Landscapes in Blender: no add-on; easy, quick method
The landscape in the thumbnail was made using this absolutely beginner friendly, easy and quick method to create landscapes in Blender without using any add-on.
There are several methods to create landscapes in Blender. This is my method to do it as it gives me a high degree of control over every aspect.
If I am doing it for a game, I will not create so many subdivisions and will keep it low polygon and hence low resolution. This will not consume much resources.
On the other hand, if I want a landscape for a video or animation, like the one I did in the alien landscape video, I will not be worried about resource consumption. I will make it as high resolution as I can render. In fact, for the alien landscape video, I also gave it a procedural texture.
If you want to keep the heights of the different hills variable, do not select the groups of vertices together. Select different groups separately and create elevations or depressions as required. This allows us to even create lakes if required, not just mountains and hills.
I have used Blender 2.90.1 here, on Manjaro Linux. However, the procedure is the same even on Windows or Mac.
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