3ds help
Doug,
The "valleys and peaks" are a result of not enough tesselation. ie not enough
faces. Yes with Displace you can adjust the tesselation so that you do not see
the polygonial edges. I think if you can create the maps easily displace will
be the easiest to use as you can view it interatively. You'd probably need only
a couple of maps, and with just a little experimentation you'll be done in no
time.
-JE