![]() ![]() ![]() Thankfully, we’re at a point where there are a lot of very good, and artist-friendly foliage solutions available to us as, and believe it or not Maya’s paint effects tools are right up there with the best of them. If you’re interested in digital environment creation and want to elevate your work to a professional level, at some point you’re going to need to get a handle on some current best-practices for creating plants, trees, and ground-cover in your 3D package - in this case, Maya. Grass, trees, bushes, stray leaves in the streets, potted flowers - like it or not, plant life is present in just about every outdoor environment on the planet.īut how many CG scenes have you seen that ignore foliage altogether or treat it as an afterthought?ĭue to some common misconceptions about Maya’s paint effects engine (and the fact that simulating accurate, believable CG plants can be a relatively complicated pursuit), a lot of beginners either avoid it entirely or use antiquated/game-industry workarounds (like a cutout image on a 2D plane). ![]() Unless you’re deep in the heart of a windowless building (or live in the post-apocalyptic future), there’s a pretty good chance that from where you’re sitting you can see at least one example of foliage. ![]()
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