Animated Trees

[Konstantin Kim]

Studio/Institution: 3dmentor
Genre: Landscaping
Software: 3ds max 9, GrowFX, Vray
Website: http://www.3dmentor.ru
Description:

Hello! I made first test of new GrowFX's feature - wind force I used 3ds max 9, GrowFX and VRay. Render is very fast - I used only Brute force for GI. Render time was about 1 min 40 sec per frame on my old Core Quad Q6600

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1k3PyQ7wk

 

So, this is first beta and Eduard Danilov (developer of GrowFX) have fixed some bugs in wind force I'm rendering some new tests now and I'll post later.

[MD]

Nice test - I'm interested in seeing more tests you do. Keep posting them.

 

How do you like growFX so far? I'm thinking about purchasing it.

[Konstantin Kim]

I made over 800 of 3d models in GrowFX and I like it - it is powerful and flexible! You could make any type of tree or plant and animate wind or it's grow. A lot of trees available on my web-site http://www.3dmentor.ru

[Nic H]

has it got presets yet?

would be a good alternatuve to onyx (which is one of the most awful outdated pieces of software i ahve ever used) if they could get a decent preset library together imo.

[Konstantin Kim]

Yes, GrowFX has presets now, I dislike Onyx too, it's terrible and unstable! ))) We plan to release libraries of different plants for GrowFX in July 2011.

[Tommy L]

I tried growFX and I like it. Needs a certain amount of cryptic thinking to visualize how the settings affect the final model. I'd prefer more graphic approach when learning.

I dont think its fair to knock Onyx though. Its fantastic, very versatile and if you have the Garden Suite w/ Treestorm its hard to beat. Esp with the massive amount of presets it ships with. I have not had stability issues either. In fact, I had huge lag on the regen with GrowFX in the max viewport with just 1 complex growing tree.

I think GrowFX is a little cheaper, but not better. As modelers they are the same, but its nice that GrowFX operates inside Max.