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Black spruce
(Picea mariana)

from Alaska and Canada

Picea mariana, the Black Spruce, is the most emblematic and common species of arctic and sub-arctic landscapes all over Canada and Alaska where it covers very large areas of land. The black spruce might be the king of adaptation, as it easily acclimates to any soil conditions and to the strongest frost. It can grow as a slim tree up to 20 meters in height in the South of Canada as well as a dense short and bushy tree of 6 meters in height in the far North.

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Compatibility

3D Studio Max Arnold Blender Cinema 4D Clarisse Lightwave Maya Nvidia Omniverse PlantFactory Redshift Renderman Terragen 4 Unity Unreal Engine VUE V-Ray

...and many more!

Specifications
Plant type
Height
Region
Climatic zone
Biomes
Hardiness zone
Coniferous
0.7 to 15 meters
North America
Cold temperate
Forest
2 to 5
Included versions
Polygon count
Maturity
Health
Season
Presets
Published Parameters
High Detail (HD)
10 to 660k +/- 15%
38
26
Low Detail (LD)
5 to 360k +/- 15%
38
26
  • Included versions:
    • High Detail (HD)
    • Low Detail (LD)
  • HD version:
    • Polygon count: 10 to 660k +/- 15%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 38
    • Published Parameters: 26
  • LD version:
    • Polygon count: 5 to 360k +/- 15%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 38
    • Published Parameters: 26

What's included
  • One procedural *.tpf file per included plant version (HD / LD) with infinite variations for use with VUE / PlantFactory and PlantCatalog Exporter (see below)
  • Multiple parameters, shape presets and global settings (Maturity, Health) for maximum customization
  • High quality smart materials that react to procedural parameters
  • Built-in wind animation, exportable as rigged bones or point cloud animation
  • Free PlantCatalog Exporter software for exporting static or baked polygon meshes to a variety of formats:
*.3DS
*.ABC
*.C4D
*.DAE
*.FBX
*.GOZ
*.LWO
*.OBJ
*.USDA / *.USDC / *.USDZ
  • Free integration plugins from PlantFactory for directly loading the procedural *.tpf file format into 3DS Max, Cinema 4D, Maya & Unreal Engine 4 & 5 with pre-built shaders for Arnold, Redshift, Renderman, Unreal Engine 4 & 5 & V-Ray® (plugins for more applications are in development)

If you have a PlantFactory license, you can even open the *.tpf file and get full editable access to its internal node network.

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