PlantFactory 2015 2015006140 Release 15287 (x64)

PlantFactory 2015 2015006140 Release 15287 (x64) | 1.21GB

Plant Factory is a must have for any vfx pipeline, and an ideal companion to VUE. Create, Edit and Export High-Quality Animated 3D Plants.

What’s New in Plant Factory 2015:
Redesigned interface and workflow for an improved “new-user” experience
Trunk, Branch, Twig, Stem, Leaf and Billboard framework nodes help you get going fast
Basic and Advanced work spaces, adapted for newcomers and power users
Edit the same parameter for several nodes simultaneously
Simplified material creation using the new Basic Material Editor with standard channels for diffuse, alpha, normals and detail maps
Here is a shortlist of some of the important new features included in Plant Factory 2015:
Quads and Subdivision Surfaces
Control mesh density of individual parts of the plant
Detail maps and Double-sided materials
Exchange plants or plant parts with ZBrush
New ultra-realistic wind model
Redesigned interface and workflow
Simplified Material Editor
New lightweight Simple Segment node for small branches and twigs
New Node presets for the Segment and Leaf nodes
Custom tailored FBX export preset for Unity 5
Redesigned content, 19 new plant species
44 simple tutorial scenes explaining specific settings
Content:
19 new plant species
44 simple tutorial scenes explaining specific settings
Redesigned content, optimized for the new wind
Preset material library
Plants created with Plant Factory can be exported to any 3D application using export formats such as Alembic, FBX, 3DS, OBJ, C4D, LWO, etc.
Plants are exported fully rigged*, fully textured, with UV maps and displacement. Breeze or wind animated plants can be exported as a fully rigged mesh or as a cloud of animated vertices* (MDD style).
You can fine-tune the animation of rigged* mesh plants directly inside your target 3D application.
Plant Factory also offers a variety of export presets, custom tailored for specific host applications. Such presets include export for 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema4D, LightWave, Softimage, Modo, ZBrush, Unity, Blender, and more…