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Post by flyinjoe13 on Feb 21, 2019 9:00:53 GMT -5
...but I want to make sure.
I've always marveled at the nice color variation other designers seem to get in their terrain surrounding their holes and I never knew how they did it. I think I finally figured it out. It's the sculpting tools. They allow you to raise the underlying terrain up so you can bring things like dirt or rock to the surface and then use the landscape tools to manipulate to your liking.
Does that sound about right? If so, this opens up a whole new bag of tricks. Of course, it also means I will never finish my current course cause now I want to go back over all the holes and do some more sculpting to make it look better.
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Post by csugolfer60 on Feb 21, 2019 9:36:04 GMT -5
...but I want to make sure. I've always marveled at the nice color variation other designers seem to get in their terrain surrounding their holes and I never knew how they did it. I think I finally figured it out. It's the sculpting tools. They allow you to raise the underlying terrain up so you can bring things like dirt or rock to the surface and then use the landscape tools to manipulate to your liking. Does that sound about right? If so, this opens up a whole new bag of tricks. Of course, it also means I will never finish my current course cause now I want to go back over all the holes and do some more sculpting to make it look better. You got it
There are two ways to make the natural heavy rough turf change color -
1.) Move the elevation up and down to create a rougher surface. 2.) Plant some tree objects buried underneath the surface.
Combining these two will allow you to create a natural variation of colors in the areas surrounding holes, and you can also use this trick to create things like pine needle areas, mulch, and also bunker faces and lips that look worn out compared to the turf around them. There are some cool things you can do with it with a bit of extra work.
Good luck!
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Post by reebdoog on Feb 21, 2019 16:00:15 GMT -5
Also know it’s not only elevation but how abrupt the elevation change is
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Post by flyinjoe13 on Feb 22, 2019 18:43:58 GMT -5
...but I want to make sure. I've always marveled at the nice color variation other designers seem to get in their terrain surrounding their holes and I never knew how they did it. I think I finally figured it out. It's the sculpting tools. They allow you to raise the underlying terrain up so you can bring things like dirt or rock to the surface and then use the landscape tools to manipulate to your liking. Does that sound about right? If so, this opens up a whole new bag of tricks. Of course, it also means I will never finish my current course cause now I want to go back over all the holes and do some more sculpting to make it look better. You got it
There are two ways to make the natural heavy rough turf change color -
1.) Move the elevation up and down to create a rougher surface. 2.) Plant some tree objects buried underneath the surface.
Combining these two will allow you to create a natural variation of colors in the areas surrounding holes, and you can also use this trick to create things like pine needle areas, mulch, and also bunker faces and lips that look worn out compared to the turf around them. There are some cool things you can do with it with a bit of extra work.
Good luck!
Thanks for the tips. I didn't know about the underground tree trick. I will try your suggestions and see what I can come up with.
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