Seeking Dark Purple Leaf Tree Model(s)

[ares2101]

I'm working on an image with trees of lots of different colors, but one color I want eludes me, I can't find one anywhere in my Xfrog plants, purple.  In Connecticut, we have some trees which are seriously dark purple (a maple from what I remember of their leaves) and I've seen pics of other shades, but all I can find in my possession are bright-red Red Maples and pink Kanzan Cherries.  Does anyone know of any distinctly purple tree models that work in TG2?  I've looked around a bit and haven't had any luck.  Preferably I want to use something similar in shade to this below, purple, not pinkish or reddish.

[gregsandor]

You can modify the shaders and make the leaves any color you want.

[ares2101]

You can modify the shaders and make the leaves any color you want.

I can?  I thought they got their color from the textures applied to them.  I remember once having trouble with some 3DS plant looking totally black because of a broken file path.  How do I change it?

[cyphyr]

Looks exactly like a copper beach to me.

If you're not going to get too close I'd just find a tree in your Xfrog collection that matches the shape you want and re-colour the leaves in Photoshop (Images>Adjust>Hue/Saturation, and save them under a new name of course!). Then re-assign the leaves of your chosen tree in it's internal network.

Good luck

Richard

[bigben]

PoseRay is good for preparing models for importing into TG. You can set it to move the textures into the same path as the object which makes life a lot easier. Are people still using this application?

[masonspappy]

Sounds like you are looking for a purple plum tree:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.summerstonenursery.com/repository/product/95PurpleLeafPlum_lg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.summerstonenursery.com/Product-Purple-Leaf-Plum-Trees_3571.aspx&h=325&w=253&sz=13&tbnid=Z-Ukvw7-AO9MSM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=83&zoom=1&usg=__rBbNEJWUKfdkfV5ITDoY3jBtRXQ=&docid=wPHM_wCFP8UyTM&sa=X&ei=DMvwT7G4IYKC8QSp5PyRAg&ved=0CGQQ9QEwBA&dur=1047

[inkydigit]

what about a purple acer?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eYRi0bWTgWM/T6WuF01ijkI/AAAAAAAAFso/h2j9MWzkmIk/s1600/Acer+platanoides+var+Crimson+King.JPG
from:
http://tree-species.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/crimson-king-maple-leaf.html

[ares2101]

Looks exactly like a copper beach to me.

If you're not going to get too close I'd just find a tree in your Xfrog collection that matches the shape you want and re-colour the leaves in Photoshop (Images>Adjust>Hue/Saturation, and save them under a new name of course!). Then re-assign the leaves of your chosen tree in it's internal network.

Good luck

Richard

That one was a Copper Beech, yes.  That idea sounds simple (and in hindsight) obvious enough to work.  I don't have photoshop, but GIMP probably has that ability, I'll give it a shot tomorrow.

Thanks.

[gregsandor]

You don't have to recolor the leaf textures (though that's also a useful method sometimes).  Set up a shader to add or multiply a color through the existing texture. 

[bobbystahr]

PoseRay is good for preparing models for importing into TG. You can set it to move the textures into the same path as the object which makes life a lot easier. Are people still using this application?

daily Ben...daily, sometimes hourly, heh heh heh....trés handy

[gregsandor]

PoseRay is good for preparing models for importing into TG. You can set it to move the textures into the same path as the object which makes life a lot easier. Are people still using this application?

I've never used it.

[bigben]

It's good for people without 3D modelling software.  And here's a suggested quick tweak to adjust a green leaf texture
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[Matt]

You don't have to recolor the leaf textures (though that's also a useful method sometimes).  Set up a shader to add or multiply a color through the existing texture.

Even simpler, you can change the diffuse colour in the Default Shader. It is just a multiplier for the texture colour. If the original texture isn't too saturated then you should be able to turn it dark red/purple this way.

[ares2101]

You don't have to recolor the leaf textures (though that's also a useful method sometimes).  Set up a shader to add or multiply a color through the existing texture.

Even simpler, you can change the diffuse colour in the Default Shader. It is just a multiplier for the texture colour. If the original texture isn't too saturated then you should be able to turn it dark red/purple this way.

Hm, I already had good results changing the texture, but I'll have to try this, it would be simpler in the long run.