You can also generate full G-Buffer and Multi-Pass information for each frame, for maximum compositing options. Plant factory integrates a Render Engine that automatically generates and saves three channels (Color, Alpha and Depth). As an example, we illustrate here how easy it is to add detail to the trunk of a plant by driving its displacement with a fractal.ĭrive displacement (or any other parameter) using fractals, and easily publish important parameters for later tweaks! Plant Factory provides unprecedented control by letting you drive any parameter of your plant with a graph of nodes. Easily Add Details to Your Plant Geometry These characteristics can drive any node or set of nodes in the TPF graph to add more complete plant definition and realism.įor example, the seasonality node can drive the presence and color of leaves by moving the slider as shown in the above video. One of the key features of The Plant Factory is its ability to dynamically set global plant characteristics such as plant age, health, and seasonality.
Notice how the plant gets more and more detailed with the number of times the loop is repeated. The above video shows how the simple Acacia plant easily creates an intricate branching structure thanks to the use of recursive modeling. This technique will prove extremely useful to quickly generate variations of the same plant at various ages, for instance. Once this number is reached, TPF will then continue processing the graph onwards (what’s after the “End” node). In short, the “Repeat” node will repeat the node(s) plugged into it a (user defined) number of times. This is achieved through a number of dedicated nodes: Repeat, Next, End and Iteration. Plant Factory is so powerful that it lets you create recursion loops inside your graphs, so that you can “program” iterative fractal behaviors directly into your plant species. That way, you can fine tune the plant animation to your needs, directly inside your preferred application. Plants are exported fully rigged, fully textured, with UV maps and displacement, etc.īreeze or wind animated plants can be exported using a fully rigged mesh, or as a cloud of animated vertices (MDD style). Plants created using The Plant Factory technology can be exported to any 3D Application using multiple export formats such as FBX, 3DS, OBJ, etc.
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