I was creating some closeup and medium range renders using the Standard Vue SolidGrowth Trees and began to realize that there are some problems with the basic wood trunk and bark materials. Some of these problems are due to how the basic materials are mapped while others require significant improvements to create a more realistic result.  So I ended up re-creating the wood materials for the entire basic Vue Tree collection. The materials are 100% procedural and distortion free.  They even look decent when rendering at close range. Here's a link showing a comparison of the original versus revised materials (original on the left, new on the right):

http://www.skinvue.net/Vue6/VueTrees.jpg

Here's a download link to a zip file containing the new materials:

http://www.skinvue.net/Downloads/VueTreeWoodMats.zip

Enjoy!

Thanks for those textures.  This has been long over due and really gald you took time to make new materials for them. :(

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Indeed a big improvement for the lower quality standard barks ! Thanks very much for this Dave :-) Wim

 

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WOW - awesome !!!  Thank you so much for your time and for sharing these!

Fabulous! Thank you for your effort in this :)

These look so much better than the originals! Thank you!

Those are the most significant improvements I've seen in Vue6, and very real world....well done.. ...

 

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Thanks a ton :) Very good looking stuff :)

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Will these automatically be used, or do you have to manually replace them?

Great looking stuff, butthe cherry tree almost looks a little "tiled" to me

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Thank you! They are a fantastic improvement!

> Quote - Will these automatically be used, or do you have to manually replace them? > > Great looking stuff, butthe cherry tree almost looks a little "tiled" to me

 

Good catch - fixed and re-uploaded.

Quote - Will these automatically be used, or do you have to manually replace them?

 

They won't automatically be reused, you need to manually load them.  I've contacted the E-on folks about offering these as standard materials.

Thank you very much for sharing.  You are so generous.

Many thanks ~ they look 100% better!

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Very nice mats and a real improvement over what are (now) quite obviously inferior Vue materials. Thank you very much for these.

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Thank you ! :thumbupboth:

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Thank you for these textures. The difference in your your comparison renders is striking.

Nice job Dave. Really great stuff. Much appreciated!

 

Oh wow, I cannot thank you enough. This is VERY much appreciated!

"They won't automatically be reused, you need to manually load them. I've contacted the E-on folks about offering these as standard materials." If I rename them to the names of the eon files, and replace the eon folder (just saving the eon ones under a different name to use for toon scenes), would your new textures load automatically in my ecos? Love esther

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Quote - "They won't automatically be reused, you need to manually load them. I've contacted the E-on folks about offering these as standard materials." If I rename them to the names of the eon files, and replace the eon folder (just saving the eon ones under a different name to use for toon scenes), would your new textures load automatically in my ecos? Love esther

 

Esther,

Yes.  You can load in a standard Vue Tree, replace the wood mats with the new ones, and then save the tree species.  I have created a new folder on may machine with the new wood-based tree species.

can you then use those to replace the originals, so they are loaded, instead of the originals?

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Quote - can you then use those to replace the originals, so they are loaded, instead of the originals?

 

Yes.  Just re-save the tree as a new species with the new mats to another folder.  Then you can just load them in anytime you want and they will contain the new mats.

Quote - "can you then use those to replace the originals, so they are loaded, instead of the originals?

Yes.  Just re-save the tree as a new species with the new mats to another folder.  Then you can just load them in anytime you want and they will contain the new mats."

Ok, so change the mats, resaved them as new trees, and replace the original tree files with these new ones, properly renamed?

Just wanna make sure I get it right befor mucking about.

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Wow what an improvement! Really great. Thanks for sharing.

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thanks so much for this!!!! awesome

Much appreciated, now I do not have to repaint my trees in Photoshop.

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Thank you very much Dave, appreciate it :o)

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thank you very much for this very nice gift :)

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oh!! thank U very much!!