How to do displacement modifer animation for particle tree leaves?

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I was following this tutorial for creating tree animation using a displacement modifier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKBF-8pGX8U

The problem is my leaves are a particle system rather than mesh. I followed the steps, but as suspected, the displacment didn’t do anything to animate the tree leaves. Is there an alternative for tree leaf particles I can try? I just want a swaying type of motion for my leaves.

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You may simply convert the particles to mesh or maybe making the tree move using some cloth sim and the (hair) particles using hair dynamics ? Here simply moving the “whole tree” :wink:

:thinking: or using an armature and wind sim… for the tree… :sweat_smile: yes very general suggestions…

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Use a simple deform modifier instead make sure to place it BEFORE the Particle System Modifier in the stack…

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Amazing! Thanks so much, I will try converting to mesh first. If that doesn’t work, I’ll try the others.

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Thank you so much! This is helpful. I’ll try it and will update here if it works!