I'm a newbie: What tool do you recommend for trees?

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Hi Forum,

I’m new to Blender. What are the tools to use for making trees in Blender?

I searched with Google and the forum’s FAQs with no luck. Apparently the bgen3.py script (Gen3) is no longer available, Dryad is not currently available, and the p119-weber.pdf mentioned as the basis for both those tools is also gone.

TIA…

Tony

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There is blender green house.
Otherwise just used 2D image maps for trees (much quicker render, but you are limited to certain camera moves)

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http://www.blenderguru.com/how-to-create-stunning-trees/ threres a lengthy tutorial on using the inbuilt script to create trees.

http://www.webdesign.org/3d-graphics/tutorials/tree-tutorial.611.html
theres one on the technique for actually modelling a tree shold you want to do it by hand.

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Not sure if any of the above links point to these, but you could try NG Plant or Ivy Generator depending on your plant needs.

The in-built script (Tree From Curves if memory serves correctly) is very good for creating anything from low poly trees to pretty high poly, but the tools that I suggest above can result in very realistic forms quite quickly when you get accustomed to them. I guess it depends on your needs.

Note: These tools are not run directly from Blender, but they do export into .obj format that can be reliably and easily imported to Blender.

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tree generator:

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=80466

and blender forrest: http://lsystem.liquidweb.co.nz/