Full text from 3D Artist issue #42 item by Thomsen-Norre
If you are interested in designing your own landscapes or using realworld terrain data, run, don't walk to www.daylongraphics.com and order the low-cost (us$49.95) heightfield modeler and editor, Daylon Leveller, version 1.4.007. If you have an earlier version, upgrade it now.
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Unfortunately, Leveller's developer, Ray Gardener, is going on to other pursuits and has placed his Leveller product on the block for sale. Though facing an uncertain future, Leveller is presently still available for purchase and is an exceptionally worthwhile addition to one's tool set for use now or in the future.
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As the image below shows, Leveller will stand alone. Its value, however, extends beyond. Notably, Leveller imports the native MicroDEM format, and it imports and exports World Construction Set version 5's .elev files as well as other formats.
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Should you decide to add Leveller to your tool set, order it from the Web site above, and be sure to follow any upgrade instructions received after the download.
Leveller's ability to save 16-bit grayscale elevation maps was pointed out in 3DA#40's "Architecture Without Modeling" article.--Ed.
Custer's View: 3DA#40's "DEM o'Graphics Potpourri" Part 2 contains a view of what Custer might have seen from a balloon if he had had one during his 1874 Black Hills expedition. That image was developed and rendered in World Construction Set using data prepared with MicroDEM. The image here, showing a different viewpoint, was developed and rendered in Leveller, using the same MicroDEM data and same grayscale-to-color process using Photoshop's Magic Wand and Variations.
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