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1. Foliage Tutorials

   

   Topic by Nemlet17 · Jul 2011 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   I'm going to be making a little 3 part series on foliage. Now it may not be the most efficient way out there and by all means if I'm doing something that is teaching something really really bad, please correct me :) Anyways, enjoy! Part 1 (the basics): [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb_Lj9VL9AI[/ame]

2. Re: Foliage Tutorials

   

   Reply by Snader · Jul 2011 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   I see you're using 4 quads as a plane, which seems like it's a bit unoptimized, especially since you're not using those triangles to reduce transparency overdraw. I'd say use mesh more like this: As for your workflow, using 2 bend modifiers seems a hassle, just make it an editable poly and move those verts around. It's…

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   Reply by pumbaa · Jul 2011 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Well that's a whole lot simpler. Totally missed that, thanks

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   Reply by m4dcow · Jul 2011 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   The xNormal plugins for photoshop also have a dilate filter.

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   Reply by pumbaa · Jul 2011 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Just a tip on texturing to make sure there's no weird alpha artefacts, I found this photoshop action in the Unity 3d help section that dilates the border of your selected layer: http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Manual/HOWTO-alphamaps.html From: To: