Grass

[alexyork]

yeah. I just save them out myself - in older evermotion pdfs you could select the images in the pdf & copy/save them, in newer ones they already have images saved to use as thumbnails.
So you make a new library in the forest pro browser, and it makes a folder with a thumbnails folder inside it.
I export all trees to a vray proxy, open a new max file and merge all the proxies in, saving that file as an archive into the forest library folder that was created, relink all maps so it's entirely self contained, then drop jpg thumbnails into the thumbnails folder that was created by forest which are all named the same as the corresponding proxy. when you go back to the forest library go to create item, 3d object, then right click on it and go to 'import objects'. select the max file, select all the proxies inside that file and it automatically links all thumbnails ready to use.

If you have the image named the same as the proxy file it automatically links it as a thumbnail, so if you do this as you're converting to proxies and copy/paste the filename it hardly takes extra time.

Oh right sounds good to me. Will look into this method.

Cheers,

[Macker]

Oh right sounds good to me. Will look into this method.

Cheers,

+1 Sounds like a great method.

[voltron7]

I have FPP, Autograss, Vraypattern, and Multiscatter. Vray pattern is awesome. I rarely use Multiscatter anymore. FPP is amazing, as others mentioned, and IMO worth every penny.
Also, support/user forum for FPP in a big plus, compared to the alternatives.

[Neilg]

+1 Sounds like a great method.

You can skip the saving self contained and re-linking maps - it's just that we share stuff between our NYC and miami offices so once it's set up for one we can copy a single folder (containing proxies, one max file and maps) and it instantly appears in their forest library browser.

[glorybound]

I am the proud owner of Forest Pack Pro. I already appreciate it; the viewport doesn't lag like it did with Multiscatter. Does anybody have a good lawn, for a house, that they would like to share? I am trying the tutorials, but I am not getting good results, and can learn from something that already looks nice. Plus, I don't have time to fudge around

[Morne]

create new forest pack object and click library, go to the presets. There's couple of lawns to choose from

[Morne]

create new forest pack object and click library, go to the presets. There's couple of lawns to choose from

[glorybound]

Sweet! thanks.

[TutanMark]

Think Forest pro is a really good choice.
Last year i bought Railclone and i'm really happy about it. I just noticed some little bug with distributed rendering sometimes.

Try also this from R&B to work with FP: http://rendering.ru/ru_en/models/igrass.html
M.

[glorybound]

I have that library, I'll try it, thanks.

[azapata]

I agree with the majority here, FPpro is amazing. Can't live without it now. If you do it correctly you'll spend more time setting up your areas and different Forests for trees, bushes and groundcover...and then voila. Great landscaping. Thanks to alaniglesias for convincing me to buy it.

[Mokiki]

I bought the railclone forest pack bundle a few days ago and I'm having a blast. Their forum support is outstanding! (only had questions regarding Railclone though)
*fangirl mode*

[piotrus3333]

is there anybody using vrayFur for grass?

[Alan Iglesias]

is there anybody using vrayFur for grass?

These days I use Forest Pro for most all grass situations, but for smaller areas where the grass needs to follow borders perfectly, I'll still use Vray Fur.

-Alan

[piotrus3333]

I started using VRayFur around 2.4 (lvl of detail added). pretty decent results and I'm quite surprised it's not popular at all.
http://forums.chaosgroup.com/showthr...-VRayFur-grass