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LeanneHyslop
07-18-2007, 02:36 PM
Hi everyone.

I am designing a level which involves a lot of trees and other such vegetation. Was just wondering if anyone knows how to model trees in Maya or of any good tutorials out there?

Thanks.
pbarnes
07-20-2007, 02:49 PM
use the paint effects
convert to polys
and tweak till u get what u want
SwarM22
07-21-2007, 07:52 PM
I dont really use the paint effect trees so I could be wrong but dont those come out very high poly? Not sure thats the best option for a game level.

What I usually do is just model the trunk of the tree and for the branches and leaves just use planes with alpha transparency
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