I’ve seen quite a few postings lately about whether or not Onyx should be used or abandoned, so I thought I’d mention that if all goes as planned, Onyx will be announcing a new and much improved version of its program next week.
Can’t say anything more about it right now, but I’ll be doing a free 1-hour webinar in mid January to highlight the new program.
Incidentally, if anyone plans to upgrade or to purchase the program for the 1st time, Onyx is extending an exclusive 10% discount to anyone that has purchased a 3DATS book. This disccount can actually cover the cost of the Beginner to Intermediate book.
there now finally is something new on onyxtree website. Seems they have other new products also www.onyxtree.com
well its about time. I wonder if it is any good?
It wonder if the “old” programs have changed. Then whether you would be buying new products or upgrade you always pay the full price, except for the TreeStorm plugin. Of course you get some extra library content. Not that I mind that much, because it still is the best tree software. I just wish the interfaces would be more intuitive or you simply could draw a silhouette for generating trees , and a preview for mapped leaves, etc.
So, I looked at the website pretty carefully, and it seems like the only new things are the Grass modeler and Onyx2Max plugin. The existing tree modelers and plugins do not seem like they have been upgraded at all, which is a little disappointing. I was hoping for some new features and a better user interface, but I see no sign of that happening.
and what is worse of all is that this “fancy” new grass program does not have WIND. In other words wind can not affect it like it can with the trees.
Major bummer!
Hey guys,
Just curious- people dont like the modeler software of onyx? I dont know about the new features but when I read the posts, I felt as if people were so unhappy with the current software.
For me: I used it few times and for me it was very good to model the trees as I want.
Just asking curiously, no offense or defense…but wanted to hear your thoughs.
Did you ever try to put a tree against a wall…in a natural way…not with the saw ?
Have you ever tried to precisely sculpt the length of a trunk with the current sliders ?
Don’t you want to see how your tree looks when you have textured leaves ?
Did you never want custom 3D leaves ?
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could randomize each element group individually ? Or could randomize depending on length, density or whatever ? Hint: node-dependencies !
etc..
I have some other plant-generators and all have their strong and weak points. I think Onyx is the best one to use with VRay, but it could use some improvements…
For me, I don’t think the user interface is very intuitive, or easy to use. I also think that the appearance of the boughs coming out from the trunk could look a lot more natural/smooth.
Giraffe, your trees are great, so maybe I’ll just ask you for help next time.
