Forum: Vue

Subject: Fall Trees Revisited

creed2003 opened this issue on Jan 05, 2006 ยท 22 posts

creed2003 posted Thu, 05 January 2006 at 10:01 PM

A few months ago I posted a tutorial on how to make realistic looking fall trees in Vue. Well I've been fine tuning the process and have now come up with a color function which basically does the same thing in the tutorial but this is much easier to use. It uses three main colors and a combiner or blender node to mix them. You can change the colors of the tree by changing the three colors around and you can vary the degree of mixing by using the threshold sliders. I've used it on the standard trees that came with V5I and with Oynx Tree Pro. Should work with others but I'm not sure. I uploaded it to the free stuff section but it's also on my home page as well.

A little belated Christmas gift to everyone :)

Jim

sirrick posted Thu, 05 January 2006 at 11:18 PM

thanks, I'll give it a shot :o)

agiel posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 5:36 AM

I just approved it for the freestuff section :)

Samhain74 posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 9:04 AM

Cool,Thanks a mil.Itll come in real handy.

iloco posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 10:49 AM

Thanks, Thats great. Glad to see some are sharing as it use to be here at RO. I really appreciate the shared files. :)

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creed2003 posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 11:07 AM

It's my pleasure. Here's a quick render to show what it looks like on two different trees. One's from Vue the other is from Oynx Tree Pro.

goodrichm posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 5:22 PM

Jim, Thanks so much for sharing this! BTW what's your website home page address? MG

Irish posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 5:49 PM

Jim, this looks great!! Would it be possible for you to update your tutorial as I cannot figure out how to duplicate this. Thanks! :)

creed2003 posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 6:33 PM

It's on my home page here at Renderosity and it's in the free stuff section as well. I'll be updating my tutorial as soon as I get some free time. I included some instructions on how to use it in the package. I'll post some more pics here in this thread showing how to apply the function. Check back soon :)

creed2003 posted Fri, 06 January 2006 at 10:43 PM

Instead of posting the instruction in this thread I updated my tutorial. It's pending approval but should be avaiable soon. Happy coloring!!! Jim

Gareee posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 8:58 AM

since you have colors selectable, you could probably easily create a "frosted" leaf type of look as well...

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.

creed2003 posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 10:34 AM

You can make the colors any thing you want. You can even make an alien looking tree by making the colors some thing like pink, blue, and purple. That would be a pretty crazy looking tree!!!

Gareee posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 3:26 PM

So for an idiot who just got vue a week or so ago, is this hard to do?

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.

Irish posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 4:09 PM

Terrific - Thanks very much Jim and I will be looking forward to it! :)

creed2003 posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 4:59 PM

Your Welcome!! It's not hard to do at all. The tutorial gives you step by step instuctions with images to guide you. If you know how to use the material editor and can load in a function then it's a breeze.

Gareee posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 5:19 PM

Well, I'm still just tinkering with vue as it is. it looks like many things are basic, but then expand into pretty complex settings. I tried duplicating a tree, and then just making the duplicate base color white, and moving it up some, (for snow on a tree), but then you get no snow actually on top of the tree limbs, and you get a kinda of "double vision" look to the leaves.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.

creed2003 posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 9:25 PM

To get the snow to cover the tree limbs you have to make your second material a cover and not a blend. Open the material editor and change the mapping from simple to cover. See attached image. You can also change how the environment effects the material by clicking the environment tab.

Gareee posted Sat, 07 January 2006 at 9:47 PM

I'll try that instead! Thanks much! BTW, can you change the enclosed plants,. and then resave them to be used in ecosystems? I recall some issues about stuff like that. I'd imagine your same technique could be used for snow on the ground as well, right?

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.

thomllama posted Sun, 08 January 2006 at 3:31 PM

just playing with the snow idea... quickie render for ideas next question... can you make your fall tree function for mac too? please? LOL





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creed2003 posted Sun, 08 January 2006 at 9:20 PM

Wow, that's pretty cool!!! As far as the function working for a Mac user you could try it. I'm not sure what the difference is between the two versions of Vue.

edversyp posted Tue, 10 January 2006 at 6:57 PM

Hi creed2003, Did you update said tutorial in the mean time and where can I find & download the tutorial? Thanks for your response.

creed2003 posted Tue, 10 January 2006 at 8:37 PM

The tutorial has been updated and is pending approval. I included instructions in the package but if there is a specific problem your having you can PM me and I can try to help you.