generator, which means it can be used to generate very near photorealistic virtual landscapes. Maybe some screenshots can make a better point than I, so take a look at some of the demo shots from Terragen's Web site if you have a chance. You will not believe these are made by end users. . Just imagine the fun you could have with this and a digital picture of the family. You could show everyone your vacation to the moon or maybe, your hiking trip to the top of a snow peaked volcano. Here's a list of what the program can do: And that's just a few of the features. Like I said before, this program is free, but only for personal use. There is a user manual, but it's not downloaded with the program. To get the manual, go to the **Help** file from within Terragen's interface and select **User Guide**. You can get that here. [] And last, but not least, the system requirements (and they're not as tough as you might think). This one works for just about everyone. The minimum system requirements of Terragen for Windows are: - Pentium, 64 MB of RAM, 10 MB free disk space.
 * Terragen **
 * Intuitive User Interface: ** An extremely easy to use layout, along with realistic default settings, allows the creation of good looking scenes within seconds of starting the program.
 * Random Fractal Terrain: ** Controllable parameters allow extremely varied terrain shapes. It can also be used to "fill in" realistic terrain on a user defined landscape.
 * High Detail Foreground Texturing: ** The rendering engine allows extreme close-ups of landscape details with automatic levels of detail adjustment.
 * Terrain Sculpting Tools: ** This can be used to "paint" the shape of the landscape, to position mountains and valleys or make changes to random landscapes. Random terrain generations can be used to "fill in" realistic terrain over deliberately positioned mountains and valleys.
 * Terrain Modification Tools: ** Functions for allowing overall modifications of terrain shapes, such as glaciations.
 * Plug-in System: ** Terragen's plug-in system allows third parties to extend Terragen's functionality in a number of areas.

- Windows 95

- RAM requirements may be lower on earlier versions of Windows. The recommended system requirements are: Pentium III or better, with at least 256 MB of RAM. You can download Terragen for yourself right here. []