{"id":15311,"date":"2020-11-23T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/?p=15311"},"modified":"2020-11-23T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:35:18","slug":"black-friday-instant-terra-software-and-the-kindle-fire-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/dazposer\/index.php\/2020\/11\/23\/black-friday-instant-terra-software-and-the-kindle-fire-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday: Instant Terra software and the Kindle Fire 10&#8243;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Instant Terra goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wysilab.com\/Editions_Pricing.html\">a 50% discount<\/a> for Black Friday. It&#8217;s now standalone perpetual desktop software, as it was recently switched away from subscription. It offers fast procedural terrain generation and real-time preview, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zotWLqCSghw\">new World Browser module<\/a> to &#8220;download elevation data for any region of the world and generate a corresponding terrain&#8221; with isolines.  I&#8217;ve been unable to find out how easily the output integrates with Vue, though the output looks fairly standard. I doubt it gives access to high-res terrains here in the UK, though at guess it may in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/oldimages\/terra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/oldimages\/terra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Might be worth $75 just to have a really easy hassle-free way to grab any terrain mesh from the real-world, though overlaying satellite imagery is not due until 2.2. The very latest version offers &#8220;a simple way to automatically refine the [downloaded] terrains and transform low-resolution terrains to high-resolution terrains&#8221;, via the addition of a new &#8220;up-scaling node&#8221;. I&#8217;m not sure how well this removes &#8216;stepping&#8217; aka &#8216;zipper&#8217; lines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/oldimages\/upscale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/oldimages\/upscale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Amazon&#8217;s flagship <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2J7tNqA\">Kindle Fire 10&#8243; tablets<\/a> are now a healthy 40% off at Amazon UK.  One of the most affordable ways to read digital comics, and I find it will also run Nomad Sculpt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/oldimages\/kindlefire-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/dazposer\/oldimages\/kindlefire-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"211\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Also, keep in mind that there should be a few good &#8216;Amazon Warehouse deals&#8217; soon, perhaps around 9th-10th December, as hardware returned by perfectionist techies is graded and re-packed for re-sale. Some of these deals can be excellent, when something like a scratched casing or a tiny defect on a big monitor screen triggers a hefty discount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Instant Terra goes to a 50% discount for Black Friday. It&#8217;s now standalone perpetual desktop software, as it was recently switched away from subscription. 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