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    if you have the black spot issue (which i had on my gotha planet!! #@(&@*!@) then you wont be able to do any broad effect to the entire map without leaving that spot out (thats why you got that flattening effect). You do this by selecting a range .. i used +100,000 to -100,000.... the problem is from FT. It's a glitch in Pro but i thought they'd fixed it? Anyhow it's seeing that as - infinity i believe. As for wilbur.. my tutorial is a bit over-reaching in how many steps i used (i'm more efficient at it now) but the basic premise of selecting in steps and varying the settings will get you a semi realistic erosion. As for flat areas i use this trick to avoid straight rivers...
    (make sure you save BEFORE you try my tip just in case it doesn't work :-D)

    Select flat areas,

    contract selection 5px,

    expand selection 6px,

    feather 1,

    add % noise; play around with percentage noise it depends on how high above sea level it is.. the lower the land the higher the percentage noise you'll want to add but don't overdo it either

    Expand selection 5px,

    fill basins (default setting),

    now run your rivers and it should come out all right.

    hope this helps..

    Brian
    Last edited by a2area; 09-17-2011 at 08:26 PM.

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