How to automate landscape layer painting using a texture map

Thank you @RecourseDesign @ClockworkOcean !

I was able to use your solutions with a combination of a solution in this thread ( How do I change a specific color within a texture? - #12 by Marcus-Universe )

And came up with a similar method to blend the landscape layers through annotations:

Essentially converting the annotation color to a black and white opacity mask and then blending material attributes with the opacity mask as alpha.

This is inside the Material Function: The function is just for cleaning up.

Final Result. Grass Dry is the base layer, Grass is layer one, Desert is layer 2.

PS: I should add that the Landscape Coordinates node must have an accurate mapping scale, which should match your map tile resolution.

If you’re importing your map through a heightmap. The resolution should match the heightmap otherwise, the layers will scale incorrectly across the landscape.

Thank you to both of you for so much assistance! <3

I hope this helps anyone in the future.

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