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INTRODUCTION TO TREE FILES

The tree files included here were created with combinations of terrains and symetrical lattices. They're all rather large files, but a user can open the Bryce file and edit them as you wish, including selecting on parts and going into the terrain editor to reduce the grid size and polygon count.

Generally, the terrains used as leaves should be positioned on an angle, so you don't see a flat bottom and the sun strikes it in a nice highlighting way. If you rotate the tree, you may need to go in and change the angles of some of the foliage terrains, or change positions to better align with the branches (since the alignment is based on a certain view, the one you get when you open the scene).

For each tree, there is an image included here showing how I used that tree in a scene. The trees are described as follows:

WHM Tree #1 - A windswept tree, for possible use in a Monteray Bay/Carmel sort of scene, or an African savannah kind of scene, or as a Bonsai in a windswept formation. 3 mb file size. It is used in the scene labeled WHM Image 1 (Bonsai 1).

WHM Image 1 (Bonsai 1).JPG

WHM Tree #2 - This one is a bonsai tree shaped in a semi-cascade style, where it's apex (the top cluster of leaves) is directly below the trunk and mid-way in the height of the bowl (as I used it). 3.6 mb file size. It was created for the scene WHM Image 2 (Bonsai 2).

WHM Image 2 (Bonsai 2).JPG

WHM Tree #3 - A sparce upright tree. 2.89 mb file size. It is shown, along with Tree #1, in the scene WHM Image 3 (Cliff Trees).

WHM Image 3 (Cliff Trees).JPG

WHM Tree #4 - A huge, broad shade tree, the kind you'd see in a small town city park. 7.2 mb file size, 108 objects, 3.4 million polygons. This tree is illustrated in WHM Image 4 (Old Courtyard Tree).

WHM Image 4 (Old Courtyard).JPG

WHM Tree #5 - A towering redwood. Great for a redwood forest scene. 5 mb file size. A group of five is shown in the scene WHM Image 5 (Redwood)

WHM Image 5 (Redwoods).JPG

WHM Tree #6 - A trio of Birch trees. Generally for these, I use multiple groups of the three, and set large masses of leaves amid the trunks rather that assign leaves to each tree, as all the others are. 2.15 mb file size. A collection of these trees are used in WHM Image 6 (titled Emeisham 12).

WHM Image 6 (Emeisham 12).JPG