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CupOWonton
02-28-2005, 05:20 PM
Just curious as to which plugins people preferr and how fast they are by comparason. I can only assume this thread will get few responses because I doubt that many people use varrious tree plugins outside of the AEC objects, but as for RPC, natfx, x-frog, etc, I was wondering which ones seem to work best for you.

Im asking because we FINALY got some animation jobs here where I work, and 2 include exteriors, so I need exterior accents, trees, etc.

Heeeeeeeelp!:scream:
Maven
02-28-2005, 05:23 PM
My experience is that RPC is only good for somethings. Depends on the job. I do allot of radiosity renderings so I will most always grad a AEC tree and modify it for what I want. The thing that sucks about AEC is that your trees tend to look the same from job to job. I don't have any experience with the other plugins.
CupOWonton
02-28-2005, 07:26 PM
X-frog is apparently able to -generate- a tree based on actual imput, so you can basicly make any plant possible. Ive seen it range from a Cactus plant to a pine tree. but im not sure if its fast renderable because I dont know if the poly count is contolable in any way.
Maven
02-28-2005, 07:42 PM
x-frog looks nice, you can just by the plant models and then use the free plugin to use them in 3ds max. They also have a standalone modeling package for plants and trees.
JuanManuel
02-28-2005, 10:05 PM
I'ld go for treestorm, it is an outstanding tree generator, only down side is it is limited to certain types of plant species. That, or x-frog.
NicNac
02-28-2005, 11:47 PM
Hey don't forget speedtree from digimation. Pretty nice plugin. Has it's own tree builder. Make all kinds of crazy trees with it. Comes with around 50 trees for you to play with. Not to mention the animations on these trees are AWESOME.
nueonyx
04-29-2005, 02:35 PM
Now i know everyone wa stalking about trees before, but does anyone know any good city plugins for max 7?? I'm more of a MAYA guy, but ive been useing max for like 2 months now.. So anyway, im looking for something simular to maya's paint effect city mesh.. Or better. i dont care if teh buildings are textured or not. Can N E 1 help me on this??:curious:
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