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EricChadwick: /* Foliage Tutorials */

2026-02-18T01:23:38Z

‎Foliage Tutorials

EricChadwick: /* Foliage Tutorials */

2026-02-18T01:22:13Z

‎Foliage Tutorials

EricChadwick: GuerillaGames_HorizonZeroDawn

2020-05-16T16:17:18Z

GuerillaGames_HorizonZeroDawn

EricChadwick: /* Foliage Tools */ Tree It

2018-06-20T11:52:28Z

‎Foliage Tools: Tree It

Revolutionart: /* CRYENGINE 5 */ Minor edit

2018-03-08T14:42:24Z

‎CRYENGINE 5: Minor edit

Revolutionart: Updated urls and added UE4 tutorials

2018-03-07T23:53:45Z

Updated urls and added UE4 tutorials

Revolutionart: /* Unity */ unity section updated

2018-03-07T23:38:16Z

‎Unity: unity section updated

Revolutionart: /* CryEngine */ fixed the first url to a whole new url. crytek's crydev forums are gone

2018-03-07T23:34:44Z

‎CryEngine: fixed the first url to a whole new url. crytek's crydev forums are gone

Revolutionart: /* CryEngine */ Second url fixed

2018-03-07T23:32:19Z

‎CryEngine: Second url fixed

EricChadwick: /* Vertex Normals */

2016-11-12T00:02:18Z

‎Vertex Normals

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	[[image:AlexDracott_ForestLightingStudy.jpg\|120px]]		[[image:AlexDracott_ForestLightingStudy.jpg\|120px]]
−	[~~http~~://polycount.com/discussion/149632 Forest Lighting study]. Maya and Unreal 4.	+	[https://polycount.com/discussion/149632/forest-lighting-study/p1 Forest Lighting study]. Maya and Unreal 4.

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 == Foliage Tutorials ==
-[[image:GuerillaGames_HorizonZeroDawn.jpg|120px]][https://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/gdc2018/presentations/gilbert_sanders_between_tech_and.pdf The Vegetation of Horizon Zero Dawn] (PDF) Gilbert Sanders, Principal Artist, Guerrilla Games. Maya, Speedtree, Photoshop.
+[[image:GuerillaGames_HorizonZeroDawn.jpg|120px]][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wavnKZNSYqU The Vegetation of Horizon Zero Dawn] Gilbert Sanders, Principal Artist, Guerrilla Games. Maya, Speedtree, Photoshop.
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 * [https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/OpenWorldTools/ProceduralFoliage/QuickStart/ Procedural Foliage Tool Quick Start for UE4] ($).
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzoY062kY1s Create a Forest in UE4] - By Quixel.
 == Vertex Normals ==

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	== Foliage Tutorials ==		== Foliage Tutorials ==
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		+	[[image:GuerillaGames_HorizonZeroDawn.jpg\|120px]][https://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/gdc2018/presentations/gilbert_sanders_between_tech_and.pdf The Vegetation of Horizon Zero Dawn] (PDF) Gilbert Sanders, Principal Artist, Guerrilla Games. Maya, Speedtree, Photoshop.

	[[image:AlexDracott_ForestLightingStudy.jpg\|120px]]		[[image:AlexDracott_ForestLightingStudy.jpg\|120px]]

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 ===Stand Alone===
-* [http://www.frecle.net/index.php?show=treed.about frecle tree[d]] (exports formats .B3D, .OBJ, .X) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130715071506/http://www.frecle.net/index.php?show=treed.about alternate download] via web.archive.org)
+* [http://www.evolved-software.com/treeit/treeit Tree It] (exports formats .dbo .fbx .obj .x)
 * [http://renderhjs.net/shoebox/ ShoeBox: Mask Image] by [http://renderhjs.net Hendrik-Jan "renderhjs" Schoenmaker] - converts tree photos into transparent textures.
 * [http://ngplant.sourceforge.net/ ngPlant]
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 ===UNREAL ENGINE 4===
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0RrdZmYoNM SpeedTree in UDK] ($)
 == Foliage Examples ==

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 ===CRYENGINE 5===
 * [http://docs.cryengine.com/display/CEMANUAL/Tutorial+-+Vegetation+Asset+Creation Vegetation Asset Creation for CRYENGINE 5.]
 * [https://developer.nvidia.com/gpugems/GPUGems3/gpugems3_ch16.html Vegetation Procedural Animation and Shading in Crysis] - by ''[https://www.cmpevents.com/GD08/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=563008 Tiago Sousa]''.  A detailed overview of Crytek's process for vegetation shading.
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P3Fr2TL9mo Forest Tutorial - Quixel Megascans in CRYENGINE 5 - by Joe Garth] ($)

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 * [http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/1020341/#Comment_1020341 Low-poly Tree Using Maya PaintFX] - by ''[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,107125/ Jeramy Cooke]''.  Using ''Paint Effects'' in Maya to create the foliage texture, then hand-modeling the tree.
-===CryEngine===
+===CRYENGINE 5===
-* [http://docs.cryengine.com/display/CEMANUAL/Tutorial+-+Vegetation+Asset+Creation Vegetation Asset Creation for CryEngine 3 and 5.]
+* [http://docs.cryengine.com/display/CEMANUAL/Tutorial+-+Vegetation+Asset+Creation Vegetation Asset Creation for CRYENGINE 5.]
 * [https://developer.nvidia.com/gpugems/GPUGems3/gpugems3_ch16.html Vegetation Procedural Animation and Shading in Crysis] - by ''[https://www.cmpevents.com/GD08/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=563008 Tiago Sousa]''.  A detailed overview of Crytek's process for vegetation shading.
-===Unity===
+===UNITY===
 * [https://forum.unity.com/threads/tree-creator-tutorial-published.103078/ Tree Creator Tutorial] - by larsbertram. Using Unity to create trees.
 * [https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/tree-FirstTree.html Tree Tutorial] - by Unity. First Unity tree.
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 ===UDK===
 * [https://www.3dmotive.com/f102101/ Creating Foliage for UDK] ($) - 3dmotive tutorial by ''[http://www.damianlazarski.com/ Damian 'teaandcigarettes' Lazarski]''. Using 3ds Max 2012, Photoshop, and UDK to create grass and tree branches. See also the [http://polycount.com/discussion/92432 Polycount forum thread].
 == Vertex Normals ==
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 ===UDK===
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG79EosNiBQ SpeedTree in UDK] ($)
 == Foliage Examples ==

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 |[[image:Tree_Normals.gif]]
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-|A comparison of different flat geometry types, with and without bent normals.<br/>Top row uses "crossing planes", bottom row uses "tri planes".<br/>Left to right: wireframe, default normals, "global" normals using [[http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/VertexNormal#Normal_Thief_MAXScript|Normal Thief]], and clump-based normals.<br/>Image by [http://ericchadwick.com Eric Chadwick].
+|A comparison of different flat geometry types, with and without bent normals.<br/>Top row uses "crossing planes", bottom row uses "tri planes".<br/>Left to right: wireframe, default normals, "global" normals using [[VertexNormal#Normal_Thief_MAXScript|Normal Thief]], and clump-based normals.<br/>Image by [http://ericchadwick.com Eric Chadwick].
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