SCATTER GRASS, TREES AND MORE WITH FOREST PACK
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In this tutorial we will introduce some of the most commonly used features of Forest Pack Lite, the completely free edition of Forest Pack that includes a great many of the features found in the paid version, plus it can be used commercially and never expires!
To download the Lite version to follow this tutorial, just go to the iToo Software website (www.itoosoft.com/getfplite) and visit the Forest Pack Product Page. The download link can be found at the bottom of the page. Sign up for an account and you’ll be emailed a link to the software. Installing it is self-explanatory, but you can visit the documentation if you need more help.
Once you’ve got the software installed, let’s jump into 3ds Max and start populating this scene with grass, trees, hedges, gravel, ferns and more. At the end of the tutorial, we’ll also take a quick detour and look at using RailClone Lite, which is also free, for the boardwalk in our scene.
This tutorial was created in cooperation with Ciro Sannino and GC Edizioni for a new book called Chiaroscuro With V-Ray. With 15 chapters of explanation and exercises, this book describes an easy-to-repeat photographic approach to rendering that teaches a ‘5-Step Render Workflow’ and the application of Chiaroscuro concepts to create artistic lighting. The Italian language edition is already available, with an English version due out in May.
AUTHOR
Paul Roberts
Paul is an environment artist with over
