[seghier]

grass modifier have very useful settings ; i made some tests
the carpet and the portrait of Johnny depp ; the leaves .... ;all created with grass modifier

[dariolanza]

Hi seghier,

Interesting usage of the Scatterer. Congrats!

[choo-chee]

very interesting... how do you use the grass modifier to create those leaves? I was sure it allowed only tubular shapes ..?

[seghier]

Hi seghier,

Interesting usage of the Scatterer. Congrats!

thanks Dario
i use grass modifier only ( or you mean grass modifier with scatterer ? )

[seghier]

very interesting... how do you use the grass modifier to create those leaves? I was sure it allowed only tubular shapes ..?

to create leaves i use flat grass ;for ex : length = 6cm , width (root and tip ) = 60 mm to get square shape
than i apply material have leaf texture with alpha mask ; each blade have uv channel and we can use any texture
than play with options angle / bend ...

[choo-chee]

wise !!! today I've learned a new idea.

[seghier]

yes grass modifier is a great tool
you can use cylindre type to create carpet ; hair ; coton ...

[tom]

Great motivation!

[seghier]

Great motivation!

thank you

[seghier]

grass with angle map ; i see the tutorial how to create angle map with photoshop but i didn't have good result
this is test with angle map rendered by maxwell (normal pass) and sculpting with blender



angle map (rendered by maxwell)

density map





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i already post that in the forum : when we add new grass modifier with the first was selected ; all parameters reseted

[seghier]

plant created with grass modifier



tree created with blender ; leaves and small branches with grass modifier

[seghier]

Shaun the Sheep

[choo-chee]

grass with angle map ; i see the tutorial how to create angle map with photoshop but i didn't have good result
this is test with angle map rendered by maxwell (normal pass) and sculpting with blender



angle map (rendered by maxwell)

density map





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looks very good. I want to ask you, if it's ok with you....: the materials look really good, what kind of grass MXM do you use? I usually use the generic one from the maxwell 2.7 manual but it lacks richness and variety like yours...
i already post that in the forum : when we add new grass modifier with the first was selected ; all parameters reseted

[seghier]

for material i use real grass texture and choose channel 1 ; for better result you can mix it with sss material ( use channel 0 to add map for blades )

[choo-chee]

tried it but since I work through maya I think there's a problem either with the plugin or with my brains because it never works, I simply cannot assign channel=1 and get a render. I always get a strange error , something like "material is not enough for ..."