Green Mountains by Simone83
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Description
Today I played around with Bryce terrains, This is what came out. Please zoom in to see the details!
I found a way to create forested mountains. It's a rather simple trick:
Create a high-res terrain with a rocky texture.
Save the Heightmap! Blend the Heightmap with a grainy material about 5-10 %.
I use an image editor; it should be also possible to do this in the Bryce terrain editor.
Duplicate the terrain (ctrl+d), delete the highmap and load the new hightmap.
Make a material: I use atmospheric clouds, make them green and scale down about 500% (bump 999%).
Rotate, scale and move the green terrain, only a tiny little bit! Should be very close to the rocky terrain but not completely cover the rocks.
The same way, you can create mossy rocks for example.

Comments (10)
Very nice! Looks a little like some of the mountains in New Hampshire. I like the hazy atmosphere, too.
Beautiful landscape!
Beautiful terrain and surface! Great clouds. Thanks for the tips. :-) Corrie
Not very easy. Vue is easier...but far more expensive!
nicely done.and some clever brycing to achieve the image!
wonderful ..and informative..thankyou
Beautiful scene!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent
Very pretty. I have used a similar technique to put snow on terrains and other objects as well.
Well done!