Grass tutorial using alpha maps / from blender to indigo

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This tutorial will show you how to make a nice looking grass using alpha maps and indigo (free unbiased renderer)

You can read it here : http://www2.indigorenderer.com/joomla/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1225
Or download directly the pdf file

http://www.charlesrazack.com/3d/tuto1/tutograss-0-1.jpg

edit : another example of what you can get :
http://www.charlesrazack.com/3d/tuto1/tutograss-4-2.jpg

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Hey very realistic grass tcharlss!
thanks!

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Shouldn’t this also be possible with the internal renderer of Blender (ztransp… / aplha option) ?

Looks good, but not when using top view I guess ?

thanks

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Yes I guess so.
But I mainly use blender for architectural vizualisation, so this tutorial is aimed at this : producing the most realistic “grass carpet” as possible, with an unbiased renderer.

Yes, you’re right again ! This is a quick method that works for most of the viewpoints, but not in top view.
Eventually, you can model a patch of grass and duplicate it, and you get that.
Maybe in the next tutorial !

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it’s ok, thanks.

btw, nice render!