Dax Pandhi - Gaea Essentials - Create Realistic Procedural Environments

In this comprehensive crash course for Gaea, Dax shares techniques that have been used on high-budget productions to create a multitude of photorealistic environments, including an overview of how to use real-world satellite data and Dax's personal techniques for "bulking up" and eroding terrains for naturalistic results. As the workshop progresses, you'll learn how to create even more sophisticated terrains for very high-quality and photorealistic results that follow the laws of nature.
Dax shares a variety of texture setups - all driven procedurally using the Texture and Satmaps nodes to give you complex color maps to colorize your terrains. As well as demonstrating standard Mountain and Erosion nodes, you'll also see how other nodes including Anastomosis, Snowfall, Canyonizer, Fold, RockMap, Stacks, Shear, Carver, Surface, and Shatter can be utilized to achieve very specific looks and terrain shapes - particularly helpful when exploring look-dev options.
Gaea project files are included with this workshop.

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