free grass generation program

[CBAS]

has anyone used bantam grass and is it any good?

it sure looks good, because it creates geometry based grass with total bezier-like control of the shape and color
you can use black/white maps for growth and density contol
i'm at work, so i can't try it right now...
and it's free

http://bantam3d.com

[kippu]

thanks

hey thanks CBAS,,,

will give it a try..but for now vray displacements rocks for grass

[Da_elf]

doesnt look any better or wost than druid grass and thats free too

[CBAS]

i've tried it myself
doesn't look as good as it did on the site...

i'll stick to displacement :P

[net_ralf]

Displacement grass...

Can u guys maybe give me directions how to use displacement to creat grass, at least what map are u using, thx a lot

Ralf

[wulfie]

I second that...a nice short tut on vray displaced grass would be very nice....

[natty]

i take it you guy's are fairly new to this forum.......

http://www.chaoticdimension.com/foru...pic.php?t=3526

[wulfie]

I've read that thread...downloaded the scene and everything...but a simple tutorial on how to make your own vray displaced grass would be nice too..

[natty]

But cant you Deduce from that scene how to do it ?

[egz]

Here's a small preview of what will be possible with the next VRay build:


The scene took only a few minutes to set up so it's not art, just meant to show the possiblities.

[wulfie]

That's wicked cool...and I've been studying the 'grassy sheep' file for a bit now...but still don't quite understand it...granted, I normally use Lightwave and have just started scratching the surface of 3dsmax which by the way is on my dad's computer...so any help in this matter would be kindly appreciated..

[egz]

And a blowup rendering of the same scene:

[tammo]

how did you get that vray version?

[lordshaitan]

I havent had ALOT of time to study the sheep just yet, but is it me or in that pic that egz posted, are the "blades" actually cylindrical objects? Looks like a whole bunch of green pencils to me, vs grass.

[PATER]

I think these blades are procedural obejcts, eh?

cooool, is there a chance to define the form of them or to manipulate them in a certain way?

Cool Stuff is coming up i think!