Grass and Tree

Thursday, April 14, 2016

8:30am-11:10am


Looked online for some free .obj tree files. Then, instead of just putting a grass texture on a plane, I want to have actual grass blades visible. I found some .obj grass files, which work well, but then I found out Maya has tree brushes and grass brushes! I am so excited to make the scene now that I know creating it won't take ages! However, when using trees and grass, whether with brushes or free files, there is so much information for Maya to calculate that the process becomes slow. Moving grass across the screen takes about a second longer, which feels much longer than the instant navigation of a regular polygon. Still, with the possibility of using pre-made trees and grasses instead of having to create my own from scratch, I am relieved that I can now use this time to go right into making the scene and animations!

~Jennah A