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asha_hardwire · 21-11-2007, 05:00 PM

Hello!

Can anybody help me on how to populate a tree with leaves without using plugins?

asha_hardwire

Ave · 22-11-2007, 04:52 PM

what kind of tree are you looking to create- cartoony, realistic- will it be close up, or far away- because you could use anything from saslite, to actual pollys, to hypervoxels depending on what you looking to do

here is a tut you can check out

http://www.animationartist.com/2000/...s/lwtrees.html

Ave · 22-11-2007, 04:54 PM

heres another you can check out

http://www.kolumbus.fi/erkki.halkka/...utdoors04.html

Mark · 23-11-2007, 02:01 AM

You could also check out the Sunset scene tutorial from this site:

First part of the tute [free] is here: http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=506

Rest of it [not free] is here: http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=505

Can't remember which part Phil discusses the creation and animaton of the leaves on the tree [think it might be part 3]

asha_hardwire · 23-11-2007, 11:14 AM

i'm making a sakura tree for a short film. i ended up using particles. the tutes were a big help though! thanks!

here's a screenshot. I have to put smaller branches in there still though.

Ave · 23-11-2007, 01:27 PM

I rate once you put in those smaller branches that will end up looking really good, keep us posted.

btw what did you use for the grass?

asha_hardwire · 01-12-2007, 10:59 PM

the grass is the saslite plugin. im still tweaking the actual ground where the grass will be growing so that i won't have to render as much fur to save on power. hehehe i'm testing if the saslite small branches will work too.

right now, i'm testing the cherryblossoms some more since i'm not getting the desired shape. i'm currently trying to use invisible polys as the emitter, but i haven't quite got the grasp of it yet.

:headbang:

21-11-2007, 05:00 PM	#1
asha_hardwire Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 36	Leaves without Plugins Hello! Can anybody help me on how to populate a tree with leaves without using plugins? asha_hardwire

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22-11-2007, 04:52 PM	#2
Ave Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 115	what kind of tree are you looking to create- cartoony, realistic- will it be close up, or far away- because you could use anything from saslite, to actual pollys, to hypervoxels depending on what you looking to do here is a tut you can check out http://www.animationartist.com/2000/...s/lwtrees.html

22-11-2007, 04:54 PM	#3
Ave Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 115	heres another you can check out http://www.kolumbus.fi/erkki.halkka/...utdoors04.html

23-11-2007, 02:01 AM	#4
Mark Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sunbury, UK Posts: 2,339	You could also check out the Sunset scene tutorial from this site: First part of the tute [free] is here: http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=506 Rest of it [not free] is here: http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=505 Can't remember which part Phil discusses the creation and animaton of the leaves on the tree [think it might be part 3]

23-11-2007, 11:14 AM	#5
asha_hardwire Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 36	i'm making a sakura tree for a short film. i ended up using particles. the tutes were a big help though! thanks! here's a screenshot. I have to put smaller branches in there still though.

23-11-2007, 01:27 PM	#6
Ave Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 115	I rate once you put in those smaller branches that will end up looking really good, keep us posted. btw what did you use for the grass?

01-12-2007, 10:59 PM	#7
asha_hardwire Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 36	the grass is the saslite plugin. im still tweaking the actual ground where the grass will be growing so that i won't have to render as much fur to save on power. hehehe i'm testing if the saslite small branches will work too. right now, i'm testing the cherryblossoms some more since i'm not getting the desired shape. i'm currently trying to use invisible polys as the emitter, but i haven't quite got the grasp of it yet. :headbang: