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Hey, thanks Varian! VERY NICE! :) Laurie

Thanks Varian....:)

You've come up trumps again :D Cheers :) Cheers

Ta very muchley (as they say in Yorkshire :-) ) they look great Varian - at least they'll take my mind off Vue 4 for a while :)

Cool trees Varian... I'll definitely look forward to using them in some future scene... Thanks...

Mannn!!!...you are fast and good! :)

Oh man, I can't believe I wrote "new tress"! I don't even know what a tress might be, but it sounds like it could be a valid word! I'm glad y'all checked out the post anyway, even if it was titled in a foreign language! grin

Well, at first I figured it was tresses like in hair, but then after I read the post, I figured it was trees... You weren't fooling me for one minute... :) No siree bob..

I pity the poor person who checked out this thread specifically because they've been looking for a new tress for a long time - LOL! :D

Aren't tresses those things on railroad tracks? or is that spelled different;) lol

Varian, Thank you again. You never cease to amaze. And yes, "tress" is a word, as perusal of the second stanza of George Gordon's (better known as Lord Byron) will show, i.e., One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven TRESS, Or softly lightens o'er face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling place. -- From She Walks In Beauty Hey, thanks again. Larry F

Hey Varian, thanks for the tress! Before I read this, I thought maybe youy had made a dress or even a mess... I haven't yet seen the tress in question, as I've had modem problems all day, and just now managed to get here... Thanks again! -Mike

LOL Mike! Just be kind to my FENCE! :D Okay, tresses refers to hair, typically long, flowing hair. Trestles are those things associated with railroad tracks, or bridges that cross large chasms. I'm not sure about Lord Byron's use. Sounds like poetic license at work. A singular tresses? Then again, why not? Where the heck does "tresses" (plural) comes from if not from "tress" (singular)? At any rate, I did not create a model of a strand of hair, just six new TREES. And I expect everyone to render them with happiness. :)

Regarding the tresses on the trees.... grin! I do have a tree question...has anyone ever seen (or could make?? hint hint!) a eucalyptus tree?? (I had to look that up in my dictionary!)- eucalyptus (yk-lpts) n., pl. eucalyptuses or eucalypti (-t). Any of numerous tall trees of the genus Eucalyptus, native to Australia and having aromatic leaves that yield an oil used medicinally and wood valued as timber. I think this would be a great addition to the types of trees... never have seen one in tree druid, or onyx..or!? It is such a different kind of tree.. I am new to vue, but don't want to use anything else, ever again... now! :)

Hey Varian,great trees, really! I went and downloaded them all and played around with them a little. They "take" some of yours' and Bernie's alternate plant materials pretty well. Of course, with setting the "faded-out" to something compatible, but they really look pretty good. The cool thing is that most 3D modeling programs could be used to iport them and bend branches, and what not, not to mention things such as Poser's magnets. NOW, I finally see why it would be very cool to be able to export Vue trees, if only in their "natural" state, with no transparencies--- deforming. Thanks again!

Cool Mike! I haven't tried applying transparent materials to them. I'll have to give it a go! :) Sparkel, I don't know if there's a eucalyptus tree around (thanks for spelling it for me! Isn't copy/paste wonderful? grin) Laurie has created some eucalyptus branches, suitable for adding to a flower arrangement. You can find those at Big-I.com (I think), or check her website: http://www.lauriesvue.com Vue has a wonderful way of seducing us, doesn't it? :)

Actually Varian, I think the eucalyptus that I have isn't really what Sparkel is looking for. Mine are Florist's Eucalyptus, which are different altogether from a Eucalyptus tree :). The best that I can do for Sparkel is to make a eucalyptus tree clipmap using Jungle 3D, but it would only be one dimensional and would look better at mid-ground to distance. Even then, until Vue 4 is available, using the method of crossing 2 of the same plane accross the middle to fake 3d won't work until we can turn off "receive shadows". Other than that, I've never seen a true 3D eucalyptus tree either :(. Laurie

heyas; well, varian.... at least you didn't say "truss." :)

Ahh...sometimes life is kind, isn't it? LOL!

"M-O-O-N; that spells tree".... ......... Sorry, I was watching Stephen King's The Stand on TV the other night.....

LOL! I love that movie! I've got it video-taped from TV, the official video, and the DVD. Naturally I have the book also, um, two copies. :)

Hi Laurie! So Vue will take a 2d image just like Bryce does? (have not got into trying that). I need to look for a photo of one..I can cut one out (a tedious prospect, with all those leaves, sigh) with my paint program... don't go to any bother... I was just observing that this popular tree in Australia and the western US is not in any tree program that I know of... and it is a neat tree.... so I thought I would put the word out...and see what information comes in! :) Thanks! Sara (sparkel)

Yeah Sara, just put your map (with a trans map for it) on a flat plane and make sure your plane is perpendicular to the camera. That's it :). It may not look as good as a Vue 3 tree would, but it should pass muster as long as it's not right up in front of the camera :). Laurie

Ooops, forgot....you may have to adjust your lighting so that it casts a believable shadow. More to direct frontal or directly from behind with only a few degrees left or right. Otherwise you'll have a nice full tree with a skinny shadow. :) Laurie

Or use plenty of ground cover so that the shadow doesn't much matter. :) I've used "flat" trees several times. With a bit of planning, you can't tell 'em apart from the 3D ones. The one thing I'd suggest, though, is to be sure to create your 2D image large enough so that when you render, the rendered portion of the tree won't be larger than the original 2D (otherwise it'll begin to pixelate).