Animate a tree in 3ds Max: 3 Techniques

[@jayphillips1011]

This is the best animation tree tutorial in 3Ds Max I have seen online. Well explained

[@Potatinized]

10 years ago i came up with the 3rd method but more detailed and accurate. That project alone steered me to who I am today, a technical director. I still dont fully know wtf am I doing half of the time. But at this point, I dont think anyone cares as long as I get the job done.

[@arqrenderz6210]

Can you share the method¿¿ ;)

[@3DLASHnet]

Why am I seeing this after 4 years.. Many thanks sir

[@jahirhussain2484]

Wow! I am doing a small shot right now with some trees in the bg and was thinking it would be nice if the trees had some motion but i didn't know how to do that.And then you drop this video.Thank you so much sir!

[@NolanMillerArt]

Thank you so much for posting this! I've been looking for a simple and straight forward explanation for Tyflow. this is great!

[@dvesco]

Hi Eloi, great tutorial as always. With the second technique, using noise rotation, is there a way to bake controllers ?? I been looking everywhere and nothing seems to work, even exporting as FBX with animation baked... thanks

[@kudraabdulaziz3096]

Thanks Mr Eloi Andaluz,you are a life saver 👊😎

[@mikbal7055]

Woah. this one was very good ,in fact as good as happy endings . Thank you !

[@dokn221]

nice video and useful technique. have nothing new to say .every thing said completely

[@cgimadesimple]

great techniques

[@GravitonStudio]

Very useful tutorial , Thanks

[@антон-б1м]

awesome and quick! thank you

[@kanka1]

NICE TUTORIAL DUDE

[@nelpiper]

Thanks Eloi

[@alessiobaroni9666]

Great tips! thank you Eloi

[@mxrtin_gali]

Awesome tutorial!.. Eloi

[@clearstoryimaging]

Was hoping to see GrowFX. Great tutorial nonetheless!

[@arq.javiercivale430]

Gracias Eloi! Muy bueno

[@flyzvfx]

Great video! Thanks

[@mattmatt8991]

Great stuff sir ! Much appreciated !

[@pedbigas]

Awesome!!

[@guilhermepanosso6528]

nice..thanks

[@vonderstroy]

Awesome!

[@lucaaffatato99]

amazing tutorial!!!!!!

[@harmandeepsingh1807]

my leaves are not visible on small dots are there plc help me what to do, i select the leaves also

[@omarherrera2100]

excelente!!

[@000kxk]

super! do we need a Mesh Operator to get a render?

[@williamdainese]

Why don't you select by the material IDs... much easier

[@Anonymous-uo8xx]

Is there a place we can get a tree like this from?

[@michellevanpampus3417]

Does this method works with Trees from Maxtree? thanks

[@MariMuthu-pw6tg]

how to enable key frame

[@samippudke]

this very hard process is there any plugin avalble just give wind n tree will animate automaclly ? we cant this if i have 50 tree in scene

[@andvfx]

Normally if you have the tree coming from speedtree I will just do the animation there, that its automatic, and export it in alembic.

[@denissvirid7768]

Hey, guys, do you know why leaves are not visible in the render, only in the viewport? (in tyflow)

[@andvfx]

You need to add a “mesh” operator in any event in tyflow if you want to render it directly

[@nikden8392]

Hi!!! How can I transpose this type of animation to Unreal?

[@srikumartata]

why cant you select by material ID ?

[@andvfx]

You can do it. But the idea is that exterior tree areas will move more than interior areas not exposed to win. Selecting by Id you will select all leaves, interior and exterior.

[@pedrotorres3647]

Hi mate, I have a question. With the technique where you detach and animate different parts, how can I scatters this tree as a single mesh as I've tried using multiscatter and forestpack and I cant get it to work because it has multiple objects.

[@andvfx]

You could convert to vrayproxy first and then scatter. Or you can use the new forestpack8 beta that allow to scatter taking linked objects

[@pedrotorres3647]

@@andvfx Thank you. I think this technique is one of the less computer intensive out of all the options except for SpeedTree. I also notice that the Tyflow option is great but it seems to slow down the system once I start applying multiple stacked layers of edit polygon and twists.

[@MariMuthu-pw6tg]

my tree is not animate