How do I create a terrain for my game by importing images?

I've seen this exact same question three times this week, dont be lazy!

I couldn't find an answer when I searched.

http://www.riemers.net/eng/Tutorials/XNA/Csharp/series4.php

or

http://www.riemers.net/eng/Tutorials/XNA/Csharp/series1.php

for a start

Isn't there a much easier method of doing this?...

No, you actually need to write the code to build a mesh from the height map.  There's alot of tutorials around to show you how to do this on most programming sites including this one.  Don't expect everything in life to be done for you.

If you would like that kind of functionality maybe you should look at using an engine.

XNA is written at a lower level, which gives you more flexibility, but more work to do.

The Reimer tutorial series is very very good, and I think this site has a sample called "Generated Geometry" which also covers this kind of thing.

You should just be able to wander through the tutorials and then integrate it into your game.

J

ps... I intend to revisit terrain generation as my next project and am really looking forward to it.