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Modelling a tree in Max
polycounter lvl 12
Hey,
Do any of you have any tutorials as to how to model a tree in max?
Thanks!
Do any of you have any tutorials as to how to model a tree in max?
Thanks!
Replies
Brute modeling:
Polyboost/graphite modeling tools > Branch tool
Or, Sketchxtrude http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/sketchxtrude-0-95-beta
Scripts and separate apps:
Or, TreeMaker script http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/tree-maker
Or, Branchy http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/branchy
Or, Tree shop http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/tree-shop
Or, SpeedtreeMAX http://www.digimation.com/home/Software.aspx?sm=st
Or, SpeedTree http://www.speedtree.com/
Or, TreeStorm http://www.onyxtree.com/stormx.html
Or, Dryad http://dryad.stanford.edu/
Or, XFrog http://www.xfrogdownloads.com/greenwebNew/news/newStart.htm
Or http://www.treegenerator.com/
Thats friggen hilarious ;D
Personally, I like to use Zbrush with zSpheres and then crunch it afterwards.
Basically I was asking "what research have you done so far?" Read this.
I was thinking, instead of making a ton of leaves and leaf systems, I could try and attempt to make a roundish spherical-ish form and playing around with a well-done diffuse and Normal map. Of course, I will use some leaf planes, but I wouldn't be using that technique for the entire background.
What do you think?
Alternatively, any of the methods Vig linked would work well too if you do want to have physical tree meshes in the scene.
I have this, which has some great Tree textures along with the relevant alpha maps.
https://shop.3dtotal.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=194&osCsid=s1ikhqdicb2tink3e905pk4c12
Anything for maya ??
You can also check creativecrash.com for scripts I'm sure they're around but I have never used any of them.
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/c/search?search=tree&x=33&y=15
For really realistic, or very detailed ones though, I would have to agree that your best bet is third party soft or scripts. My personal favorite was Treestorm, very realistic branching and dynamics.