Introduction to Alpha Trees 2.0

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Don't have Alpha Trees yet? You can get it here: blendermarket.com/products/al...
And if you do have it, thank you 🤩
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Amazing thumbnail background art by Hüseyin Demirtaş: blenderartists.org/t/hot-island
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Pt1: Downloading & Installing the addon
1:50 Pt2: Using the addon
7:33 Pt3: Using the addon with Scatter5
8:30 Pt4: Tips & Tricks
10:39 Outro

КОМЕНТАРІ: 41

@bigsky7617 2 місяці тому

This looks perfect for what I'm hoping to do! A few questions, did the overhead view ever get implemented, and if not how sharp of an angle can you go? Can I cut a road through the forest, or scatter around the road? And is it good for cinematics, like fast car scenes? Thanks for any insight, looking forward to grabbing this.

@user-vo3do8ii5i Рік тому

this is amazing! thank you for everything!

@TheQuantixXx Рік тому

wow amazing! great work! will definitely purchase soon!

@UnchartedWorlds Рік тому

thank you, keep updating this. I've bought it!

@narensoni3705 2 місяці тому

Thanks a lot for amazing tutorial and tree pack.Kudos!!

@savagesauron4147 Рік тому

Thanks for the tutorial. Alpha Trees is definitely an amazing add-on! :)

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

Thank you very much!

@VetromSdulo Рік тому

Cool addon!

@SpitfireCGI Рік тому

A truly great add on and very much needed .Would there be any plans for an update ,perhaps to add an image plane to be viewed from height/overhead trackable to an overhead camera ?

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

Thank you! And yes, this is planned for the next major update, though I can't say for certain when that might come out :)

@xxxx2025 2 місяці тому

The addon is amazing! Is there a way to paint the weight on tree scattering process?

@StrikeDigital3D 2 місяці тому

Yep, that's supported by default by the add-on, using the density/scale map

@NickNenov Рік тому

Thanks, its working very nicely so far. I was wondering, since I don't have the scatter addon, is it possible to control the distribution of the trees using image textures without it?

@NickNenov Рік тому

Ah sorry I just saw its possible to do it with vertex maps, I think I can take it from there heh

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

@@NickNenov ah, yeah, you can also use the weight layers system, and use a procedural texture layer set to image texture, and that will let you control both density and size with an image

@NickNenov Рік тому

@@StrikeDigital3D ooh I see! thats so cool, is there a documentation on how to use weight layers?

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

@@NickNenov yeah, sure, here's the documentation for weight layers; sites.google.com/view/alphatreesdocs/weight-layers/overview I've not quite got around to having a page for the individual layers, but it gives you a good overview of how the whole system works. Hope that helps!

@NickNenov Рік тому

@@StrikeDigital3D AAhh I see thank you! I just realised I hadn't clicked any of the little i buttons!

@sagepaddockreid7804 2 місяці тому

We need the blender 4.0 update ❤

@StrikeDigital3D 2 місяці тому

The add-on is already updated for 4.0, you can just download the latest version

@parapoliticos52 11 місяців тому

Can you add fallen leaves on the ground?

@everydaybodybuilding2282 Рік тому

I'm getting black as if the material isnt set to alpha hashed when i render in cycles. not sure how to turn it off. I used scatter5. Any tips?

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

Ah, yeah, in cycles you need to turn up the number of transparency bounces in order for it to render a lot of layers of transparency. It's in Render >light paths > transparent, and a value of 30 is usually pretty good. This is done automatically when scattering with the alpha trees add-on, but not when using Scatter5. Hope that helps!

@everydaybodybuilding2282 Рік тому

@@StrikeDigital3D oh sweet! ty!

@chomsky72 Рік тому

Can you basically use any model and convert it to alphas for scattering?

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

Yes! Although, non tree models will take a little extra work to get working (that will change in the next major update though)

@MattScobel Рік тому

Just installed this along with Scatter 5. Is there a way to have the biome face the camera? I don't see a setting available.

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

Hi Matt, yeah, you can find the setting in the rotation section in the tweaking panel (I think it's a checkbox for tangent rotation? I can't check currently as I'm away from my computer) That will give you an object selector where you can choose the object for the trees to point towards Hope that helps!

@MattScobel Рік тому

@@StrikeDigital3D that seems to have done it. I was hoping to set them up to face the "scene camera" like in the normal Alpha Tree settings. I'm guessing that's not possible?

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

@@MattScobel yeah, unfortunately I don't think that's possible, although I'm by no means an expert at using the Scatter add-on, so just to make sure I'd advise asking the dev BD3D, he manages to pack all kinds of crazy features in there.

@AyahuascaMagic Рік тому

is it possible to export the final results to other programs?

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

Hi, unfortunately that's not possible, as most of what makes the trees look realistic is in the material, which can't be transferred to other programs

@wrichards123 Рік тому

how do I rotate to camera when using a biom w scatter5? also some tips and tricks on scaling or terrain scaleing to get this right..... the time laps of the sunset video needs a step by step the timelaps is nice but useless as a reference....

@StrikeDigital3D Рік тому

Hi, yeah, you can find the setting in the rotation section in the tweaking panel (I think it's a checkbox for tangent rotation? I can't check currently as I'm away from my computer) That will give you an object selector where you can choose the object for the trees to point towards. As for a tutorial for the sunset scene, that might happen at some point, it just depends when I have time. Hope that helps!