With a bit of help from @WFab I got reacquainted with this technique. I experimented a few times with creating a single weight map gradient for use with an imported color table, so this was not entirely new to me. I just gravitated toward using individual masks and a number of internal gradients for a lot of my terrains. I expanded a bit from the tutorial WFab recommended, incorporating a few of my own techniques, on this quick practice terrain.
First, I blended one of the merged textures back in to enhance the lower slopes. Then I went back to the beginning and added a strata node with perlin noise plugged in to tilt and strength, I did some masking so that the strata that came through the first erosion survived the next one. Then I modified the masks further to bring out the rocks in the texture, with a different gradient.
While doing this, I was also working on planetary clouds in Filter Forge. I switch between FF and WM when one is tied up with rendering. Not sure what I want to do next with this terrain. That’s what prompted me to post an update edit.
Well, I gave snow a try. Unfortunately, WM crashed right after I rendered it out. So, I don’t have an update on this experiment yet. I’ll try to squeeze in another attempt when no other projects are rendering.
