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    • K Offline
      kwistenbiebel
      last edited by

      Wow Al,
      That is an amazing gift to the SU community. Much appreciated!

      Any chance the tree maker would create the full 3D model as well (even though SU has trouble with polycount)?
      It would be great to be able to have full 3D for rendering.

      Thanks 👍

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      • free agentF Offline
        free agent
        last edited by

        i second that request. 😄

        http:i167.photobucket.comalbumsu143FreeAgent84bug.gif

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        • EarthMoverE Offline
          EarthMover
          last edited by

          @gaieus said:

          Try again, Adam; it should work.

          Working now. Thanks Gaieus! Man, everyday is like Xmas around here!

          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
          Content Creator at Skapeup

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          • B Offline
            bellwells
            last edited by

            Thank you very much, Al. This is a great tool!! I am continually flabbergasted by all the after-market superchargers.

            Ron

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            • AnssiA Offline
              Anssi
              last edited by

              Thank you very much AL!

              It seems to work as expected. A couple of remarks:

              • For me the installer did not give any "install complete" message. Is it supposed to?
              • What kind of render times do others get? For me it used almost 2 hrs for a "medium" image (yes, I have an old 2.8GHz P IV computer

              Anssi

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
                last edited by

                Anssi, that's waay too long.

                I did about 6 so far all at high setting, the longest one took abot 3 minutes and this is in a dual core Vaio laptop.

                http://www.solos-art.com

                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                  Stu
                  last edited by

                  @anssi said:

                  Thank you very much AL!

                  It seems to work as expected. A couple of remarks:

                  • For me the installer did not give any "install complete" message. Is it supposed to?
                  • What kind of render times do others get? For me it used almost 2 hrs for a "medium" image (yes, I have an old 2.8GHz P IV computer

                  Anssi

                  Anssi,I think the time is somewhat dependent on the branch complexity and leaf density......try playing with the sliders and numbers.

                  And , no, I dont remember an 'installation compete' notice.

                  And Pete...Palm trees? 😄

                  http://www.landesign.com.au

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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
                    last edited by

                    Stu, yup.

                    see image.


                    http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/7035/treeeditoryy2.jpg

                    However even with bend in editor the final image is straight.


                    http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3105/200811231527121m12sve4.jpg

                    http://www.solos-art.com

                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                      Stu
                      last edited by

                      [quote="solo"]Stu, yup.

                      see image.

                      SLAP!!! .....I missed that option all together 😳

                      http://www.landesign.com.au

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                      • Al HartA Offline
                        Al Hart
                        last edited by

                        Oof - (bent trunks) - This must not be being written to the XML file properly. We'll trace it down.

                        See what happens the to the next tree you try to make after the bent one fails - does it start out straight or bent. (We reuse the last XML file for the next tree, so it should start with whatever settings you used for the last tree)

                        Al Hart

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                          ScottPara
                          last edited by

                          Al,

                          Thanks for this. Really nice of you. Just a couple notes or questions:

                          Can we get this to not only export a PNG but also an alpha map? As these do not render at all in Vray. Without an Alpha map it makes it that much harder.

                          Best regards,
                          Scott

                          Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                            Stu
                            last edited by

                            @al hart said:

                            Oof - (bent trunks) - This must not be being written to the XML file properly. We'll trace it down.

                            See what happens the to the next tree you try to make after the bent one fails - does it start out straight or bent. (We reuse the last XML file for the next tree, so it should start with whatever settings you used for the last tree)

                            Al, After trying with a bend the angle slider reverts to zero when opened again.
                            [Im finding the angle and bending sliders work in conjunction]

                            PalmBend.jpgPalm angle.jpg

                            http://www.landesign.com.au

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                            • Al HartA Offline
                              Al Hart
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Al,

                              Thanks for this. Really nice of you. Just a couple notes or questions:

                              Can we get this to not only export a PNG but also an alpha map? As these do not render at all in Vray. Without an Alpha map it makes it that much harder.

                              Best regards,
                              Scott

                              The PNG file contains an alpha channel. I am not sure what an alpha map is.

                              When you render other alpha channel images from SketchUp to they work, or do you have to do anything special to make an Alpha Map?

                              If you create an Alpha Map - do you store it in SketchUp, or apply it separately after you extract the alpha image from SketchUp?

                              Are you sure you don't have the same problem that the Podium users have - that you need to explode the alpha-transparent SketchUp image into a face with an alpha material? If that is what is needed, we can make that an option for SketchUp, and perhaps set the face not to cast a rectangular shadow.

                              Podium users - if I set the alpha transparent rectangular face not to cast a shadow in Sketchup - does it still cast a shadow in Podium?

                              Al Hart

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                              IRender nXt from Render Plus

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                              • Al HartA Offline
                                Al Hart
                                last edited by

                                @gaieus said:

                                And the link to the WH:

                                The trees you are making do have the .ArPlant information, so go ahead and upload them.

                                If you use custom leaves or bark, we will want to upload them again after we make a new version next week which stores the custom images on the tree as well.

                                Al Hart

                                http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
                                IRender nXt from Render Plus

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                                • EarthMoverE Offline
                                  EarthMover
                                  last edited by

                                  Prior to rendering in Vray, I had to explode the Faceme component twice, then return it to a faceme component. I had to generate a transparency/alpha/clipmap (I use Deep Exploration)to plug into the transparency slot in Vray. This worked fine and the trees rendered well. The process is a bit of a pain, but who can complain about such nice trees for free!

                                  http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6563/fractaltreetestka3.th.jpg

                                  http://img224.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

                                  It would be nice to see an option added to put in a flower map. This would open up the possibility of doing and assortment of flowering shrubs and trees.

                                  3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                  Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                  Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                  • Gus RG Offline
                                    Gus R
                                    last edited by

                                    Al,

                                    Thank you very much for this application. Works great and the trees and the options all work like a charm. Even tested it with other leaves as someone suggested -- having converted them to PNGs.

                                    Thanks again.

                                    Gus

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                                      ScottPara
                                      last edited by

                                      Al,

                                      As earthmover stated we (vray users) will still need to generate a alpha/clipmap for these to work. I am not sure how much trouble it would be for the program to export out the associated clipmap at export but it would be a huge time saver.

                                      Thanks again,
                                      Scott

                                      Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                                      • K Offline
                                        kwistenbiebel
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Al,
                                        Just wanted to get back on the 2D/3D subject.
                                        As I understand, the treegenerator is actually 3D based by default right?
                                        So what about the option to have the full 3D tree as output?
                                        Would be great for us render headz. 👍

                                        cheers,
                                        Kwistenbiebel

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                                          ScottPara
                                          last edited by

                                          I second (or third) the 3D request.

                                          Scott

                                          Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            Third! (fourth?) 😎

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