Speed Tree and Foliage

Speed Tree is another program I'm new to, recommended to me by a friend, it aims to speed up the process of making anything foliage related; from ferns to trees. During my first session using it I create a few things to start filling up my landscape.

Firstly, using some of the provided textures I created a basic tree and bush, added colliders, wind animations, etc. Once I had a grasp of the interface, the software was very easy to understand and gave a great depth of creative freedom.

The grass shown in the images above was created previously. Using Maya, I made and arranged some blades of grass and applied a basic colour ramp texture. I projected the grass onto a flat plane and exported it to use in Photoshop. After editing the colour and creating the alpha channel, I dilated the image a few times before importing it into Unity for use.

I went back into Speed Tree to quickly create a new bush using some different textures I put together using similar techniques as used making the grass, this broke up the green in the scene and added some much needed diversity.