Landscape Height Maps
Height Maps for video games, animations or 3D environments. Provided for free under a creative commons no attribution license.
You may need to scale the height of the terrain to get the best effect. When importing the height map the edges may get stretched or don’t fit exactly – this can be fixed by cropping the heightmap or using available sculpt tools.
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Mountain Range Height Map
Height Map Resolution: 8192 X 8192
Diffuse Map: 8192 X 8192
File Type: EXR and PNG
Notes:
The Diffuse map is an EXR and is saved in a linear format so may look washed out. Please increase the gamma to adjust the look.
Consider using the height also a bump map to bring out the details even more.
The resolution and file types produce much higher detail and quality – but you may wish to convert these to another file type to produce better performance if using in an animation or video game.
Grand Mountain Height Map
Height Map Resolution: 4096 X 4096
Diffuse Map: 4096 X 4096
Bump Map for Material: 4096 X 4096
File Type: TIF and EXR
Notes:
The Diffuse map is an EXR and is saved in a linear format so may look washed out. Please increase the gamma to adjust the look.
The resolution and file types produce much higher detail and quality – but you may wish to convert these to another file type to produce better performance if using in an animation or video game.
Grand Mountain Height Map – Blender File
Height Map Resolution: 4096 X 4096
File Type: Blender v3.0 and PNG files
This download contains the Grand Mountain Height Map (PNG files) set up in Blender v3.0.
Rocky Land and Rivers Height Map
Height Map Resolution: 2048 x 2048
Diffuse Map Resolution: 2048 x 2048
Bump Map for Material Resolution: 2048 x 2048
File Types: EXR
Notes:
The bump map may need to be inverted and the strength lowered to get the best effect.
Dark Alien Landscape Height Map
Height Map Resolution: 2048 x 2048
Diffuse Map Resolution: 2048 x 2048
Bump Map for Material Resolution: 2048 x 2048
File Types: EXR
Great Lakes Height Map
Height Map Resolution: 2048 x 2048
Diffuse Map Resolution: 2048 x 2048
File Types: EXR
Ridge Through Terrain
Height Map Resolution: 1025 x 1025
File Type: PNG
Rolling Hills Height Map
Height Map Resolution: 1025 x 1025
File Type: PNG