Genesis4 - Online Guide

This page links to online help and tutorials for GenesisIV. You may also like to check out our FAQ

GenesisIV Tutorials - absolute beginners start here

• GenesisIV 101 - Getting Started

GenesisIV Tutorials - program operation

• Getting started - The main window
• The Renderer
• Atmospherics
• Clouds
• Fractal Surfaces
• Water
• Terrain Layers
• Vegetation
• Projects
• Landscape Definition Editor
  • Importing Landscape Data
  • Surface Manipulation Tools
  • Defining a map from a scanned image
  • Interpolation
• Importing Data from ArcView / ArcInfo
• Importing Data from MapInfo

GenesisIV Tutorials - troubleshooting

• Startup issues. Program will not run or crashes on startup
• The GenesisIV photorealistic renderer shows strange colors

GenesisIV Tutorials - techniques, for teachers, professionals and everyone!

• GenesisIV in the classroom: From Cardboard Cutouts to Virtual Islands
• GenesisIV in the classroom: More on Virtual Islands using GenesisIV
• Creating interesting landscapes without fractals
• Forestry, a guide to cultivating trees, hedges and an English patchwork landscape
• More forestry - visualizing a new plantation
• Terrain surfaces - a users guide
• Using Models - adding 3DS models to GenesisIV landscapes
• Using Choropleth mapping
• Integrating photographs and video using hotspots
• Using Ecology layers to add trees

GenesisIV Tutorials - developer/administrator topics

• The GenesisIV Database
• The GenesisIV Plugin SDK