SpeedTree Modeler 8.1.5 Cinema Edition x64
SpeedTreeCinema8isthelatestiterationofouraward-winning3Dvegetationmodelingsoftware.FormerlyStudio,Architect,andCinema,SpeedTreeforVFXisnowavailablewithallthefeaturesorourtopendmodeleratalowerprice.

FULLFEATURELIST:
PBRMaterialsandWorkflow-FullPBRrenderingintheSpeedTreeModeleraswellasneweditingtoolsformaterialsallowartiststofinetunetheirmodelsbeforeexportingintoyourDCC.
BranchExtensions-Usechildbranchestoextendtheirparents,providinggreatercontrolandsmoothertransitionstotwigs.
PhyllotaxyGenerationAlgorithm-Newgenerationalgorithmbasedonhowleavesnaturallygrowonbranches.
MeshCutoutSystem-Easilycutmeshestotheshapeofyourleaforclusterusingournewmesheditor.
SpineNoise-Newpropertyapplieslateorearlynoisealongthelengthofthebranchortrunk.
BifurcationGenerationAlgorithm-Newgenerationalgorithmautomaticallyaddsnewchildbranchestocreatenaturalorganicbranchstructuresincrediblyquickly.
LeafCollision-Newbackgroundrunning,polygon-accuratetooltoautomaticallyremoveintersectingleavesorclusters.
KnotGenerator-Completelyreimaginedapproachforcreatingmoreinterestinggeometryforknotsallowsformoreinterestinggashes,knots,andscars.
MaterialSets-Materialscanbegroupedintosetstoalloweditsacrossmultipleleaftypesorbarktextures.
DiscreteSeasonApproach-One.SPMmodelnowusesaseasoncurvetocreateuniquetreesatanypointintheyear.
FasterAOComputation-Newalgorithmcomputesper-vertexAOoncomplexmodelsinafractionofthetime.
IntervalGenerationAlgorithm–Newalgorithmthatplacesbranchesinasetinterval.
AspectRatioCorrectMapping–UseanewUVmappingstyletoautomaticallytiletexturesbasedontheiraspectratioandthatoftheunderlyinggeometry.
KnockoutandPruning–Proceduraltoolsforeliminatingclutter,especiallyinteriorportionsofthemodel.
NewSplitfeature–Splittrunksand/orbranchesandextendthemwithnewgeneratorsforfinecontrolandseamlessUVmapping.
ShapeControl–Automaticallyfillinmeshesorprocedurallyplacedsphereswithbranchstructurestoachievecomplexshapes.
Pruning-Automaticallyandintelligentlyreducethenumberofbranchesacrossthetree.
DecorationGenerators-New“Fin”generatorallowstheadditionofmoreshelffungusandmore.
Materialvariance–Randomlyadjustmaterialcolorstocreatesubtlemapvariations.
Built-inSpineForces–Commonlyusedforceslikegravityarebuiltintothenewbranchgenerator.
ShellGeometry-CreatemoreinterestingtrunksorstumpswiththenewShellGeometrygenerator.
ArtDirectorTool-Allowsintuitiveshapingofthetree,whethershapingentirebranchlevelsorasingletwig.

WhatsNew:
NewFeatures
XMLExportsHaveMoreData
DynamicLOD,collisionobjects,spines,andboneshavebeenaddedtoXMLexportsfromtheGamesModeler.
MeshExportsWithoutTextures
Anoptionhasbeenaddedtothemeshexportdialogtoexportthemeshwithoutgeneratingtexturesforconsiderablyfasterexportswhenthetexturesareeitheralreadymadeorwillbeassignedmanuallylaterinthepipeline.

BugFixes
DraftWindinExportedModels
ModelsusingpointcachesorAlembiccachestorepresentwindanimationwerelockedindraftmode.TheywillnowusethemodeselectedontheFanobject.Inaddition,draftmodehasbeenmademoresimilartoproductionmodewhilestillbeingfasterintheviewport.
GustingandStrenghtIssuesinWindExports
SeveralbugsaffectingtheconsistencyofwindstrengthandgustingbehaviorinpointcacheandAlembicexportshavebeenfixed.
BoneWeighting
Anewalgorithmfordeterminingboneweightshasbeenimplemented.Itcorrectsissueswithpreviousversionsandaddsanoptiontosmoothboneweightsornot.
WeldingQuadBranchGeometry
Abughasbeenfixedthatcouldcausequadbranchgeometrythatrapidlydecreasedradialsegmentcounttocrashduringwelding.