What kind of Plant and Trees are best for use in architectural visualization

[pradipta]

Hi,

 

I get most trouble in getting proper landscape for my projects. I tried using high res images, alpha channel and even low res models but not getting quality output with them.

 

i would like to know what is the best way to add plants/trees or other landsacpe elements to a scene? i think still image and animation will have separate solutions for this. any kind of help will be appreciated. thanks in advance

[bokkins]

tiff images are still very useful, you can also use rpc, or bionatics, xfrog or onyxtrees. all of these trees can be used in both stills and animation. also, vray has a good grass simulation - "vray displacement"

[Tim Saunders]

hands down, got3d trees for stills. great detail and very realistic looking.

[arquiteck09]

I think the problem with RPC´s is the light, don´t match very well, Alpha images can save a lot of time but you need to do some tweeking and if you use 3d models and if you have the chance to use Vray you can "proxy" the 3d models and save time as well.

 

Now for the matter of "best look" this have to do with you light and materials, have some knowledge and of course a los of test. Good luck

[pradipta]

thanks for all the comments. it's been very helpful in deciding what package to choose for. i think now i will more focussed on onyxtrees and alpha enabled images. i tried with xFrog but it proved to heavy for the scene. thanks again for your support