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TUTORIAL1 - STEP3 I show you how to create your own leaf shape for close-ups. |
| We need more detailed leaves at foreground then background. It may be visible if we use single poly leaves. LeavesGenerator allow you to use your own leaf model. | |
| When you design your leaf you should use as few poly as possible. LeavesGenerator make a lot of copies of your leaf and your model may become to be very memory consuming. | |
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Start making new leaf from one polygon. A leaf stalk should start from the origin of the axis. Make planar UV map for it. It is important to make UV maps for leaf - it will be very useful after spreading leaves on tree. Put leaf texture you want to use on it. |
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Look at the texture and make some divisions. Use modeler's drag tool to shape the leaf a bit. Good idea is to also twist and bend the leaf. After those modifications it will be never visible as flat planar polygon. |
| Put your leaf into background layer. In foreground layer you need same branches to grow leaves on. Run LeavesGenerator. You will have no access to several options because of a shape in BG layer. You cannot specify size, type etc. of the leaf - it will be taken from BG layer. Set rest of the settings normal - like in work with predefined types of leaves. | |
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TRANSLUCENCY In LW6/7 you can use lightwave build-in translucency. It is very simplified version of sub-surface scattering. When light go through a leaf it starts to be luminous. It is common phenomenon so you should turn it on and set its value to 80%-100%. |
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Add maps for other channels (translucency, specular etc.) and your leaves are ready. |
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