How could i get realistic grass? Any suggestions?

Zylescozar19

Yeah, fur will dramatically make your file slower. Honestly, the floating car bothers me more than your grass. The best method for grass where you don't use fur or displacement is Photoshop as suggested.

What component did you use for the grass in Fur? Use the crown feature paired with something like this http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=dcd8fba2ac24d3b5bbb8a2bd32325576&prevstart=0

or this one

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=7e8b4af7f1f6f64a6a2979228046d9f9&prevstart=0

Hahaha! I didnt notice that the car was floating.
Uhh..I use this grass (edited)

grass patern.skp

Zylescozar19

@thomthom said:

Best and fastest is to make a mask out of the areas where the grass should be and just add it in post. Displacement won't look good - it just looks like spikes and eats lots of render time and memory. Fur isn't supported in VfS and it'd still be faster and better to do in post when you're not doing an animation.

Yeah! Your right Master Thomthom.
I'm having hard time with Photoshops as of now Fur will be the best option for me.
Thanks.

Zylescozar19

@hieru said:

@zylescozar19 said:

Im not good with photoshop but if theres a tutorial step by step. I can do so.

davidh did a good mini-tutorial on this:

viewtopic.php?f=351&t=42259&p=374885&hilit=+grass#p374885

Hieru, Already see this tutorial but still i cant understand how to mask
I guess really need to study this.

Anyways Thanks.

Zylescozar19

@hieru said:

@zylescozar19 said:

Im not good with photoshop but if theres a tutorial step by step. I can do so.

davidh did a good mini-tutorial on this:

viewtopic.php?f=351&t=42259&p=374885&hilit=+grass#p374885

I guess a Video tutorial will do that would be the easiest way

Zylescozar19

@andybot said:

you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

Andy, This will be great.
I'll try to study this method.
Thanks a lot.

Zylescozar19

@andybot said:

you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

Sir andy. I saw this grass of yours. Can i ask where did u get this? i mean is this a SU model? can i download it?
Thanks

valerostudio

If you're not using MatID channels and Photoshop then you are not taking advantage of the most powerful tool in a render artists kit. Learn as soon as you can!

andybot

@zylescozar19 said:

@andybot said:

you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

Sir andy. I saw this grass of yours. Can i ask where did u get this? i mean is this a SU model? can i download it?
Thanks

Sorry - that's done in vray for blender

broomstick

@andybot said:

@zylescozar19 said:

@andybot said:

you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

Sir andy. I saw this grass of yours. Can i ask where did u get this? i mean is this a SU model? can i download it?
Thanks

Sorry - that's done in vray for blender

That's funny: an unofficial version of vray works better than the official version for Sketchup. Chaosgroup needs to address these problems..

andybot

@broomstick said:

That's funny: an unofficial version of vray works better than the official version for Sketchup. Chaosgroup needs to address these problems..

Well, when sketchup gets particle systems, modifiers, etc., maybe it'll get to the level of Blender...

oh yeah, and when SU goes to 64bit

Hieru

@zylescozar19 said:

I guess a Video tutorial will do that would be the easiest way

In which case Pixel Flakes have a good one that includes the project files (so you can work along):

www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/5-concrete-cliff/

For those of us who already know our way around PS, masks and material ID, this time lapse video is superb:

www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/8-1-hour-challenge/

Zylescozar19

@valerostudio said:

If you're not using MatID channels and Photoshop then you are not taking advantage of the most powerful tool in a render artists kit. Learn as soon as you can!

yea... thanks

Zylescozar19

@hieru said:

@zylescozar19 said:

I guess a Video tutorial will do that would be the easiest way

In which case Pixel Flakes have a good one that includes the project files (so you can work along):

www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/5-concrete-cliff/

For those of us who already know our way around PS, masks and material ID, this time lapse video is superb:

www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/8-1-hour-challenge/

Thank you so much for the help!!!