Maxwell grass feature experiment

[novena]

Hi guys
I was experimenting with the grass extension of Maxwell render standalone plugin for SketchUp, here come some results, to achieve the angle variation of the blades I used an angle map, rendered within SU with the free version of the Maxwell plugin
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[JQL]

Nice!

[Daniel]

those look incredible, novena.
Makes me wish I had the time to try that software out.

[hellnbak]

Really nice work. That last one, unfortunately, looks a lot like my front lawn

[novena]

thanks a lot guys! I appreciate your comments...

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[utiler]

very cool and soooo easy!!

[ken28875]

This is awesome, Victor. Loving it.

Best,

_KN

[novena]

@utiler said:

very cool and soooo easy!!

Thanks utiler,
Yes it is soooo easy, with just a couple of clicks I got all those variations of the grass

@ken28875 said:

This is awesome, Victor. Loving it.

Best,

_KN

Thanks Ken, I appreciate your comments

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[wychylylybymy]

Nice! how long you were render it?

[novena]

@wychylylybymy said:

Nice! how long you were render it?

Thanks! It took about 15-20 min per image
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[Richard]

Mate, I'm impressed!! Could you show us what you mean about an angle map?

I've really fallen behind with my Maxwell skills having neglected to upgrade for a bit, I really need to seeing this!

[novena]

@richard said:

Mate, I'm impressed!! Could you show us what you mean about an angle map?

I've really fallen behind with my Maxwell skills having neglected to upgrade for a bit, I really need to seeing this!

Richard, thanks! Im glad you like it!
The angle maps is applied to the maxwell grass parameter 'initial angle', the map is an RGB map, where red, green and blue correspond to the axis X, Y, Z, that way the grass grows in the direction determined by the angle map.
The angle map I used is created using a photoshop action on a black and white image, the photoshop action can be downloaded here:
http://support.nextlimit.com/display/tuts/Grass+Tutorials
I have no access to my computer and files until next wednsday, then I can show you the angle map used
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[novena]

@richard said:

Mate, I'm impressed!! Could you show us what you mean about an angle map?

I've really fallen behind with my Maxwell skills having neglected to upgrade for a bit, I really need to seeing this!

Hi Richard!
sorry for the delay...
this is the anglemap I used for the experiment, I did 2 copies of the same map applying blur filter at different values in photoshop to generate more variants...
I attached 2 images to compare grass with and without anglemap, and a screen capture with the Maxwell grass parameters used...

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[Richard]

Thanks for getting back to this mate!!! That's an impressive result!

Do you notice a distinct line if the angle map isn't seamless?

I've so got to update my softs. It's been a while!